HUMA 1105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Telemachus, Odysseus, Olive Oil
25 Mar 2014
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It is not until book 15 athena tells odysseus to return to ithaka. The telemachy is suggested to be composed of a different poet of the iliad, scholars debate. 17-18th century- neo plascisim , looking back into the classics for their own works, their own stories of telemachos. Book 3 can be divided into 3 prominent subsections: 1) telemachos" arrival at nestor"s country. Book 3 ends with sacrifices and telemachos" journey to. The first sacrifices in book 3 are made to poseidon and athena. There is a contrast between nestor"s house (his is religious) can be contrasted to odysseus"s house at ithaka, the chaos there. Nestor had a successful homecoming vs. odysseus" failure to return. When telemachos arrives at nestor"s place, they see them sacrificing 9 ___ for poseidon. Poseidon isn"t necessarily a villain, he is just delaying odysseus" homecoming. The importance of sacrifices to the gods are seen here, especially poseidon.
