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Monthly Archives: November 2010
The Odyssey: Book 1 lines 365-367
In this quick portion, the suitors raise a din in response to Telemachus‘ bold declaration. Were that not enough, they presume to try to go up with him into the women’s quarters where Telemachus’ mother Penelope has sent for him. … Continue reading
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The Odyssey: Book 1 lines 360-364
The preceding pronouncement of Telemachus has just stunned everyone in the household– members of it and suitors alike. Heretofore Telemachus has behaved as merely a child, and now suddenly he is declaring publicly he will undertake the deeds of a … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancient, Ancient Greece, Ancient Greek, Arts, Athena, Book 1 Odyssey, classical Greek, Classical Studies, epics, Goddess, Greek, Greek customs, Greek mythology, Homer, Homeric, Homeric epics, Ithaca, Myths, Myths and Folktales, Odysseus, Odyssey, Odyssey Book 1, Penelope, suitors, Telemachus
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The Odyssey: Book 1 lines 345-359
N.B.: I’ve not blogged in a while but I’ve a really good excuse– a beautiful new baby daughter. Now Telemachus responds to his mother. Ostensibly, what he says is a mild rebuke of his mother Penelope, but the person who … Continue reading
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