Comments on: Odysseus and the Seductions of Travel http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2012/10/01/odysseus-and-the-seductions-of-travel/ A First Things Blog Wed, 22 May 2013 21:47:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Staying home vs. coming home http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2012/10/01/odysseus-and-the-seductions-of-travel/comment-page-1/#comment-76162 Staying home vs. coming home Wed, 03 Oct 2012 09:31:00 +0000 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/?p=48392#comment-76162 [...] HT:  Matthew Cantirino [...]

]]> By: Nicholas Frankovich http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2012/10/01/odysseus-and-the-seductions-of-travel/comment-page-1/#comment-76091 Nicholas Frankovich Tue, 02 Oct 2012 17:41:45 +0000 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/?p=48392#comment-76091 “the goal . . . is both a displacement of the individual and yet their return to the initial point of departure” — the principle of baseball, no? They call it “home” for a reason.

]]> By: Alberto Hurtado http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2012/10/01/odysseus-and-the-seductions-of-travel/comment-page-1/#comment-76068 Alberto Hurtado Tue, 02 Oct 2012 14:44:15 +0000 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/?p=48392#comment-76068 The use of the “absolute”, ablative or not, brings back memories:

“suitors having been dispatched”

Well Done!

]]> By: gk1234 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2012/10/01/odysseus-and-the-seductions-of-travel/comment-page-1/#comment-76020 gk1234 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 22:16:50 +0000 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/?p=48392#comment-76020 I think this is a good summary, and the distinction between pilgrimage vs. escape is great.I did not know about the alternate endings…

This ‘photo’, also from Dreher’s blog a month ago summarizes it all well too:

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/against-the-geographical-cure/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=against-the-geographical-cure

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