Undisciplined

 of this series, I outlined what an economic approach to reading Homer’s epic, The Odyssey,1 might look like. I then turned to Homer’s treatment of comparative political regimes in the 

. In this final essay, I return briefly to The Odyssey’s polities, and then consider the lessons the heroic tale has to tell us about politics and economics today.

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> In the [first article](https://www.econlib.org/library/columns/y2025/cowenodysseypart1.html) of this series, I outlined what an economic approach to reading Homer’s epic, The Odyssey,1 might look like. I then turned to Homer’s treatment of comparative political regimes in the [second article](https://www.econlib.org/library/columns/y2025/cowenodysseypart2.html). In this final essay, I return briefly to The Odyssey’s polities, and then consider the lessons the heroic tale has to tell us about politics and economics today.
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> **[...read more at econlib.org](https://www.econlib.org/library/columns/y2025/cowenodysseypart3.html)**

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