CLAA06H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Samosata, Pleasure Garden, Hubris
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Odysseus as aoidos - books 9-12 give us the story of his wanderings through the perspective of. He almost becomes an aoidos to the phaeacians that he recounts his adventures to them. Odysseus is received warmly by the phaeacians, and is awed by their advanced society; this warm reception is an example of good xenia , and is a contrast to the bad xenia displayed at ithaca by. He keeps quiet because his misfortune comes from the gods - the king aeolus himself turns. This is called the apology , where odysseus is attempting to explain his misfortune and why it is undeserved. Odysseus has lost everything at this point - his men, his riches, his ships; he has lost his kleos. Odysseus begins his narrative by saying he sacked a city called cicones on the way home from troy - he is showing that he is not a good guest to these people.
