CLA 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Clytemnestra, Nanny, Eurymachus
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Introduction the odyssey of homer: more folktale patterns than the iliad. Ends happily, hence it was compared with comedy, not tragedy; (the iliad = tragic: generally considered to be the second of homer"s two poems, both chronologically and thematically (written down ca. The iliad explores the limitations of a mortal as compared to a god (what it means to be mortal) The odyssey explores what it means to be an individual mortal (what it means to be a particular mortal) The odyssey explores what contributes to a man"s identity: his character, his achievements, his home, his wife and family. The plot begins after odysseus has been away from his home on the island of ithaca for 20 years: no one knows what happened to him. Just like the iliad, the poem is divided in 24 books for 24 letters in the greek alphabet (probably not done by homer)
