CLASSICS 1B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Lotus-Eaters, Cicones, Scheria
6 Oct 2016
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Athena rouses nausicaa, phaeacian princess on the brink of adulthood. Odysseus compares nausicaa to artemis= chaste and untouchable. In general, when a man and a girl are alone together in myth- sexual violence. Nausicaa"s companions recognize the danger and run away. Odysseus compliments her, her family, mentions marriage. Famous speech about marriage- contradicts what marriage was actually like at the time. Odysseus bathes and emerges- thanks to athena- looking like a god. Nausicaa instructs him to her father"s palace. She worries what the people might think if she is seen with odysseus. He stays behind, following at a safe distance. Odysseus among the phaeacians- welcomed by the royal family. Odysseus tells the very long story of how odysseus left troy and how he got to the island. Thinking himself out of and into trouble. Battle occurs, odysseus and his men win. When odysseus tells his men to return to the ships they do not listen.
