The World of OdysseusDescribes the influence of the poet Homer on world literature, economic and social factors of Greek civilization of the time, and the nature of the ethical and religious standards. |
Contents
Homer and the Greeks | 3 |
Bards and Heroes | 17 |
Wealth and Labor | 46 |
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Achaeans Achilles Agamemnon Alcinous altogether ancient Antilochus Aphrodite aristocratic assembly Athena Athenian bard battle behavior booty called century B.C. chieftains Cronus daughter demos Diomedes divine Egypt essential Eumaeus Eurycleia evil fact father feast formulas gave gifts give goddess gods Greece Greek Greek history Greek world guest-friend guest-friendship Hades hand heart Hector Hellas Hellenes Hephaestus Hera Herodotus heroes heroic poetry Hesiod Homer Homeric poems honor household human Icarius Iliad Iliad and Odyssey Ilion Ithaca king kinship Laertes land language later lived Menelaus moral Mycenaean myth narrative Nestor never nobles numbers Odys Odyssey oikos Olympus once palace Penelope Phaeacians poet Poseidon precisely Priam primitive proper prowess raid relationship remained rule scepter sense ships slave social society Song of Roland Sparta status story stranger suitors tale Telemachus Thersites things tion translated treasure Trojan Trojan War Troy wealth women word world of Odysseus Zeus