<description>&lt;p&gt;STORY  53:00 listening time Odysseus visits the underworld and has some interesting conversations with the dead.  His mom warns him about the deteriorating situation in Ithaka; Agamemnon warns him about the fidelity of wives (an Odyssey “recurring theme); and Achilles shares his post-life existential crisis: “was all of my earthly kleos really worth anything?”. COMMENTARY: ...&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The post &lt;a href="https://odysseythepodcast.com/episode-5-odysseus-in-the-underworld/"&gt;EPISODE 5 ODYSSEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD&lt;/a&gt; appeared first on &lt;a href="https://odysseythepodcast.com"&gt;ODYSSEY: THE PODCAST&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

ODYSSEY: THE PODCAST

Jeff Wright

EPISODE 5 ODYSSEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD

JUL 31, 201972 MIN
ODYSSEY: THE PODCAST

EPISODE 5 ODYSSEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD

JUL 31, 201972 MIN

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<p>STORY  53:00 listening time Odysseus visits the underworld and has some interesting conversations with the dead.  His mom warns him about the deteriorating situation in Ithaka; Agamemnon warns him about the fidelity of wives (an Odyssey “recurring theme); and Achilles shares his post-life existential crisis: “was all of my earthly kleos really worth anything?”. COMMENTARY: ...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://odysseythepodcast.com/episode-5-odysseus-in-the-underworld/">EPISODE 5 ODYSSEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD</a> appeared first on <a href="https://odysseythepodcast.com">ODYSSEY: THE PODCAST</a>.</p>