On The Odyssey, the Timeless Story of Adventure
A story relatable to any of us, as life is one grand odyssey.
I was inspired to read Homer’s The Odyssey a couple of years ago when I heard one of my favorite writers Walter Isaacson recommend it on the Tim Ferris Show.
I just finished reading it for the second time, as The Odyssey is the ultimate story of adventure, timeless, and relatable to anyone of us as we live out our personal odysseys.
Isaacson says:
“The Odyssey is a particularly important one because I think life is an odyssey. Especially as you’re young and you’re coming out of college, you’ve got to travel. You’ve got to get on the road. You’ve got to connect with different types of people and have adventures.”
The Odyssey is the story of Odysseus, the Greek king of Ithaca, on his way home from fighting in the Trojan War in around 1,200 BCE.
His return home takes about ten years. On the high seas, he encounters the cyclops, the lotus-eaters, the alluring sirens, and all the gods and goddesses of ancient Greece.
