For gods sake. Have you ever even looked at a map? Greece is closer to Africa than it is to to France. It's closer to the middle east than it is to England. You dumbfucks just don't know shit. Just living in ignorance and racism.
King Memnon of Aethiopia was in the Trojan war and was killed by Achilles in a duel. He arrived at the war with his Aethiopian army to save Troy after Hector was slain
Atheiopia was a descriptive term for all of sub-Saharan Africa at the time
Homer describes the war as a global event with participants hailing from all over the world, specifically saying they spoke multiple languages
Troy itself was an Anatolian trading hub
The Odyssey can be adapted into a space movie and it would still be relevant. Adaptations is how we honor those works and the lessons within them
You are a small small man who views life from a lense that cheapens it
Greece is closer to Africa than Dallas is to Austin, but illiterate C students who barely skimmed the Cliff Notes version of The Odyssey in HS, who wouldn't be able to point out Greece on a map, and who fundamentally don't understand the concept of artistic license, are triggered