Category Archive: Bedtime Stories

Book 10, In which Odysseus is a rubbish project manager and bacon is most definitely off the menu

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Having escaped from old one-eye (Polyphemus), in the last instalment of Homer’s ‘The Odyssey’, Odysseus and his pals arrived at the floating island of Aeolia, home of Aeolus and his rather close-knit family (he married… Continue reading

Book 9 – Feasting on human flesh and eye-poking

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To get with the program, click here – So, Odysseus is filling the Phaeacians in, regarding his difficult journey back from the Trojan war. He tells them about going to the island of… Continue reading

Book 8 – In Which Odysseus Spins Some Discs And Just Can’t Stop Crying

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To get with the program, you can find previous posts here. Moved by Odysseus’ bum shuffle in hot ashes, King Alcinous arranges for a ship to be made ready to take his guest… Continue reading

Book 7 – In which Odysseus needs to get up off the bloody floor!

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For previously on The Odyssey, click here. So, Sean Bean (or Odysseus as we should probably call him) is on his way to see Nausicaa’s dad, Alcinous. Athene pops up in the guise… Continue reading

Book 6 – In which Odysseus Ruins a Perfectly Good Game of Football and has a Bath.

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Once she was sure that Odysseus had washed up safely on the shores of Scherie, Athene paid a visit to Nausicaa, the beautiful daughter of Alcinous, King of the Phaeacians. Disguised as one… Continue reading

Book 5 – In which Odysseus thinks he knows best, but he’s actually an idiot.

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Books 1-4 have dealt with Telemachus and his quest to go and find his dad, for book 5, we cut to Mount Olympus. Athene tells Zeus how she feels sorry for Sean Bean… Continue reading

Dante levels-up, now he’s in Eden

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So Dante climbed to the top of Mount Purgatory, had a nap, went up some steps, and is now in the garden of Eden. Yeah, what? I know, right, that makes no sense.… Continue reading

Odyssey – Book 4 – The Old Man of the Sea – so much better than a Sat Nav.

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Previously on ‘Odyssey’… Book 1 Book 2 Book 3 Telemachus and his pal Mr Pee (Peisitratus), rock up to Menelaus’s house only to discover that wedding celebrations are underway. Menelaus’s equerry Eteoneus suggests the… Continue reading