CLT 3370 Chapter Notes - Chapter 30-34: Roman Mythology, Odysseus, Epic Poetry
23 Dec 2015
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Ajax the lesser shipwreck ( the greater committed suicide) Ends happily, hence it was compared with comedy, not tragedy ( as was the iliad) Married to penelope, niece of tyndareus, a son telemachus is born. The odyssey begins in the 20th year after the beginning of the war . Odysseus recounts his adventures at a banquet held by the phaecians. Odysseus leaves troy with 12 ships (50 men per ship) 3 years lost at sea ( 1 of these with circe- a sorcerous ) Cicones (wine of maron) they take the wine of maron with them and sail on. They get to the land of the lotus eaters. Everywhere he goes he wants to know about the people there. They stop at the land of lotus eaters and they don"t come back. The lotus eaters, these are people who are drug addicts. They have a continuous supply of this drug. They get to another place where they don"t see people.
