First, 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 […]
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Published by Erin October 9th, 2006 in Homeric World, Translation and Themes in ODYSSEY. 2 Comments
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 […]
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