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Monthly Archives: September 2010
The Odyssey: Book 1 lines 325-327
The next passage returns us, the audience, to the scene in which the previous conversation took place. The definite article τοῖσι at the beginning of this passage refers to the suitors mentioned in the previous line, acting as the definite … Continue reading
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The Odyssey: Book 1 lines 319-324
Now we see both Athena/Mentes and Telemachus starting to go into action. One of the things to bear in mind here is that although epithets are used repeatedly with recurrent characters in the story, so that those adjectives can seem … Continue reading
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The Odyssey: Book 1 lines 314-318
Athena/Mentes‘ response to Telemachus‘ offer of the amenities due to a guest-friend is short and to the point. She/He urges Telemachus not to hold her/him back anymore now since she/he desires to be on the road. This insistence satisfies Telemachus’ … Continue reading
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The Odyssey: Book 1 lines 306-313
Here we see Telemachus‘ reply to Athena or rather to Athena/Mentes who just revealed herself/himself to be Athena. Again, Telemachus uses the (elided) formal address of ξεῖν᾽ referring to Athena/Mentes status as a guest-friend. What Telemachus answers here only really … Continue reading
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The Odyssey: Book 1 lines 252-305 (Part 2)
This post continues the previous, as per the title and so deals with this section of the Odyssey. Again, the conversation between Telemachus and Athena/Mentes continues, while the suitors are in the background commencing their drunken feast. Athena/Mentes continues her … Continue reading
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The Odyssey: Book 1 lines 252-305 (Part 1)
Now the same conversation as that described in the last several lines continues. Telemachus has in his dismay accused the gods of injustice, and now Athena/Mentes (very much as Athena the goddess) makes her indignant reply. The first statement Athena/Mentes … Continue reading
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