The Odyssey Discourse Is Embarrassing

Head to https://squarespace.com/ladyofthelibrary to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code LADYOFTHELIBRARY The internet has completely lost the plot over The Odyssey. In this video, I react to the newest Odyssey trailer, the backlash surrounding Emily Wilson’s translation, and the wave of YouTubers claiming that modern retellings are “woke distortions” of Homer. The problem? Many of these criticisms fundamentally misunderstand what translation is, how Classical texts survive, and the long history of adapting Greek myth. We’re talking about Homer, translation theory, Classics discourse online, mythology adaptation, and why internet outrage keeps flattening nuanced conversations about ancient literature. GET MORE FROM ME: ✨ Support me on Patreon:   / cinzia   💌 Sign up for my newsletter: https://www.ladyofthelibrary.com/sign-up 🎥 Nerdy Self-Help Channel: @TheAnnotatedMind 🎙️The Annotated Mind Podcast: https://tinyurl.com/mr3k4w4m ➡️🎙️Listen to The Annotated Mind on YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/2rxpjsdv 📩 Video Request form: https://forms.gle/zF6HjhJGZPR2hVx69 🌍 My website/blog: https://www.ladyofthelibrary.com SOCIALS: 📚 Bookish Insta:   / lady.of.the.library   🦋 BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/cinzia-duboi... 🎓 PhD Insta:   / the.literary.academic   📱 TikTok:   / lady.of.the.library   📚 Goodreads:   / c-dubois   WHO AM I? Hey there, I’m Cinzia DuBois On this channel, I talk about dark and ancient history, literature and folklore. ❗️DISCLAIMER I'm very dyslexic, so I apologise for any mispronunciations that occur when I'm reading scripts for videos. Additionally, whilst flattered, I'm only a PhD student and not a professional educator. As such, I would advise against ever citing my videos or using them as an academic resource: please instead cite references for papers I list in the description box. 🔗 Sources and references below.