The Wrath of Athena: Gods and Men in the OdysseyAvailable in paperback for the first time, Jenny Strauss Clay's landmark study of the Odyssey argues that Athena's wrath is central to both the structure and the theme of the epic poem. Clay demonstrates that an appreciation of the thematic role of Athena's anger elucidates the poem's complex narrative organization and its conception of the hierarchical relations between gods and men. This edition includes a new introduction by the author. |
Contents
The Beginning of the Odyssey | 9 |
Andra Polytropon | 25 |
THE POETS BIAS | 34 |
THE BEGINNING OF THE Odyssey | 39 |
Odysseus | 54 |
ODYSSEUS AND THE HERITAGE OF AUTOLYCUS | 68 |
THE BOARSTUSK HELMET | 74 |
THE BOW OF ODYSSEUS | 89 |
Physis | 157 |
THE AGE OF THE HERO | 170 |
THE FUNERAL GAMES | 176 |
DIVINE FAVOR AND DIVINE HOSTILITY | 180 |
ODYSSEAN PERSPECTIVES | 183 |
The Encounter of Odysseus and Athena | 186 |
The Double Theodicy of the Odyssey | 213 |
Demodocus and Homer | 241 |
ODYSSEUS AND ACHILLES | 96 |
ODYSSEUS AND POLYPHEMUS | 112 |
CYCLOPES AND PHAEACIANS | 125 |
Gods and Men | 133 |
IMMORTAL AND UNAGING FOREVER | 141 |
Moira | 148 |
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR | |
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Achaeans Achilles Achilles and Odysseus adventures Aegisthus Agamemnon Ajax Alcinoos ambrosia anger Antilochus Aphrodite Apollo appears Autolycan Autolycus beginning Book calls Calypso cave character Circe Cretan Cyclops death Demodocus Diomedes disguise divine Doloneia dolos Epic epithet Eustathius example fate feast finally gifts goddess Greek helmet Hephaestus Heracles Hermes hero hero's Hesiod Homer Homeric gods human Hymn Idomeneus Iliad immortal interpretation Ithaca kleos knowledge Krehmer Maronitis means Menelaus Meriones metis moira mortal Muses Nagy nectar Nekyia Odys Odysseus Olympian Olympus parallel passage Phaeacians poem poet poet's Polyphemus polytropos Poseidon proem Proteus quarrel question reveals Rüter scene Scheria Scholia song speech story suitors Teiresias Telemachus things Thrinacia tradition Trojan Troy wanderings words wrath of Athena Zeus ἀλλ αὐτὰρ γὰρ γε δὲ εἰ ἐν ἐνὶ ἐπεὶ θεοὶ θεῶν μὲν μιν μοι οἱ οὐ οὐδ οὐδὲ τε καὶ τὸ τοι τῷ ὡς