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[Anonymous No.18732945]

The Iliad and The Odyssey explode with symbolic meaning. Every scene, from Agamemnon's confiscation of Achilles' girl to Odysseus' encounter with Polyphemus and so on, overflows with universal relevance--the description of Achilles' shield alone contains the entire cosmos!--and all of them together have produced our massive Western Canon, the bulk of which is merely a commentary on these unsurpassed literary achievements. However, what am I supposed to do with all of this meaning? I will never fight a river-god, nor will I be tempted with seven years of sex by an immortal goddess. How do I incorporate this meaning into my life? Is there a way to live heroically in a banal, virtually meaningless world?

[Anonymous No.18732951]

test

[Anonymous No.18732957]

My thinking is that if you can’t be the hero, you should create the hero.

[soursore !!5HEGfvI0zIR No.18732985]

Be a simple man.

[Anonymous No.18732986]

>Every scene [...] overflows with universal relevance
>what am I supposed to do with all of this meaning?

[Anonymous No.18733005]

>>18732945
>How do I incorporate this meaning into my life?
Start thinking in Greek
Become a bard and start singing the Homeric songs whenever you feel like it
Memorise it all

[Anonymous No.18733018]

>>18732945
>I will never find a river God
You won't if you don't believe in the Gods and devote your life to them

[Anonymous No.18733022]

>>18733018
*fight