Line 331, when Odysseus finishes his long speach about the land of the dead, he askes to go to sleep and to join his ”companions”. I tought that, at this point, he had already lost all of them… Am I missing anything?
Archive for October, 2006
For my senior seminar paper, I’m writing about the influences of classical Greek literature in Southern Renaissance literature. Basically, it is stemming from a novel we read about the Civil War which is loosely structured after the Iliad. Consequently, I’ve been reading a lot about Greek epics and heroes. One of the books I’ve read […]
Since BBCnews is my homepage, I saw that they did a follow up article in reference to the question of Paliki being ancient Ithica, only connected to another island by fill from volcanoes.
In case any of you are interested, here is the link: Drill Hole Begins Homeric Quest.
a conglomeration of things…
Published by Erin October 9th, 2006 in Homeric World, Translation and Themes in ODYSSEY. 2 CommentsFirst, I have to say this blog is very handy when you’re out of town!
In the translation, I had difficulty with lines 193-4. I understand it’s something about leaves on the ground (appropriate for this season!), but I just can’t seem to put all of the words together.
To echo Midori’s post, I, too, was amused […]
Book 13, lines 287-290: ‘The goddess, gray-eyed Athene, smiled on him, and stroked him with her hand, and took on the shape of a woman both beautiful and tall, and well versed in glorious handiworks…’
I liked this quote, since it shows that Athena truly cares for Odysseus (it is not for every mortal that a […]
oral tradition again
Published by Sophie October 4th, 2006 in Uncategorized, Oral Performance and Homeric Question. 2 CommentsEarlier, I think, Pietro wrote about the repetition and formulaic phrases in Homer and whether those indicate oral tradition as the source for the texts. I ran into some theories about Homer and oral vs. written while writing another paper (which involved medieval literacy / oral culture) because I was told to look at the work of A. Lord to […]
The underworld, and a few other things
Published by Erin October 2nd, 2006 in Odysseus and Themes in Book 11. 2 CommentsReading Books 11 and 12 really intrigued me. Book 11’s portrayal of the afterlife was very interesting, and I was amazed by the number of people he encountered. I guess the typical person in Homer’s time would know the stories behind the names, but I did not know of most of them. I’ve been looking […]
I thought I would just post a few musings/questions I wanted to ask about the weekend’s readings on the blog instead of taking up class time.
Book 11, line 235 on = Is it just by chance that the first of the illustrious ladies that Odysseus presents was a lover of Poseidon? I found it rather ironic; perhaps she was first […]
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