Great Books Ep 44. The Odyssey Book 16. Separated by Time, United by Emotion: The Deep-seated Joy of Reunions

The relief and overwhelming happiness of a reunion highlight the timeless human yearning for connection and the reaffirmation of bonds. Is that lost in the modern age of video calls?

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“As he spoke he sat down, and Telemachus threw his arms about his father and wept. They were both so much moved that they cried aloud like eagles or vultures with crooked talons that have been robbed of their half fledged young by peasants.”

~ The Odyssey - Book XVI (Samuel Butler Translation. p274)

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In book 16, Ulysses …