S8E3 - You Odyssey This: Hubris and the Lotus Eaters
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Odysseus and the Island of Scuria
The island of Scuria was close to Ithaca, and he wasn't a prisoner here. The fascians took great care of Odysseus as they would any traveler. Hospitality was very important to all the Greeks. Queen Arete watched this new visitor carefully. His confidence around royalty and his general sophistication were not something that a normal common sailor would have. Some of the younger men on the island were a little tweaked by the newfound fascination with this shipwrecked sailor,. So as part of the celebration, there was an exhibition of athletic skills. Javelins were thrown, races were run, and one of the athletes, a buff jock named Yurial
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