CLA236H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Stakes Is High, Aeaea, Seventeen Days
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Books 5-8: odysseus at phaeacia; departure from. Delicate position of telemachus: self-assertion, growing up without a father. Penelope does not immediately fall into o"s arms; psychological trick. Hero of wanderings vs hero of troy; men become an embarrassment, he loses his ship and his clothes, must return alone. 273,the clashing rocks: the argo, sung by the world ; significant role of hera similar to role of. Laestrygonians in the east, by the hellespont: has to be crossed on the way to the black sea and the fleece. Sirens: orpheus sang against the sirens, they cast themselves onto the rocks. Circe: medea"s aunt, whom jason had to visit to be purified of blood guilt. Xenia: elements of a hospitality type scene (steve reece) Our subject is the wily wanderer odysseus and his hard adventures. Athena asks zeus, as the gods are assembled on olympus, Zeus replies that the anger of the sea god.
