A Guide to the Odyssey: A Commentary on the English Translation of Robert Fitzgerald by Ralph J. Hexter & Robert Fitzgerald

Author:Ralph J. Hexter & Robert Fitzgerald [Hexter, Ralph J. & Fitzgerald, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Homer, Language Arts & Disciplines, Greek Language - Translating Into English, Greek Language, Fitzgerald; Robert - Knowledge - Language and Languages, History and Criticism, Epic Poetry; Greek - History and Criticism, Poetry, Odysseus (Greek Mythology) in Literature, Literary Criticism, Translating & Interpreting, Ancient & Classical, Translating Into English, Epic Poetry; Greek
ISBN: 9780679728474
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Publisher: Vintage
Published: 1993-11-30T06:00:00+00:00

17–18 the return of the Akhaians: Strictly, Odysseus would at this point have known little about the nostoi of any other of the Akhaians. Homer is no pedant, and no one in his audience would have gotten stuck on this point.

22–29 The bag of winds with all of them tied up and only one (at first) let out—the favorable west-wind—is one version of a traditional motif. Another example, developed somewhat differently, is Pandora’s box, so-called because Pandora (literally “all gifts”) opened this box, releasing all woes into the world. She managed to slam it shut in time to retain only one item—hope.

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