It's important because the ancient Greeks traveled. And, an odyssey is like a wonder, and if your a Greek and you liked to journey, you'd probably like to go to places with odysseys in them
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Factors exogenous to a country's current level of income are identified as being responsible for some 84% of the increase in life expectancy during the period. ... But neither country's mortality has been directly affected by its own income; the effect shows up as a shift in the curve.