Cost of Glory by Alex Petkas
Newsletter of the Cost of Glory - a Podcast on the Art of Heroism
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The Odyssey and the Man of the Future (opens the original)
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Before we had “experts,” we had philosophers. Before that, we had bards.In the third book of the Odyssey, Homer tells the story of a great king losing his house, kingdom, and life. When Agamemnon left to lead the Greek coalition to Troy, he had his house in order. His wife Klytemnestra was a good wife, maybe even as good as Odysseus’ wife, the faithful Penelope.By the time Agamemnon returned, his queen was sleeping with his cousin. She and her new lover ganged up and murdered the king the day he
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