Editing 2837: Odyssey

In this comic [[Cueball]] receives a birthday present from [[Ponytail]]: a translation of the ''Iliad'', by {{w|Emily Wilson (classicist)|Emily Wilson}}. The ''{{w|Iliad}}'' is an {{w|Ancient Greek}} epic poem {{w|Homeric Question|authored by Homer}} about the Trojan War. Wilson published her translation of the ''Iliad'' in September 2023, several weeks before the release of this comic.

Cueball then orders the ''{{w|Odyssey}}'', Wilson's earlier translation of another well known epic poem of ancient Greece. In the story, a Trojan War hero named Odysseus journeys home. Wilson published this translation in 2017, to great acclaim.  

At the start of his journey in the ''Odyssey'', Odysseus and his crew are blown off course, and instead arrive at the island of the Lotus-Eaters. This begins a string of misfortunes and adventures which result in it taking another 10 years before Odysseus would make it home. In the comic, the same initial fate befalls the book delivery, and in expectation of a similarly tortuous journey, it is projected to arrive in 2033, 10 years after Cueball ordered the book.  

The title text refers to a moment in the ''Odyssey'' when Odysseus escapes from the cyclops Polyphemus. Odysseus, when introducing himself to Polyphemus, gives his name as "Nobody". After Odysseus has drugged him with drink and blinded him, the Cyclops cries out that "Nobody is attacking me!" Hearing this, Polyphemus's cyclops neighbors (quite reasonably) misinterpret his words as meaning that nobody is attacking him (and therefore he is not being attacked), believe there is no reason to help and return to their homes, allowing Odysseus and his remaining crew to escape. A frustration that is sometimes experienced by those awaiting packages is that a tracker will update to claim that the item couldn't be delivered because there was no-one available to receive it, despite having waited in for it at the appointed time, presumably because the courier falsely recorded an attempt in order to skip having to make the delivery. In this case, though, the suggestion is that someone named "Nobody" was at the delivery address, and when the package carrier (or automated delivery robot) approached the front door, and was told that "Nobody is home", they decided not to deliver the package, much to Cueball's chagrin.