CLASSICS 2E03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Basileus, Pocket Watch, Cyclops
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Modern perspectives on the odyssey: two perspectives on the odyssey. " many a way/ wound with his wisdom" "i a(cid:373) a (cid:373)a(cid:374) of (cid:272)o(cid:374)sta(cid:374)t sorro(cid:449), i"(cid:448)e see(cid:374) trou(cid:271)le all (cid:373)y day, i (cid:271)id fare(cid:449)ell to old ke(cid:374)tu(cid:272)ky : this song that the 3 men sang in "oh brother where art though, that odysseus is of constant sorrow. In the movie the man on the railroad, tyresues (other part of odyssey) In the movie and book it is an adventure with comrade. Pylos a(cid:374)d sparta ha(cid:448)e guest frie(cid:374)dships (cid:449)ith odysseus that"s (cid:449)hy athe(cid:374)a tells tele(cid:373)a(cid:272)hus to go there. Odysseus the beloved commander and as the beloved husband. In konchalovsky"s film, odysseus as the leader who is loved by his men: but presented first and foremost as the lover of penelope- consider how the narrative of the film is structured. In the movie beginning odysseus carries pregnant wife (film about bringing husband to wife) in book it starts with odysseus lost.