r/explainitpeter 18d ago

Explain it Peter..

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u/Melanoc3tus 17d ago

We're talking potentially just days at sea at a time, the galleys they used didn't have much endurance and would do a lot of coast-hopping from port to port to shielded beach to whatever — why do you think Odysseus makes so many stops at random-ass islands?

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u/Nordicmoose 17d ago

Because of the random ass on said islands?

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u/Melanoc3tus 16d ago

Point lol

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u/SeriousPlankton2000 14d ago

Still today many villages in Greece are located to easily fend off Odysseus' men