People and Themes in Homer's Odyssey

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ID9287922
AuthorsAgathe Thornton (corresponding author)
Year2015
Pages178
Publication date2015-01-28
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenuePeople and Themes in Homer's Odyssey (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9781315777825
OpenAlexW2071569336
ISBN9781315777825
Open LibraryOL53933665M
LanguageEN
Citations received16

Published in 1970, this important work interprets the poem with a focus on the idiosyncrasies of its originally oral composition. In part I, the main themes of the Odyssey such as 'guest-friendship' and 'testing' are investigated. The incorporation of these and other themes, such as 'omens' and the 'homecomings of the Achaeans', into the dramatic construction of the whole epic is also examined. In Part II, the main characters of the Odyssey are described: the Suitors, Telemachus, Odysseus and Penelope. So too are Theoclymenus and Laertes, whom traditional criticism has maligned or disregarded

Classical Antiquity Studies · History · Psychology · Ancient & Classical · Epic poetry · Epic poetry, history and criticism · Greek · Greek Epic poetry · Greek literature · Greek literature, history and criticism · Greek poetry · Greek poetry, history and criticism · History and criticism · Homer · Homer. Odyssey · in literature · Literary Criticism · Literature · Odysseus (Greek mythology) in literature · Odyssey (Homer) · Poésie épique grecque

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