GTBOOKS 191 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Scheria, Eumaeus, Swineherd
26 Oct 2016
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We are not sure what happens to them. Last you see of the phaeacians is them praying. I(cid:374) fagle"s tra(cid:374)slatio(cid:374)s, zeus tells poseido(cid:374) to (cid:271)lo(cid:272)k their port (cid:449)ith a (cid:373)ou(cid:374)tai(cid:374) Athena hides odysseus, but also makes ithaca unrecognizable to hum and appears to hum in disguise. Athena treats him the way that odysseus treats other people. Telemachus actually matured- maybe he has not learned but has gained social confidence. Odyssey takes a tur(cid:374) a(cid:449)ay fro(cid:373) (cid:862)epi(cid:272) de(cid:272)oru(cid:373)(cid:863) Turns out that a swineherd is going to increase because an important character. Eumaeus apologies to his guest for serving him a young pig instead of a full grown one. Food is symbolic, young pigs actually taste better. People eat food similar to their social status. Common people in iliad were a constant backdrop, not main characters. Common people in odyssey are good/bad guys and all down the social ladder. Odysseus reveals himself to telemachus not a universal recognition scene because.
