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EPISODE · Apr 5, 2026 · 49 MIN

Discussing The Odyssey Part III - Don't Eat the Cows

from Words About Books · host Ben & Nate

Odysseus finishes his telling of his tale to the king of the Phaeoeociians. First by recounting that time that he spent a year sleeping with a Goddess. Then that time he went to the underworld. Then that time he went back to the Goddess's island to sleep with her under the guise of burying his drunk friend. Then that time he heard some sirens singing. Finally ending with some monster confrontations and some cows that we should definitely not eat, you know, unless you're really hungry.Support the showBlue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/wordsaboutbooks.bsky.socialDiscord - https://discord.gg/6BaNRtcP8CThreads - https://www.threads.net/@wordsaboutbookspodcastInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/wordsaboutbookspodcastBlog - https://blog.wordsaboutbooks.ninja/

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Odysseus finishes his telling of his tale to the king of the Phaeoeociians. First by recounting that time that he spent a year sleeping with a Goddess. Then that time he went to the underworld. Then that time he went back to the Goddess's island to sleep with her under the guise of burying his drunk friend. Then that time he heard some sirens singing. Finally ending with some monster confrontations and some cows that we should definitely not eat, you know, unless you're really hungry. Support...

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