Odysseus on the GW

Zero Mostel as Leopold Bloom in Ulysses in Nighttown

Odysseus’ wiles enabled him to put a wooden stake in the eye of Polyphemus and also to avoid the lure of the Sirens. Dostoevsky wrote a story entitled "The Double" where a character encounters his doppleganger during a snow storm in St. Petersburg. Imagine Odysseus transported from Greek mythology to America and confronting his double as he crosses the GW Bridge at rush hour. You can hear 1010 Wins Traffic and Weather announcing a 45 minute delay in the outbound with famous Greek hero scheduled to arrive at Ellis Island to claim his birthright citizenship by dusk.

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