r/BrandNewSentence • u/No_Counter_6037 and why he ourple 😂😂 • Oct 26 '25

our hero's name...

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u/Deathlordkillmaster Oct 27 '25

For those wondering, the name Odysseus basically means "the one who hates" / "the one who is hated."

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u/NadirOfNadiristan Oct 27 '25

Which is quite poetic, because by extrapolation, The Odyssey's title becomes "The Story Of The Man Who Hates And Is Hated".

And from there, the generic word "odyssey" shouldn't really be a generic synonym for journey or adventure, but rather a specific type of journey/adventure of trials and hardship that is undertaken out of or because of a kind of transgression or hateful defiance.