Zeus wouldn’t let him. Odysseus was fated to return home eventually.
Comment on The most unrealistic part of Odyssey is the journey taking 20 years
Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 20 hours agoWhich sort of paints Poseidon as incompetent. You’d imagine that the God of the sea would be able to reliably kill people at sea.
moakley@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
jrubal1462@mander.xyz 11 hours ago
599/600 isn’t a terrible performance.
Kratzkopf@discuss.tchncs.de 13 hours ago
Sounds intentional to have Odysseus suffer and long for home, instead of killing him off quickly. The gods want to be entertained as well.
Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 12 hours ago
Then why not sink his ship five minutes from his home?
end_stage_ligma@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Poseidon was pissed off, not a complete asshole. Like not 100% anus - a bit less.