April 16, 2011

April 16th: Odysseus Slays the Suitors

Amazing. Odysseus MIGHT have been a real person. They think they know the exact date he slew the suitors (based an astronomical stuff) and they may have even found his tomb. Read more here.

Pictured: Odysseus slaying the suitors. Illustration by Gustav Benjamin Schwab (1792 - 1850)

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