A Bibliophile's Odyssey: Reading The Great Books

A Bibliophile's Odyssey: Reading The Great Books

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Great Books Ep 40. The Odyssey Book 12. Between a Monster and a Whirlpool: Navigating Life's Perilous Waters
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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.

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“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…

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