CLASSICS 330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Ephesia Grammata, Odysseus, Katabasis
20 Mar 2018
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Visiting the underworld (katabasis = official term of going down into the underworld). This word will be seen a lot in ogden. The fact that this word has been created shows that it was common. This has a negative connotation in antiquity. They could get you to do something you don"t particularly want to do or something contrary to something you would not normally do. People who can be hired to do something unpleasant or dangerous. Because they do things in exchange for money. Professional magicians offer their services to wealthy people in particular. So she isn"t judged by normal human standards. The odyssey is about odysseus trying to sail home after the trojan war. He angered the gods when he was halfway home, so the gods (particularly poseidon) delayed his trip home. Odysseus was trapped on an island for the better part of his journey. Odysseus meets circe when he sails to her island.
