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Building the daily history app. Duolingo built the daily habit for language, NYT for puzzles, Strava for fitness. History's next.

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The most popular Odyssey translation ranked 6th in the blind reader preference study. 3,000 readers made over 33,000 head-to-head comparisons of Odyssey excerpts with translator names removed. Here's what we learned...
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Who translates the Odyssey best?
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If you want to find your favorite translation, here's a blind test. I got Fitzgerald 😲 drop a comment on who you get: homer.scrivium.com
Which Odyssey translation is best for you?

Which Odyssey translation is best for you?

Compare eight English translations in a blind reading test. Find the prose you prefer, then explore the results and methodology.

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Navigating Nolan's Odyssey
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ham solo
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🦅 🇺🇸 🦅 first 50 people to give us feedback on our Interactive Hamilton Apprenticeship get this guy as a (live free or die cut) sticker. Plus some other goodies.
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Metis = goddess of wisdom (and Zeus's first wife 😲)
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Zeus and the cornucopia
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Zeus picks his omen bird
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Report back if you get some good guidance from the birds today
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Operation 'Save Baby Zeus'
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Greek myth recap: - Kronos (titan) eats his kids so he can stay in charge - Rhea (sister-wife) asks their mom (Gaia/Earth) and dad (Ouranos/sky) for advice - They tell her to feed Kronos a rock and hide her real baby (Zeus) on Crete
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The "Titan of Time" Kronos
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The painting of Chronos in the last frame is by the Baroque painter, Giovanni Francesco Romanelli.
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The "Titan of Time" Kronos
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The painting of Chronos in the last frame is by the Baroque painter, Giovanni Francesco Romanelli.
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Who is Kronos, father of the Olympians?
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Who got Kronos right? 👇 💀 = Rubens (callous douche) 😢 = Goya (tortured soul)
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Zeus was a foster child
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Kronos trauma dumps on dad
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A clip from our "Zeus vs Kronos" deep dive on Scrivium
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