For millennia, the epic poems of Homer have profoundly shaped Western literature and thought with their timeless tales of ...

Image Credit: Getty Polyphemus, son of Poseidon, god of the sea, suffered a brutal blinding. In a furious bid for revenge, Poseidon vowed to thwart Odysseus’s journey home.

The 3,000-year-old tale of Odysseus in Homer’s epic poem “The Odyssey ... for revenge and forgiveness, for violence and love, for power and submission.

Playing the story of Odysseus more as a tale of revenge, once he returns home and has to reclaim his own home against those who tried to take it from him. I stand with Odysseus! Go kick some ass ...