CLAS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Scheria
14 Jul 2016
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**homophrosyne--what odysseus prays the gods grants nausicaa in a relationship. -they can"t be his wives simply because they are not penelope. Alcinous & arete --husband and wife: through his prayer for nausicaa, we learn what he doesn"t want in a wife. Through his prayer for nausicaa, we learn what he does want. Page 99 & 100 odysseus doesn"t want immortality and physical beauty. He weeps at the sea and doesn"t take any delight in calypso. While he vocalizes his desire to go home to calypso, he doesn"t mention penelope. He is smart enough to know who he is talking to at all times. 100) which may be exactly what they are missing in their relationship. When she says he can go home he asks her what harm she has in store for him once he leaves. Page 121 we learn what odysseus wants in a wife. Nausicaa reflects what he wants in a relationship.
