HUMA 1105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Scheria, Odysseus
19 Nov 2014
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Tutorial 4: homer"s odyssey books 7-10: liminal - threshold. I. e. telemachy (telemachus leaving home to find news of odysseus) Odysseus reaching or arriving at different places. I. e. odysseus and the phaeacians, who are more utopian whereas odysseus is used to a world of warfare, etc. Idea/notion of xenai (hospitality) when odysseus was offered naussica"s hand in marriage: theme of identity. I. e. odysseus disguising himself as a beggar when going into troy during trojan. Related to idea of liminal experiences (your identity shifts during or over the time of your experiences/years of living: qualities of odysseus. He comes from a society that valorizes warfare. Theme of nostos (nostalgia) for his home (ithaca) Notion of glory (his role in the trojan war) (kleos: theme of xenia. Too many suitors taking advantage of odysseus" home. Telemachus cannot prevent the suitors from luding his father"s home. Are the suitors still taking advantage of the xenia: songs/hymns.
