Odysseus as Storyteller
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9308766 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christodoulos Zekas (Open University of Cyprus, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 721-739 |
| Publication date | 2016-10-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mnemosyne (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-7074 • E-ISSN: 1568-525X |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/1568525x-12342196 |
| OpenAlex | W2566407428 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 46 |
The scene in which Helius requires that Zeus avenge the slaughter of his sacred cattle is a unique case among the divine dialogues in Homeric epic. Its distinctiveness can be attributed to the fact that the demanding tone of the request, and the direct reply it receives, depart significantly from the communicative mode found in the other speech exchanges between the gods, principally in the Odyssey , but also in the Iliad . I argue that this variation is intrinsically associated with the special narrative circumstances of the scene as reported by Odysseus, who as a human lacks the (precise) knowledge of divine discourse
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Epos und Zitat
The Gods in the Homeric epics
Homeric Battle Narrative and the Ancient Near East
Homer
Speech Presentation in Homeric Epic
Poetics before Plato
The Words Of Gods
Homer and the Dual Model of the Tragic
The Poet's Voice
Challenges to the Power of Zeus in Early Greek Poetry
Homer
The language of heroes
A Narratological Commentary on the Odyssey
The Iliad
The Iliad
Greek Laughter
Truth in the Tales of the Odyssey
The Poetry of Homer
Blood and Iron
The Making of the Odyssey
The Subjective Style in Odysseus' Wanderings
Homeric Voices
Homeric Soundings
Entering the Agon
The Apologos of Odysseus
Conventions of Form and Thought in Early Greek Epic Poetry
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |