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  • It was like finding out Odysseus's crew wants to kill him.

    Hubris, it's not just for breakfast anymore wendigomountain 2009

  • But I sense the callowness of pure Romanticism in such a rejection of restraint -- as coded into Odysseus's hood, into his arrival in disguise, as a beggar.

    Archive 2010-03-01 Hal Duncan 2010

  • This fresh take on Odysseus's more patient half is part of Studio Theatre's festival celebrating the works of the Dublin-born playwright.

    On stage in March 2011

  • But I sense the callowness of pure Romanticism in such a rejection of restraint -- as coded into Odysseus's hood, into his arrival in disguise, as a beggar.

    On the Sublime Hal Duncan 2010

  • Circe invited Odysseus's crew – today's television audience – to a feast of familiar food, MacDonald's french fries, a pottage of President's Choice Blue Menu cheese and meal, sweetened with honey and flavoured with wine, but laced with one of her magical potions – repetitive advertising – and she turned them all into pigs, yes, with: advertising, after they gorged themselves on it.

    Advertising, The Goddess Circe and Vancouver’s Olympic Games 2010

  • A discussion of Odysseus's encounter with his wife Penelope's suitors — who try to kill him at the end of "The Odyssey" — is illumined by a comparison with the scene in the movie "Pulp Fiction" in which Jules and Vincent argue over whether their close call with a gunman was a miracle or merely a statistical probability.

    The Gods Return Eric Ormsby 2010

  • Frequently, Homer tells us, Odysseus's comrades succumbed to fear, and fled, or lethargy, and "forgot" their journey.

    Embracing the New: Avoiding a Routinized Life Dr. James Hollis 2010

  • With its references to Penelope waiting for Odysseus's return, it's an interesting artwork.

    Honfleur Gallery and Mexican Cultural Institute exhibits pit art against design 2010

  • Circe invited Odysseus's crew – today's television audience – to a feast of familiar food, MacDonald's french fries, a pottage of President's Choice Blue Menu cheese and meal, sweetened with honey and flavoured with wine, but laced with one of her magical potions – repetitive advertising – and she turned them all into pigs, yes, with: advertising, after they gorged themselves on it.

    2010 February 16 | NIGEL BEALE NOTA BENE BOOKS 2010

  • The hero's trial dates to Homer -- Odysseus's years of trials and wandering until he finally returns home -- runs though Shakespeare and, in a baseball context, reaches its zenith in the legend of Mickey Mantle.

    Michael Shapiro: Can Suffering Redeem Alex Rodriguez? 2009

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