CLASSIC 30 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Kleos, Odysseus, Cyclops
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Lecture 13 myth and the fantastic: od. From greek word kalupto, to cover, conceal (not good for kleos) Name from odussomai to suffer (or inflict pain); sorrow. Double standard : odysseus can have sex with women (e. g. calypso) while on journey, but penelope can"t. Epithets: polumetis (very cunning); polutropos (of many turns) Odious to poseidon: smart & tricky, in no way gullible; crafty (making ship, odysseus" rough transition from immortal island to mortal world. Death & rebirth after climbing onto island: odysseus" body. Inhabitants of scheria, used to be cyclopes" neighbors. Out of human contact (p. 90) sailors of magical ships: nausicaa. Wishes odysseus for her husband (p92, 93) All strangers, all beggars, are under the protection of zeus connected with zeus food, story-telling to establish identity or relationship, gifts. Mentes, suitors (bad xenia), nestor, menelaus, calypso, phaeacians.