The poem’s famous sex scenes have been excised, sapping erotic power from the female characters. Odysseus’ moral ambiguity is gone, too.

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The poem’s famous sex scenes have been excised, sapping erotic power from the female characters. Odysseus’ moral ambiguity is gone, too.