It is interesting to compare Odysseus’ mourning in different sections of the book. In chapter 10, which we translated, Odysseus weeps upon hearing that he must go down to the underworld, then once he is satisfied, asks how he should undertake this adventure and prepares to go. However, when on the island of […]
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Rolling about and weeping (v. 499)
Published by Pietro September 8th, 2006 in Knowledge and Suffering. 1 Comment
The way Odisseus reacts to the sudden news of his journey to Hades is, in my opinion, typical of the Greek tragedy: an emphatic, uncontrolled, even exaggerated use of the body and then, when it’s time to speak, an absolut control of the words: because the fate has been already set for them, the reaction of […]
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