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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...

Unlucky in Love

A.J. Renee

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Lucky in Love. That’s the name of the dating app I picked, hoping to find Mr. Better Than...

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ANAVITÓRIA

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

David McK (3562 KP) rated Odyssey (Stephen Fry's Greek myths #4) in Books

Mar 9, 2025

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!