Comparative Literature and Culture 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Foot Washing, Eurycleia
4 Jan 2016
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Faithful to her husband (deemed as a good wife) Her job was to bear children and produce wealth for the household in the form of textiles (weaving) She is very clever (unweaves her textiles, so she does not have to choose a suitor, thus stay faithful to odysseus) Her husband is always on her mind; his presence is never absent. Penelope likes to ask many strangers/visitors if they have any news about odysseus when they enter ithaca. The only person who is odysseus" equal and the only one who bests him. Most of the time odysseus is away he is spending time with women. The sirens pose a threat to his return home (bewitches men) Spends seven years with calypso (major delay) She is a goddess, with her own island. Calypso comes from a greek word which means hiding; she hides.
