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Classics Notes Early Greek Hexameter Poetry Notes

Commentary On Passages From Odyssey Books 13 To 18 Notes

Updated Commentary On Passages From Odyssey Books 13 To 18 Notes

Early Greek Hexameter Poetry Notes

Early Greek Hexameter Poetry

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The author of these notes achieved a First and an Exhibition for the very high quality of his essays during his time at Oxford. This collection includes 12 essays and commentaries on Homer’s Odyssey, Hesiod’s Works and Days and Theogony, the Trojan and Theban Epic Cycles and the Homeric Hymns to Demeter and Aphrodite....

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Odyssey Books 13-18 Book 13 Lines 292-329 "kerdaleos k' eii kai epiklopos os se parelthoi en pantessi doloisi, kai ei theos antiaseie. sxetlie, poikilometa, dolon at', ouk ar' emelles, oud' en se per eon gaie, leksein apataon 295muthon te klopion, oi toi pedothen philoi eisin. all' age, miketi tauta legometha, eidotes ampho kerde', epei su men essi broton ox' aristos apanton boule kai muthoisin, ego d' en pasi theoisi meti te kleomai kai kerdesin: oude su g' egnos 300Pallad' Athinaiin, kourin Dios, e te toi aiei en pantessi ponoisi paristamai ede phulasso, kai de se Phaiekessi philon pantessin ethika, nun au deur' ikomin, ina toi sun metin upheno xremata te krupso, osa toi Phaiikes agauoi 305opasan oikad' ionti eme boule te noo te, eipo th' ossa toi aisa domois eni poiitoisi kede' anasxesthai: su de tetlamenai kai anagke, mide to ekphasthai met' andron mete gunaikon, panton, ounek' ar' elthes alomenos, alla siope 310pasxein algea polla, bias upodegmenos andron." ten d' apameibomenos prosephi polumitis Odusseus: "argaleon se, thea, gnonai broto antiasanti, kai mal' epistameno: se gar auten panti eiskeis. touto d' egon eu oid', oti moi paros epii estha, 315eos eni Troie polemizomen uies Axaion. autar epei Priamoio polin diepersamen aipen, bemen d' en neessi, theos d' ekedassen Axaious, ou se g' epeita idon, kouri Dios, oud' enoisa nios emes epibasan, opos ti moi algos alalkois. 320all' aiei phresin esin exon dedaigmenon etor elomin, eos me theoi kakotitos elusan: prin g' ote Phaiekon andron en pioni demo tharsunas te epessi kai es polin egages aute. nun de se pros patros gounazomai---ou gar oio 325ekein eis Ithakin eudeielon, alla tin' allin gaian anastrephomai: se de kertomeousan oio taut' agoreuemenai, in' emas phrenas eperopeuses--- eipe moi ei eteon ge philin es patrid' ikano." * This passage is from the scene when Odysseus first arrives home in Ithaca, but Athena ensures that when he wakes up he does not initially recognise his homeland. She approaches him in disguise and this is an extract from the conversation that they have.

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