Oddities: An Odessey Retelling (On Hold)
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Last published Sun, Nov 23, 2014
Ancient Greece is full of legends and monsters and heroic figures with tragic flaws that remind us of our own shortcomings. Most of the time, the heroes are masculine manly men over thirty that single handedly save the day. Yeah, right.
Let's replace the Superman with an overconfident young man.
That is the beginning of a truly epic tale.
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