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Once more, for the people in the back:
An "epic hero" (*cough* Odysseus *cough*) is not an "epic hero" because they are a role model that does everything right. They were never meant to be an unproblematic fandom icon.
People bending themselves into pretzels to prove Odysseus (and others) never did anything wrong, questionable, or "problematic" are doing a disservice and flattening mythology into fan fiction.
Said what I said.
Side note: I got nothing against creative retellings. I have several favorites.
What I do have feelings against is people coming at me online with "if it's not in Homer it's not canon!" and "the ACTUAL ancient sources say..." without citing any.
You either are doing a creative retelling, OR you got to know the actual ancient sources you are referencing. Pick a lane.
Second side note: we have done too much work trying to redeem and reframe women in Homer's epics just to go back to "ooh those evil scheming wily women are trapping poor innocent men!"
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