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    EnriqueIglesiasVEVO

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    Enrique Iglesias turns up the heat again on his tenth full-length album SEX AND LOVE. Boasting...

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    Duo formado em 2015 por Ana Caetano e Vitória Falcão. Lançaram seu primeiro EP em 2015, homônimo...

Odyssey (Stephen Fry's Greek myths #4)
Odyssey (Stephen Fry's Greek myths #4)
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The final(?) part in [author:Stephen Fry|10917]'s retelling of the Greek myths, with this one - as in the name! - mainly concerning itself with what happened after the fall of Troy.

Indeed, I was surprised at how late into the tale it was before it stated focusing on Odysseus and his epic (10 years) trip to get home to Ithica and his wife Penelope!

Said legendary journey is what I was expecting the novel (retelling) to be about: I was unaware that it also concerned what happened to Menaleus (amongst other Greek victors) or to his Trojan captive Cassandra - fated to never have her prophesies believed but always to become true - amongst others.

I was also unaware, prior to reading/listening (I did both, switching back and forth), that the Latin name for Odysseus was Ulysses, or that - shall we say - Odysseus could be a randy old so-and-so ...

Looking forward to the forthcoming Christopher Nolan movie, now, to see how much is changed!
  
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    Join the thousands of people who use Universalis daily! You will get: • The Catholic liturgical...

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    Microsoft Translator is a free, personal translation app for 60+ languages, to translate text,...

    Úti tolmács

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    Miért ne lehetne az iPhone vagy az iPodtouch az Ön 30 nyelvu személyi tolmácsa? Ez az úti...