PHILOS 1B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Odysseus, Scheria, Deiphobus
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Athena tells him in a dream and disguised to go abroad. Weaves a quilt during the day and unravels it at night- saying that. Nestor she can"t marry any of the suitors until she finishes weaving. Arrival in sparta during (ermione"s wedding to neoptolemus (cid:523)achilles son(cid:524) Menelaus" nostos (cid:523)stumbled upon wealth, suffered from the death of. Telemachus is sad about his father too and they weep together. Proteus the old man of the sea (shape shifter), menelaus has to hold him down while he shifts shapes in order to hear his future. Proteus tells the past clearly, but the future is unclear. Artemis is a young unmarried virgin goddess who is dangerous to men as does helen. Highlights bad qualities in humans when compared to gods. Wants the men to forget pain and sadness. Menelaus says she tricks the greeks with deiphobus.
