Greg answers “Is there anything in The Odyssey that...”

Nente asked this question about The Odyssey:

Is there anything in The Odyssey that suggests Ulysses rebelled against gods, or even denied their existence? I've read it twice, but it was a while ago, and since then came across this idea in several modern texts, notably various essays by Pérez-Reverte.

Greg Nente, I just finished 'The Odyssey' for the 2nd time (first time years ago) and Odysseus (3 syllables, per introduction, I didn't know that) doesn't …moreNente, I just finished 'The Odyssey' for the 2nd time (first time years ago) and Odysseus (3 syllables, per introduction, I didn't know that) doesn't deny their existence but interacts with them, sometimes knowingly, sometimes unknowingly when they take on other forms. I believe, at the end of The Illiad, in some way he upsets Poseidon, who then blows wind and waves and sends him in all kinds of directions but home in 'Odyssey'.(less)

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