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In the Odyssey, Ulysses/Odysseus spends most of his time with Circe and Calypso while Penelope is waiting for him. In the last three years before Odysseus’s return, Penelope was faced with the constant presence of 108 suitors for her hand. In the Homeric age (8th century BC) the law in force was the survival of the fittest. So applicants imposed their will before the arrival of the owner of the house, although eventually they ended up crushed by him. Ulisses/Odisseus passa, na Odisseia, a…

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