HUMA 1105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Telemachus, Odysseus, Theogony
25 Mar 2014
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Test will consist of theogony, iliad, and first half of the odyssey (1-12) In some ways, the odyssey can be seen as a sequel of the iliad. The odyssey is set place after 10 years of the fall of troy. Odysseus is the last of the warriors to return home. The odyssey is the story of the wandering of odysseus. One of the key concepts of the odysseus is nostos: homecoming (nostalgia-the longing to return home) The iliad is said to be written by a single poet, whereas the author for the odyssey seems to be debated as to whether homer wrote it or more than one person wrote it. A german scholar debates that there are indeed 2 poets who composed the odyssey: there is poet a and t. (t is telemachy-the first four books of the odyssey) telemachos is the son of. Poet e is the one that compiled the work of both authors into one work.
