Odysseus and the wooden horse

Andersen, Øivind

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“…Not only does it recount an episode of the hero's cunning and prowess, but also, as many critics have pointed out, it forecasts the kleos Odysseus will win in the narrative of the Odyssey (the disguise as a beggar, the bath by one who has recognised him, the slaughter of his enemies). 88 What is more, Helen's tale places the teller herself firmly in the limelight. She is the only one to recognise the master of disguise; she aids and abets the Greek cause; she ends her story with flattery of her husband and blame of Aphrodite.…”

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Reading Differences: The Odyssey and Juxtaposition

Goldhill

1988

Ramus

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This article comprises a discussion of four separate passages in Homer and some of the critical problems which each involves. My intention is not to produce a blueprint or set of rules for the interpretation of Homer, but rather — a more limited aim — to increase attention to the complex texture of the poetry of the Odyssey, and to the need for a critical practice alive to such complexity. The four passages are the speech of Amphimedon's ghost; the recognition scene between Odysseus and Argus; the story telling of Menelaus and Helen; and, finally, Odysseus' first speech to Nausicaa. Each passage opens questions about how Homer is read, and, in particular, about how what is often referred to as Homer's juxtapositional technique interrelates with the role of the reader in the activity of interpretation.

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Reading Differences: The Odyssey and Juxtaposition

Goldhill

1988

Ramus

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The Talking Greeks

Heath

2005

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When considering the question of what makes us human, the ancient Greeks provided numerous suggestions. This book argues that the defining criterion in the Hellenic world, however, was the most obvious one: speech. It explores how it was the capacity for authoritative speech which was held to separate humans from other animals, gods from humans, men from women, Greeks from non-Greeks, citizens from slaves, and the mundane from the heroic. John Heath illustrates how Homer's epics trace the development of immature young men into adults managing speech in entirely human ways and how in Aeschylus' Oresteia only human speech can disentangle man, beast, and god. Plato's Dialogues are shown to reveal the consequences of Socratically imposed silence. With its examination of the Greek focus on speech, animalization, and status, this book offers new readings of key texts and provides significant insights into the Greek approach to understanding our world.

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The Talking Greeks

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Odysseus and the wooden horse

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Reading Differences: The Odyssey and Juxtaposition

Reading Differences: The Odyssey and Juxtaposition

The Talking Greeks

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