CLASSICS 1B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Thrinacia, Odysseus, Cicones
26 Jan 2017
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Athena rouses nausicaa, phaiacian princess on the brink of adulthood. Odysseus approaches very cautiously: very nervous, troy -> calypso unknown (likely many hostile encounters) Nausicaa as artemis = chaste and untouchable: usually sexual violence (warning, chastity: single most important value, ultra respectful and careful not to offend her, marking himself as not threatening/sexual. Young women alone in greek myth a real danger. Nausicaa(cid:495)s feelings: clever: compliments, husband and wife living together with one mind, a more typical view of marriage: economic transfer, odysseus and penelope. Like-mindedness makes her more appealing than others. Odyssey 9: his looks and speech win her over, concerned being seen together, offered nausicaa(cid:495)s hand in marriage, odysseus(cid:495) identity revealed, king alcinous. Bard sings and odysseus weeps (book 8) The wanderings of odysseus (books 9-12: troubles with hospitality, thinking himself out of (and into) trouble, flashback narrative technique (earliest known use, opposition of culture and nature.
