Odyssey Modern Scholarship
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- Created on: 13-05-23 11:25
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- Odyssey Modern Scholarship
- Women
- Silk- Nausicaa is 'transient' & 'Fluttery'- foil to durable Penelope
- Felsan & Slatkin- Odysseus & penelope similar & equal in characters e.g ingenuity (Pen. bed trick, funeral shroud)
- -Chrystal- Women are important to Odysseus' return (e.g Arete)- Active & integral members of the household
- Od. as a poem/literary techniques
- -Hall- Greek oral poetry has a distinct rhythm & ways of speaking, including formulaic
- -Griffin- Speeches are different style & vocab to the description/narrative
- Odysseus' Character
- -Jones- Different responses to Odysseus- loyal hero- husband, eternal wanderer & anti-hero who's selfish & a liar
- -Gaziosi- Odysseus is hard to pin down, he is a tragic hero, comic & villain in one
- Justice and revenge
- -Loney- Odyssesy is filled with vengeance & it is reciprocal- if someone is insulted/hurt, you can do the same back to them
- Nostos
- -Nagy- Od's Kleos is tied to nostos- bcs he survived war, he needs to return home to achieve glory- Pen part of that glory
- Disguise and recognition
- -Od needs Athene to maintain disguise successfully- not successful for long w/o her (e.g noone & random guest
- Role of Slaves
- -Thalmann- Od written from elite male perspective so portrayal of slaves is simplified, doesn't reflect historical truth
- Heroic Code
- -Clarke- Homeric hero is driven by a need for social validation and respect
- Role of Gods
- -Durst JOhnson & Johnson- Gods have two roles in the Odyssey- to shape the plot & to explain mortal's actions & emotions & why things happen to them (e.g bad weather)
- Women
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