The Catholic Book Club discussion

7. Father Wetta, a member of our group, has graciously agreed to answer our questions about The Eighth Arrow: Odysseus in the Underworld, A Novel. Please post your questions in reply to this post.

Why Hades is the evil? There will not be able other god with this role one of the titans or Typhon? The por Hades of the Greek mythology gave me a bit sad.

There will be a sequel telling the Odysseus rising to the purgatory and heaven?

Why Odysseus excepting Dante and Virgil did not find historical characters who lived after of him? For instance Romullus, or Pisistrato, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Alexander the Great

How did you think the idea of checking the Divine Comedy? My friend the Professor Alfonseca thinks that Odysseus is in the inferno because the Middle age authors had not idea of Greek mythology.
Dante and Torquato Tasso "Delivered Jerusalem" considered that Odysseus was punished for crossing the Hercule's columns but other traditions said that he was murdered by his son Telephogus had with Cirke.

What is your opinion that other writers are using the greek myths with ideológicas intenciones as Marion Zimmer Bradley, Margaret Atwood or Madeleine Miller?

Had you thought to write another book? It does not matter if is fiction or not fiction. If some of my questions bother you. Please do not reply.

1) How much fun did Father have while writing this book?

2) Odysseus' flashbacks were entirely original or based on the source material? Did Father take liberties to develop the characters?

3) Did Father take any inspiration from the Percy Jackson series? I'm thinking especially about the fourth book of the second saga, "The House of Hades".

4) By extension, what do you think about the use of mythology in fiction? Here in Brazil, Professor Carlos Nougué insists it ought to be preferred over other mythologies, since it's closer to philosophical truth and, in a way, to the Gospel (his opinion; he's somewhat critical of "The Lord of the Rings").