CLA160H1 Lecture Notes - Eumaeus, Scheria, Odysseus
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Monday, march 01, 2010: themes of books 13-24, nostos. Still a crucial theme, maybe even more so in the latter half of the: xenia e. g. ) How is odysseus treated when he appears as a stranger in ithaca: lies and deceit. Odysseus comes up with a lot of lying tales to tell of his presence poem in ithaca: testing. Odysseus" tests people to make sure they are still loyal (some pass, some fail) o. Is given a very rude reception by the suitors. Odysseus and telemachus kill all the suitors, penelope and. Odysseus are reunited: disguise is an important element of the latter half of the poem. Odysseus is in disguise for most of the last half: book thirteen, odysseus achieves his nostos. Odysseus is asleep when he arrives in ithaca on the shore. Unknown why the poet had odysseus be asleep. The phaeacians don"t wake him, leave him and gifts to him fantasy to the world of reality.
