CLASSICS 1B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Nintendo Power, Odyssey 5, Simile
29 Sep 2016
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Odysseus and his nostos (nostos means his home coming) Heroes that are greek aren"t actually good, they just lived in the mythological past. The odyssey is the back bone of the modern literature world (anything mythical) Penelope"s trick (keeps the suiters around, and she cant make a decision about marriage) She is actually prolonging moving on, and it is using trickery to get her way. These suiters are not worth of penelope"s trickering mind. Athena wants telemachus to get out of the house and get practical experience in the real world so everyone will stop treating him as a child. Telemachus gets to see how a kingdom is supposed to function properly. Arrival in sparta during hermione"s wedding to neoptolemus. They are given baths and oils to rub on themselves. Menelaus overhears telemachus telling everyone of the problems at home and all the rude suiters.
