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Q: Why does Telemachus hang the women instead of following Odysseus' instructions?

MithicalIn The Odyssey, after Odysseus has slain the suitors, he tells Telemachus to have the disloyal women help to clean up the mess, and then to cut them to pieces: “These dead must be disposed of first of all. Direct the women. Tables and chairs will be scrubbed with sponges, rinsed and rinsed again...

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Clara Díaz Sanchez
Clara Díaz Sanchez
10:01
@GarethRees SMBC yesterday: smbc-comics.com/comic/poetry-2
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Bookworm
Bookworm
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Q: What style/Form is the Stranger's Poem in, from The Magnus Archives?

AncientSwordRageIn season 5 of the Magnus Archives, Jon, the Archivist, reads a long poem inspired by viewing the phenomenon known as The Stranger. An excerpt of the text is as follows, taken from Snarp: Your face is not your face is not your face around the curling carousel it twists in place to take from you ...

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