Yes I’ve seen the latest version of The Odyssey, so it’s very much on my mind enough to delve deeper into all sorts of aspects of the tale as I try and pace myself: do I start by re-reading the English translation I have read? Do I start with another? Do I learn Ancient Gree-? yeah, I’ll just stick with English.
And speaking of English, it’s a language that’s never met another language it doesn’t like. And by “like,” I mean take words from. And that’s when we don’t come up with wholly new words. I know all about Shakespeare and his influence on my mother tongue. Heck, I’ve talked about his nonce words. And I know some of the words the ancient Greek tales have given to English, but I have to say I appreciated by the logophiles over at Merriam-Webster: it goes into the various words we’ve gotten from The Odyssey and Homer, including a few I didn’t know (and some evolutions of word use I definitely didn’t know).
Oh yes, and I might do a longer post, but I did enjoy the latest version of The Odyssey. Like Log, it’s better than bad, it’s good. Definitely see it on the largest screen possible, and bring earplugs for the loud scenes… and since it’s a Nolan film, be prepared to take them out to hear some of the dialogue. When will you know to put the earplugs back in? When the whole theater starts vibrating.