CLAS 203 Lecture Notes - Thrinacia, Telegonus, Anticlea
11 Mar 2013
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The nosoi (returns: agamemnon: death and betrayal, menelaus: travels to egypt after burying his companion. Stuck on island of pharos low on provision, nymph who is the daughter of proteus (old man of the sea) takes pity on menelaus and tells him: Proteus at noon everyday emerges from the sea and comes to sleep amidst a flock of seals and he counts them and he lies around them and sleeps. Menelaus must seize him and demand of him what to do. Menelaus ambushes proteus and gets told that he must go on top of mt. In greek means simply the story of odysseus : composed later than the iliad. Carefully avoids overlap in narration: telemacheia considered a later addition. Combines two strands of stories: adventures at sea with a nostos (returning home) Realistic descriptions of life: eating, farm and palace life. Chronology of the nostos plot of the odyssey.
