CLASSICS 224 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Telegonus, Eumaeus, Penelope
31 May 2020
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Delays marriage by insisting on weaving burial shroud for. It seems to be not a dream, but a vision or reality . Odyssey ends abruptly with forced reconciliation between odysseus and suitor"s families. Tiresias (in book 11 katabasis) reveals what might happen next. And death will come to you off the sea . Arrives on ithaca, kills odysseus with spear with stingray barb. Telegonus takes telemachus and penelope back to circe"s island: telemachus marries circe, telegonus marries penelope. The loyal swineherd eumaeus and the beggar odysseus (book 14-17) Eumaeus: born a prince in a faraway land, kidnapped into slavery, bought by laertes, raised in household. Beggar odysseus tests him, receives exemplary hospitality. An odyssey for the 1980s: die hard. Supporting characters with sad stories and final moments of glory. An iliad for the 1980s: lethal weapon. Heroism treated as moral grey area (sort of) Final reconciliation over dinner involving a younger and older man.
