CLST 203 Lecture 15: March 3
7 Mar 2016
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Controversy about whether both poems were written by same poet. Odyssey: struggles of greek hero odysseus to return home from troy and regain his position as. This happened as poseidon was extremely upset with him, and he was prevented from reaching land for many years (10 years) Even if return to odyssey is main plot, odyssey is about a small number of days. Have a lot of flashbacks recounting previous events. Sone of god or goddess and human being. Has divine characteristics, his mother is daughter of the son of hermes (autolycys) Abilities of odysseus in cunning, and sneaky, comes from being a descendant of hermes. Even if odyssey is about odysseus, the hero doesn"t appear until book 5 of the poem. The first books are about what is happening in attica from nine years from fall of troy. Challenging situation for his wife, penelope and son telemachus. We have seen that many heroes are half-human, half-divine.
