Apparently, the Odyssey is fully engaged with pop culture now.
I think the threat that a whole civilization will die
is kind of like the prophecy that Delphi gave to Croesus. Another phrase associated with Croesus is “Count no man happy until the end is known”, and I’m waiting for the ending.
I’m hoping the end will be something like that of another fabulously wealthy man of the ancient world, Marcus Licinius Crassus.
If I recall correctly, Crassus’ head ended up as a prop. I like the idea.
https://indigenousnewsaustralia.com/2026/07/22/local-elder-confirms-his-songline-predates-homer-by-roughly-62000-years-still-no-word-from-imax/
Which version? The one where he had gold poured down his throat or the one where his head was used as a prop in a performance of Euripides’ Bacchae?
Can we do both?
Perhaps more apposite here than the late
Crassus is the fate of the Emperor Valerian who disappeared whilst discussing with Persians One account said he was stuffed with straw and put on public view having previously beeN used as aliving footstool.
It would only be fitting to do a much tackier version – pour cheap gold-coloured paint down his throat, then use his head as the disco ball in a sleazy strip club.
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Dude props are supposed to look realistic. Not with stapled on hair and orange paint.