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The Odyssey
  1. Themes
    1. Identity
      1. 'Odysseus' - object of anger
        1. 19 - etymology
          1. 1 - pun
          2. 9 - 'Nobody'
            1. 'Sacker of cities'
            2. 9 - Alcinous
              1. Name is first
              2. 6 - Washed up, no names
                1. Beggar - lost his identity?
                  1. Cretan Lies
                  2. 24 - recognition
                    1. His own father needs proof
                    2. Polytropos
                      1. Shared with Hermes
                      2. 1 - Name is withheld
                      3. Storytelling
                        1. 21 - Cretan lies
                          1. Minstrel simile
                            1. Gentle
                          2. 23 - Storyteller for P
                            1. How much is a dream?
                            2. Menelaus + Nestor
                              1. Demodocus sings of Trojan War
                                1. Ag: story of his murder
                                  1. Threat of sexual infidelity
                                    1. Cf Helen
                                      1. Aphrodite
                                      2. Negative paradigm
                                        1. Houses are unstable without men
                                        2. Rich, mythic tradition
                                          1. Phemius
                                          2. Temptation
                                            1. Flocks of Helios
                                              1. Polyphemus
                                                1. Desire for kleos
                                                2. Sirens
                                                  1. Desire vs nostos
                                                    1. Food
                                                      1. Suitors are always eating
                                                        1. Lack of sophrosyne
                                                      2. Disguises
                                                        1. Athena
                                                          1. Circe
                                                            1. Crew into pigs
                                                            2. Deception
                                                              1. Beggar
                                                            3. The Iliad
                                                              1. War
                                                                1. Slaughter of suitors
                                                                  1. Domestic setting
                                                                    1. Unexpected
                                                                      1. Fate
                                                                      2. Trojan War reminders
                                                                      3. Stock epithets
                                                                        1. Muses
                                                                          1. Differences
                                                                            1. Odysseus is at centre
                                                                              1. Extensive vs intensive
                                                                              2. 11 - Character meeting
                                                                                1. Katabasis
                                                                                  1. Time has stopped
                                                                                    1. Warning from Ag
                                                                                    2. Regrets of Achilles
                                                                                      1. Ach asks after family
                                                                                        1. Agamemnon and Clytemnestra
                                                                                          1. O is narrator
                                                                                            1. 8 - their quarrel
                                                                                              1. Shows fame
                                                                                            2. Odysseus
                                                                                              1. 10 - cunning on night raid
                                                                                                1. O's ship in middle
                                                                                              2. Metis vs bie
                                                                                                1. Polyphemus
                                                                                                  1. Suitors needs both
                                                                                                    1. Sirens
                                                                                                      1. Scylla + Charybdis
                                                                                                        1. Is this why he lives?
                                                                                                          1. P shows metis
                                                                                                            1. They are equals
                                                                                                              1. 23 - Tests O with wedding bed
                                                                                                                1. Unshakeable foundation of love
                                                                                                                2. Burial shroud
                                                                                                              2. Characters
                                                                                                                1. Seductresses
                                                                                                                  1. Circe/Calypso
                                                                                                                    1. Helpful
                                                                                                                    2. Sirens
                                                                                                                      1. Penelope?
                                                                                                                      2. Odysseus
                                                                                                                        1. Metis
                                                                                                                          1. Manipulative
                                                                                                                            1. Kleos through nostos
                                                                                                                              1. Reclaiming oikos
                                                                                                                                1. 5 - pining
                                                                                                                                  1. Doesn't recognise it
                                                                                                                                  2. T thinks it's better for O to die at Troy
                                                                                                                                  3. Learns from mistakes
                                                                                                                                    1. Ages
                                                                                                                                  4. Telemachus
                                                                                                                                    1. Grows up
                                                                                                                                      1. Takes control
                                                                                                                                        1. 22 - Mistakes
                                                                                                                                          1. Cannot string bow
                                                                                                                                          2. Athena
                                                                                                                                            1. Help
                                                                                                                                              1. 5 - Shipwreck
                                                                                                                                                1. 22 - Battle
                                                                                                                                              2. Suitors
                                                                                                                                                1. Break xenia
                                                                                                                                                  1. Cf Eumenides
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