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Homeric Poetics. Aoidos - bard Phemius, Demodokus Orality - oral poetry Dactylic hexameter A ndra moi | E nnepe, | M ousa pol| Y tropon| H os mala | P olla -uu|-uu|-uu|-uu|-uu|-- Memory - truth (a-leth-eia) Formulae - Milman Parry Epithets Type scenes: xenia.
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Homeric Poetics • Aoidos - bard • Phemius, Demodokus • Orality - oral poetry • Dactylic hexameter • Andra moi |Ennepe, |Mousa pol|Ytropon| Hos mala |Polla • -uu|-uu|-uu|-uu|-uu|-- • Memory - truth (a-leth-eia) • Formulae - Milman Parry • Epithets • Type scenes: xenia
Odyssey - The Story So Far • Iliad • Agamemnon and Achilles • Kleos, timé, areté, agon • Tragic outlook • Gods chaotic • Achilles - frank and truthful hero • Nostos/nostoi
Gods and Human Responsibility • Gods in literature and religion • Polytheism and conflict • Source of trouble for man • Athene: metis • Poseidon: chance • Zeus: upholder of justice and fate • The case of Aegisthus: evil “hyper moron”
Structure of the Odyssey • First Half I-XII.95 (21 days) • Telemachy: I-IV • Odysseus’ wanderings V-XII • Apologue • Second Half XII.96-XXIV (5 days)