Odysseus was the first anon, the first βNobodyβ
And everything encompassed in his choice of anonymity β particularly what resulted from the hubris of he who mockingly treated him as a *mere* nobody β is always and everywhere instructive
Classicists, speaking generally, focus on texts as a kind of dilettante sport. They fail to learn or apply wisdom from the texts which they read, thinking that the texts are mere playthings in themselves, fit only for the narrow confines of academic discourse, inert and trivial.
βWe are unjust to Pindar, Aeschylus, and Sophocles because the unnaturalness of textbook poetry is so dominant in our education today, so much so that we cannot be said to even know themβ
~ Nietzsche (public lecture on Greek tragedy, 1870)
@as_a_worker i donβt think you recognize the Good, and, since the appearance of the Good depends on oneβs state of character, AND, moreover, since you seem to think your value judgements on othersβ opinions is of some value (when opinion itself is of little value)βso who gives a shit?