CLAS 2220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Clytemnestra, Aegisthus, Odysseus
10 May 2016
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Named for telemachus, who the beginning focuses on. Where are we going/how do we get there: odysseus, comrades, aegisthus, telemachus, penelope, suitors. Needs to get from calypso to penelope: seems impossible! Penelope says he has never harmed anyone. We can guess he will use his mind to solve problems. He is willing to consider the possibility of personal, invisible beings (gods) Does not learn the lesson the gods tried to teach him: they sent hermes to warn him that this was not right. 65), and old man of the sea (pg. A boy old enough to be a man. Without a father, he feels like he is stuck to be a boy forever: needs guidance to grow. Uses imagination to achieve his goals: able to picture the outcome. He shows hospitality to athena in book one: shows xenia , which means trusting with personal space . Good student (41-42: seen when athena corrects his view.
