‘The Odyssey’: What the Classic Reminds Us About Our True Home

July 20, 2026 World News

In Lovis Corinth’s 1913 painting “Odysseus in the Battle With the Suitors,” Odysseus confronts the suitors — aristocrats who had occupied his palace and competed for the hand of his faithful wife, Penelope, believing him dead.

Providence College professor Raymond Hain says the most important thing ‘The Odyssey’ shows us is ‘the importance of home, of the challenges and gifts bestowed on us by the permanent and stable things in life.’

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