The Beautiful, the Good, and the Just in Homer's Odyssey

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This is the preview to my first discussion of Homer's Odyssey for the "Fathers & Sons" series on my website AthensCorner.com (it is the sequel to my previous discussion here of the Biblical Samson). At issue here is what we do not find in the story of Samson, namely, the relationship between a father and son wherein the son journeys to know his father while making true friendships along the way, manly friendships which could have greatly helped Samson avoid becoming the easy prey to...