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Commentary: What Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ can teach us about reentering the world after a year of isolation

As the pandemic has dragged on, I’ve returned to reunited Odysseus and Penelope’s conversation.

Penelope and Odysseus in Homer’s “The Odyssey.” Painting by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, 1802

Penelope and Odysseus in Homer’s “The Odyssey.” Painting by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, 1802