CLASSICS 1B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Firefighter, Eurycleia, Melantho
7 Oct 2015
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Return to the palace still in disguise. Odysseus" dog, argus: dog dies when he sees his master. Odysseus" resourcefulness, endurance; passing along to his son. Melantho and the other slave girls: melantho speaks against odysseus, slave girls sleep with suitors, reality: go with suitors instead of resist. Odysseus and penelope: he interweaves lies and the truth. Odysseus tells a past story; penelope test him, asks about odysseus" clothing: does she recognize him, she recognizes the past description of him. Eurycleia and the scar: washes odysseus" feet, noticed scar from a wild boar hunt, threatens eurycleia so he can keep his disguise. Penelope"s dream: the geese and the eagle: 20 geese to eat her grain, happy about it; eagle comes to kill all geese, eagle: odysseus geese: suitors. The contest for the suitors: arrows through the holes of 12 axes. Athena helps abuse of odysseus: suitors let loose with him, cruel athena.
