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A collection which makes available to specialists and nonspecialists important work on the Odyssey. The ten essays in this work address five major concerns: the poem's programmatic representation of social and religious institutions and values; its transformation of folktales and traditional stories into epic adventures; and others.

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PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction3Land and Sacrifice in the Odyssey: A Study of Religious and Mythical Meanings33Death with Two Faces55The Adventures in the Odyssey63Penelope and the Suitors133Dread Goddess Revisited141Penelope's Perspective: Character from Plot163The Refusal of Odysseus185The Song of the Sirens191Kleos and Its Ironies in the Odyssey201Composition by Theme and the Metis of the Odyssey223Bibliography239Contributors253Index of Passages Discussed and Cited257General Index271

Reading the Odyssey

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 18 December 1995
      ISBN-13 9780691044392
      978-0691044392
      ISBN-10 0691044392

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A collection which makes available to specialists and nonspecialists important work on the Odyssey. The ten essays in this work address five major concerns: the poem's programmatic representation of social and religious institutions and values; its transformation of folktales and traditional stories into epic adventures; and others.

      Table of Contents
      PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction3Land and Sacrifice in the Odyssey: A Study of Religious and Mythical Meanings33Death with Two Faces55The Adventures in the Odyssey63Penelope and the Suitors133Dread Goddess Revisited141Penelope's Perspective: Character from Plot163The Refusal of Odysseus185The Song of the Sirens191Kleos and Its Ironies in the Odyssey201Composition by Theme and the Metis of the Odyssey223Bibliography239Contributors253Index of Passages Discussed and Cited257General Index271

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