CLASSICS 1B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Odyssey 5, Odysseus, Scheria
9 Mar 2018
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Influence on western literature: any type of homecoming has its origins in the odyssey. Pe(cid:374)elope"s trick- she does not make up her mind if she should marry her suitors, weaving a shroud for her hus(cid:271)a(cid:374)d"s father: the suitors are foolish men, despite odysseus" lo(cid:374)g a(cid:271)se(cid:374)(cid:272)e they stay. It is athe(cid:374)a"s plan to show him how a city should function: he goes to pylos and sparta to inquire about his father. Nestor on pylos: we learn about his nostos and the death of agamemnon and how his son has taken revenge. Arrival in sparta during her(cid:373)io(cid:374)e"s weddi(cid:374)g to neoptole(cid:373)us. Standards of hospitality-offered a bath xenia: does(cid:374)"t ask tele(cid:373)a(cid:272)hus" name until they eat. Helen spikes drinks: drugs erases all sorrow and pain, the dinner will be happy, she then suggests that they share their stories. We learn about odysseus through stories, but do not hear his story directly. Odysseus" dis(cid:271)elief: calypso and odysseus eat, odysseus eats mortal food and calypso eats ambrosia.
