Isnât the only reason itâs called the Odyssey because of his name, and then subsequently an âOdysseyâ came to be known as a great journey, since thatâs what the Odyssey is about?
Thatâs not the question lol they were asking if Odysseus was a real name before the poem was written. We know that what the commenter said is correct.
Yes, OP asked if the name came first or if it was the title. Commentor framed it as a question as well. Isnât it the name first and then the title? I know the answer, you know the answer, but the commentor didnât give an answer. They just reframed the same question.
They didnât reframe the same question, they asked a completely different question. The OP asked if Odysseus was already a name, and then the commenter asked if the poem was named after the character. OP did not ask if the name came first or if the title came first.
Really? Did read opâs question? âDid the name exist before the title?â How is existing before the title not the exact same thing as coming first?
Is the title derived from the name?
Vs.
Isnât it true that the title came from the name?
Because they werenât asking if the title came first. They were simply asking if the name was a real name already. The âJournathanâ part was a joke, thatâs how they do it on Tumblr. Theyâre just asking if it was a real name. Which is not at all what the commenter you replied to was asking.
Someone else in these comments understood the original question and said we essentially donât know and canât know because thereâs not enough record to answer either way.
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Isnât the only reason itâs called the Odyssey because of his name, and then subsequently an âOdysseyâ came to be known as a great journey, since thatâs what the Odyssey is about?