Reading The Odyssey in Greek

Text on the meme

i actually read the Odyssey in the original greek. complete waste of time, i have no idea what those symbols mean

What it means

A serious-looking woman stands in front of ancient Greek ruins above a social media post claiming to have read The Odyssey in the original Greek, only to admit that the symbols were incomprehensible. The joke is the absurd contradiction between intellectual confidence and complete illiteracy, used as a reaction to pretending to understand something scholarly. EN: A serious-looking woman stands in front of ancient Greek ruins above a social media post claiming to have read The Odyssey in the original Greek, only to admit that the symbols were incomprehensible. The joke is the absurd contradiction between intellectual confidence and complete illiteracy, used as a reaction to pretending to understand something scholarly.

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woman / женщина brown hair / каштановые волосы plaid blazer / пиджак в клетку blue collared shirt / голубая рубашка с воротником ancient Greek ruins / древнегреческие руины stone columns / каменные колонны blue sky / голубое небо social media post / публикация в соцсети speech bubble / облачко с текстом smartphone screenshot / скриншот смартфона