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... writer Padraic Colum's retelling of the events of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey for young people. Colum's rich, evocative prose narrates the travails of Odysseus, King of Ithaca: his experiences fighting the Trojan War, and his ten years' journey home to his faithful wife Penelope and his son Telemachus. ( Summary by Elizabeth Klett )...

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The wanderings of Odysseus.

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...Book I Athene visits Telemachus Book II Debate in Ithaca Book III Telemachus in Pylos Book IV Telemachus in Lacedaemon Book V Odysseus and Calypso Book VI Odysseus and Nausicaa Book VII Odysseus meets Alcinous Book VIII The Games in Phaeacia Book IX Polyphemus the Cyclops Book X Odysseus and Circe Book XI Odysseus in the Underworld Book...

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...Rhesus takes place during the Trojan War, on the night when Odysseus and Diomedes sneak into the Trojan camp and kill Rhesus, instead of Hector, by orders of Athena....

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...place during the Trojan War (after the majority of the events of the Iliad, and before the Trojan Horse). It describes the attempt by Neoptolemus and Odysseus to bring the disabled Philoctetes with them to Troy....

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...The poem is commonly dated to between 800 and 600 BC. The poem is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, and concerns the events that befall the Greek hero Odysseus in his long journey back to his native land Ithaca after the fall of Troy. It takes Odysseus ten years to return to his native land of Ithaca after ten years of war; during his 20-year absence, his son Telemachus and...

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...Sophocles' play recounts an episode from the Trojan War, in which the wily Odysseus and Achilles' son Neoptolemus travel to a remote island to persuade Philoctetes to come with them to Troy. A prophet has foreseen that the Greeks will need Philoctetes and his bow (given to him by Heracles before his...

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...hes down to the river for washing. The party goes down to the washing pool. Nausicaa is about to fold and put away the clothing when the ship-wrecked Odysseus, who is asleep nearby, wakes up. He wonders where he is. Grabbing an olive branch to hide his modesty, he walks out, caked in salt from the sea and looking terrible. The attendants run away at sight of him, but Nausi...

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...German (Deutsch) Ein Meisterwerk. Gilt als eines der ältesteten erhaltenen Werke der abendländischen Literatur. Voß übersetzte das die Erlebnisse des Odysseus und seiner Gefährten auf der Heimfahrt nach dem Trojanischen Krieg erzählende Epos aus dem Altgriechischen ins Deutsche (erschienen 1781). Aufgrund dieses Werkes bezeichnet man im Deutschen mit Odyssee, wie mit dem e...

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...t cela, Mauny, que tant plus on s’efforce’ How is it, Mauny, that the more one tries ‘Qui choisira pour moi la racine d’Ulysse?’ Who’ll search out Odysseus’ root for me? ‘En mille crespillons les cheveux se friser,’ The hair frizzed, a thousand curls in place, ‘Que dirons-nous, Melin, de cette cour romaine,’ What shall we say, Melin, of this court, ‘Voici le carnav...

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... Calypso, who keeps him there by force. (Od. V, 13-15) But generous Odysseus was not to be found inside (by Hermes); he was sitting on the ...

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...pete (o-sip ́-e-te)..............................................................................................................................256 Odysseus (o-dis ́-suce)...........................................................................................................................256 Œdipus (ed ́-i-pus)..........................................................

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... Calypso, who keeps him there by force. (Od. V, 13-15) But generous Odysseus was not to be found inside (by Hermes); he was sitting on the ... ... him. Ulysses does not love himself. He carries this in his own name, Odysseus, that translated means: “he who hates himself and is hated by ot... ... a labyrinth inside of him (see Chiarini: “Odisseo e Il labirinto marino” {Odysseus and the marine labyrinth} ) where many monsters are hiding who a... ...ccomplice. The Suitors say of her: We were courting the wife of sir Odysseus, who had been away a long time; and she neither rejected the de... ...ing to your high-ranking home and the land of your forefathers”... ... “Odysseus threw his arms around Arete’s knees”... This is what Homer s... ... eye has been so horribly blinded, answer that the destroyer of fortresses Odysseus did it, the son of Laertes, whose home is in Ithaca”.(Od. IX, 49... ...rstep; and they were very surprised and asked us: “Why have you come back, Odysseus? What hateful demon has come after you? We prepared your voyage ... ...later Ulysses speaks to Penelope of other trials: And meanwhile careful Odysseus spoke with his woman: “Oh woman, we are not yet at the end of a... ...es that the traitor Melantho is giving the Suitors weapons. 174 Then Odysseus’ heart and knees melted, when he saw them taking up weapons an...

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...dered shores, goatherds, date palms, sailboats, dolphins... We thought of Odysseus, trying to identify ourselves with that heroic past, we—only isla...

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... warding off attacks, and sagacious, as Homer testified when he represented Odysseus as unrecognised by all in his house, and recognised only by Arg...

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...he touted, glorified love of homosexual male killers for each other. Homer’s Odysseus is the same basic plot. Except Odysseus returns to belatedly,... ... One reason why that tale is the favorite of all the Greek Myths is because Odysseus was the least corrupt of the Greek raiders. He tried diploma... ...structive Myths against them. The horse was worshipped as a God in Troy. So Odysseus built a huge wooden horse, and hid Greek warriors inside it an... ...rned it to ashes. Killing everyone in it, raping all the females in it. And Odysseus was praised by Homer for his oily cunning. He was worshipped ... ...cunning today, and see how far you get in public approval of such an act like Odysseus planned, thought-out, led, and committed. But… since blind H... ...eus planned, thought-out, led, and committed. But… since blind Homer labeled Odysseus as being wise 2,900 years ago. Since this blind Myth is that ... ... is full of blindness. It is full of the dynamics of blindness and deafness. Odysseus had to have his ears stuffed with wax: so he could steer betw... ...ion by pretending to be timid sheep so the Romans wouldn’t exterminate them. Odysseus is only recognized by a blind old shepherd. A blind useless ... ...ing except a detached mentality which lies to you with every step you take. Odysseus hid under the belly of a sheep to creep out of the cave of the...

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...dered shores, goatherds, date palms, sailboats, dolphins... We thought of Odysseus, trying to identify ourselves with that heroic past, we—only isla...

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... then I myself will go and take a meed of honour, thine be it or Aias’, or Odysseus’ that I will take unto me; wroth shall he be to whomsoever I come.... ...lf, and let one of our counsellors be captain, Aias or Idomeneus or goodly Odysseus, or thou, Peleides, most redoubtable of men, to do sacrifice for u... ... the god, and brought Chryseis of the fair cheeks and set her therein; and Odysseus of many devices went to be their captain. So these embarked and sa... ...woman’s sake, whom they had taken perforce despite his will: and meanwhile Odysseus came to Chryse with the holy hecatomb. When they were now en tere... ...arter Apollo, and forth came Chryseis withal from the seafaring ship. Then Odysseus of many counsels brought her to the altar and gave her into her fa... ...s, and came with speed to the fleet ships of the Achaians. There found she Odysseus standing, peer of Zeus in counsel, neither laid he any hand upon h... ...d bright eyed Athene stood by him and said: “Heaven sprung son of Laertes, Odysseus of many devices, will ye indeed fling yourselves upon your benched... ...scanty stubble sprouted on it. Hateful was he to Achilles above all and to Odysseus, for them he was wont to revile. But now with shrill shout he pour... ....” So spake Thersites, reviling Agamemnon shepherd of the host. But goodly Odysseus came straight to his side, and look 27 The Iliad of Homer ing st...

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...aith gone by. One only he who went reluctant forth Across the seas with me Odysseus he Was loyal unto me with strength and will, A trusty trace horse ...

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...lers would be compe- tent to do so.’ “While employed on the wild legend of Odysseus, he met with a ballad, recording the quarrel of Achilles and Agame... ...ap upon him repul- sive personal deformities, than by the chastisement of Odysseus he is lame, bald, crook-backed, of misshapen head, and squint- ing... ...oyed metal—gold, copper, and iron are stored up in the treasure-chamber of Odysseus and other chiefs. Coined money is unknown in the Homeric age—the t...

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... fury rages everywhere, what can I do with the Homer? I want Achilleus and Odysseus, and am enraged to see them trying to be Homers!”— Sterling, who r...

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...nces of this return as the talk of Penelope to the return of the wandering Odysseus. Mrs Verloc, however, had done no weaving during her husband’s abs...

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...ther to get things out of the sea, or to write upon the probable course of Odysseus, for Greek after all was his hobby. “I’ve got all his pamphlets,” ...

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...pilers would be competent to do so.’ “While employed on the wild legend of Odysseus, he met with a ballad, recording the quarrel of Achilles and Agame...

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...he thirteenth, they occupied Thebes without opposition. Immediately after, Odysseus propagated the revolt in Phocis, where he had for- merly commanded...

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...e truth. In composing the Odyssey he did not include all the adventures of Odysseus—such as his wound on Parnassus, or his feigned madness at the must... ...lay: one may cite the Alcmaeon of Astydamas, or T elegonus in the W ounded Odysseus. Again, there is a third case,—<to be about to act with knowledge ... ...in the Orestes: of character indecorous and inap- propriate, the lament of Odysseus in the Scylla, and the speech of Melanippe: of inconsistency, the ... ... these admit of more or less skilful treatment. Thus in the recognition of Odysseus by his scar, the discovery is made in one way by the nurse, in ano... ...into tears on seeing the picture; or again in the ‘Lay of Alcinous,’ where Odysseus, hearing the min- strel play the lyre, recalls the past and weeps;... ... involving false inference on the part of one of the characters, as in the Odysseus Dis- guised as a Messenger. A said <that no one else was able to b... ...d <that no one else was able to bend the bow; . . . hence B (the disguised Odysseus) imag- ined that A would> recognise the bow which, in fact, he had... ...f lying. From species to genus, as: ‘V erily ten thousand noble deeds hath Odysseus wrought’; for ten thousand is a species of large number, and is he... ...f the Arms, the Philoctetes, the Neoptolemus, the Eurypylus, the Mendicant Odysseus, the Laconian W omen, the Fall of Ilium, the Departure of the Flee...

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...such a magnificent resistance, that 4 Quintus Smyrnaeus The Fall of Troy Odysseus and Menelaus together could not kill him without the help of Ath... ... forgot! ’Tis not for knaves to beard their betters: once Thou didst provoke Odysseus’ steadfast soul, Babbling with venomous tongue a thousand gibes,... ...his mother welcome home That son from war, Panaceia beauty famed! He fell by Odysseus’ hands, who spilt the lives Of many more whom his death hungerin... ...ght around the mighty dead. Yet Alcon, son of Megacles battle swift, Hard by Odysseus’ right knee drave the spear Home, and about the glittering greav... ...ok its mortal mansion. Then Rushed on his comrades, in his wound’s despite, Odysseus, nor from that stern battle toil Refrained him. And by this a m... ... wrought in that glorious battle toil. “To these I also trust most utterly,” Odysseus said, “for prudent of their wit Be these, and princeliest of all... ...into this lamentable strife Aias the mighty hath been thrust by them Against Odysseus passing wise. For he, To whichsoe’er God gives the victor’s glo... ...Therefore let us ordain to judge this cause ‘Twixt godlike Aias and war fain Odysseus, Our T rojan captives. They shall say whom most Our foes dread,... ...t judgment in the warriors’ strife. Then in hot anger Aias rose, and spake: “Odysseus, frantic soul, why hath a God Deluded thee, to make thee hold th...

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...ymns, and Homerica the world, as known to the Greeks, down to the death of Odysseus, when the heroic age ended. In the Alexandrian Age these poems wer... ..., when we find that in the Returns all the prominent Greek heroes ex- cept Odysseus are accounted for, we are forced to believe that the author of thi... ...n, the death of Achilles under the arrow of Paris, and the dispute between Odysseus and Aias for the arms of Achilles. The Sack of Ilium (13) as analy... ...d by Arctinus. His work included the adjudgment of the arms of Achilles to Odysseus, the madness of Aias, the bringing of Philoctetes from Lemnos and ... ... Eurypylus, son of Telephus, the making of the wooden horse, the spying of Odysseus and his theft, along with Diomedes, of the Palladium: the analy- s... ...Ithaca after the slaying of the suitors, and what was the ultimate fate of Odysseus? The answer to these ques- tions was supplied by the T elegony, a ... ...books by Eugammon of Cyrene (fl. 568 B.C.). It told of the adven- tures of Odysseus in Thesprotis after the killing of the Suit- ors, of his return to... ...ary of the Tale of T roy. (10) Goettling’s explanation. (11) x. 1. 52 (12) Odysseus appears to have been mentioned once only 31 Hesiod, The Homeric H... ...11-1016) And Circe the daughter of Helius, Hyperion’s son, loved steadfast Odysseus and bare Agrius and Latinus who was faultless and strong: also she...

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...ence in the recita tion of some striking passage, such as the apparition of Odysseus leaping forth on the floor, recognized by the suitors and castin...

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...lie asleep at noon around the well. But if they see us discoursing, and like Odysseus sailing past them, deaf to their siren voices, they may perhaps,... ...RATES: Then I suppose that you have only heard of the rhetoric of Nestor and Odysseus, which they composed in their leisure hours when at Troy , and n... ...and never of the rhetoric of Palamedes? PHAEDRUS: No more than of Nestor and Odysseus, unless Gorgias is your Nestor, and Thrasymachus or Theodorus yo... ... Odysseus, unless Gorgias is your Nestor, and Thrasymachus or Theodorus your Odysseus. SOCRATES: Perhaps that is my meaning. But let us leave them. An...

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...e practice of Aeacus; and Minos overlooks them, holding a golden sceptre, as Odysseus in Homer saw him Wielding a sceptre of gold, and giving laws to... ...ikeness after death. (3) The appeal of the authority of Homer, who says that Odysseus saw Minos in his court holding a golden sceptre, which gives v... ...ical description of a familiar truth. We have many of us known men who, like Odysseus, have wearied of ambi- tion and have only desired rest. We shoul... ...and judge; but Minos alone has a golden sceptre and is seated looking on, as Odysseus in Homer declares that he saw him: 150 Plato s Gorgias Holding...

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... judges, to be able to examine the leader of the great Trojan expedition; or Odysseus or Sisyphus, or numberless others, men and women too! What infin...

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... of ten engaged in resisting the affections of the body, as Homer describes Odysseus ‘rebuking his heart.’ Could he have writ ten this under the ide... ...talking to a thing which is not herself, as Homer in the Odyssee represents Odysseus doing in the words— ‘He beat his breast, and thus reproached his...

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...t out of Homer; for he, speaking of Autolycus, the maternal grandfather of Odysseus, who is a favourite of his, affirms that He was excellent above... ... SOCRATES Well, I said, I will tell you a tale; not one of the tales which Odysseus tells to the hero Alcinous, yet this too is a tale of a hero, Er t... ...Thersites was putting on the form of a monkey. There came also the soul of Odysseus having yet to make a choice, and his lot happened to be the last o...

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...to be great eaters of beef; he loved the jovial Heracles, loved the astute Odysseus; not the Robespierres and Wesleys. A fine buoyant sense of life an...

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... mournful lips And seemed the greatness of the world in tears, Doomed like Odysseus and the labouring ships And proud as Priam murdered with his peers...

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...life given to him—that never for a single instant must he despair, just as Odysseus did not despair, who in every hard and oppressive moment turned to...

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...rifice of the princely Iphigenia, or the fate of the crowned Agamemnon. Is Odysseus less august in his rags than in his purple? Fate, Passion, Mystery...

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... Ulysses, come hither, thou greatest ornament and pride of Greece.”—Homer, Odysseus, xii. 184.] These philosophers said, that all the glory of the wor...

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...ely overpaid accounts, That matter of Troy and Achilles’ wrath, and AEneas’, Odysseus’ wanderings, Placard “Removed” and “To Let” on the rocks of your...