HUMA 1105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Scheria, Odysseus
28 Nov 2016
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The phaeacians: nausicaa helped odysseus but it wasn"t enough when poseidon hated him, the phaeacians are a utopian culture that help odysseus and is the perfect place for. Odysseus: odysseus has fallen from being the king, the best of the achaeans, to what he is now, this is the golden age society. Golden age: there is no competition because there is enough, its peaceful: odysseus doesn"t reveal who he is because he doesn"t know how safe it is. Demodocus sings: demodocus is greatly honoured by the phaeacians, demodocus sings a song about the iliad. He tells of a quarrel of odysseus and. They decide to distract him with some sports. Odysseus loses his temper: when he plays sports with the phaeacians, odysseus loses it, the phaeacians are peaceful and everything and he doesn"t belong, odysseus overreacts to being teased by the phaeacians.
