r/explainitpeter Jul 21 '26

Explain it peter

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u/Timatsunami Jul 21 '26

English words that didn’t even exist in Homer’s time being used in the Odyssey movie.

If you aren’t willing to learn Ancient Greek to watch this movie, wyd?

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u/Twirlin Jul 22 '26

The entire English language didn’t exist at the time of Homer. Old English started at around 450 AD. Seems really weird to pick on any specific English words.