ENGB30H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: The Penelopiad, Aristeia, Housekeeping
Document Summary
The last book of the odyssey doesn"t seem complete. Original thought is that it ended in the 23rd book when penelope and. Setting things right in the oikos i: housecleaning. Slaughter of suitors: elements of aristeia (heroic feat of arms), but setting is domestic, emphasis on suitors wrongdoing (22. 45-67) Punishment of (some) servants (22. 446-476: emphasis on servants disloyalty. Maids (cid:498)taken to immorality(cid:499) (cid:523)(cid:884)(cid:884). (cid:886)(cid:884)(cid:886)(cid:524) they have slept with the suitors. What bother odysseus believes is the worst of all is that: sparing of phemios the singer and medon the herald (22. 344-360) His first plea is that he is a poet. The penelopiad by margaret atwood: novella, writes this scene in greater detail. Suitors violate xenia: cyclops violates xenia (9. 263-279) Setting things right in the oikos ii: reunion with penelope: aiolos throws odysseus out the second time (10. 72-75, alkinoos intends to help odysseus despite dire prophecy (9. 564-572)
