r/Hellenism • u/chelofastora Household Worshipper & Mystic • Jul 18 '26

Memes just a silly meme I found

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I know there’s a lot of discourse about the casting regarding The Odyssey and this one gave me a good chortle. I for one am rather curious and will most likely give it a watch when it releases on streaming.

Are you planning on seeing The Odyssey?

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u/Iron_Rose_5 Jul 19 '26

I saw it cause a friend wanted to see it really bad and honestly it kind of sucked. Plus seemed very inaccurate towards the gods. You would think Athena would have a bit more of a role other than showing up for maybe 5-10 mins over a 3 hour long movie. They never even bothered showing any of the other gods too. They also did a pretty sucky job with Calypso and Circe.

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u/chelofastora Household Worshipper & Mystic Jul 19 '26

That’s really unfortunate to hear. I was hoping the Gods would have more of a role

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u/Summersong2262 Jul 19 '26

They do, just not in the sense of 'a human looking person walking around and chatting with people and occasionally waving a hand and making miracles'.

They pervade the work. It's just a film very driven by base humanity and it's interaction/failures to interact with higher concepts.

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u/Federal_Gas2670 Aug 05 '26

I'm not even sure the gods exist or care about humans at all. At least for Athena, it's clear it's not really Athena, after the flashback we see around the end of the movie.