Great Books Ep 40. The Odyssey Book 12. Between a Monster and a Whirlpool: Navigating Life's Perilous Waters
People face tough choices all the time. People in war-torn countries, people who go through poverty, people under abuse, and so forth.
“Is there no way,” said I, “of escaping Charybdis, and at the same time keeping Scylla off when she is trying to harm my men?”
~ The Odyssey - Book XII (Samuel Butler Translation. p251)
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Book 12 of The Odyssey is quite action-packed as Ulysses and his men go from one danger to another. I thought there were many essential…
