HONR 1101 Lecture Notes - Eumaeus, Odysseus, Swineherd
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In these notes, i"d really like to focus a lot on the character of eumaios such as we did in class. When odysseus returns to ithaka and goes to visit and stay in the swineherd"s hut, a lot of the attention is focused on odysseus. Eumaios can play the poker game just as well as the master tactician, odysseus. There are small hints that demonstrate this throughout their time spent together before odysseus reveals his identity. Eumaios first demonstrates his wits and tactful and careful throughout the. Notes on class 9/23 conversation when he asks his guest to tell him who he is and his story. It is interesting to watch the progression of the conversation between two masterful tacticians who seem to be playing the same game with one another. It begins when odysseus questions about the swineherd"s king, saying that he may know him or know news of him.
