Getting over Odysseus
2016.09.28 | By Keith DeStone Why does the epic narrative allow Telemakhos, whom it shows on a quest to connect with his father, to remain emotionally unaffected by the stories about Odysseus that he hears from Helen and Menelaos in Odyssey 4? Athena appearing to Telemakhos. Tako Hajo Jelgersma (Dutch, 1717–1795).Image via The British Museum. §1. With this posting I go back to the original mission of Classical Inquiries, which… Read more