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Every Soldier an Odysseus
By Ido HevroniAs Israelis fight and then come home, Homer’s Odyssey helps them understand their own experiences.
Ido Hevroni
Ido Hevroni (@IdoHevroni) is a professor at Shalem College in Jerusalem, where he is also the chair of the David and Judith Lobel Core Curriculum. He is writing a book about teaching Homer in wartime.
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