Telemachus in Jeans Adam Bahdaj’s Reception of the Myth about Odysseus’s Son
In her book on the reception of the Odyssey, Edith Hall claims that the reason why Homer’s masterpiece is so often rewritten and reinterpreted in many cultures, is the wide range of characters appearing in the poem: gods and humans, men and women, young and old, freemen and slaves. With such a spect...
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| Published in | Our Mythical Childhood... The Classics and Literature for Children and Young Adults p. 333 |
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| Format | Book Chapter |
| Language | English |
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BRILL
23.11.2016
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| Online Access | Get full text |
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| Summary: | In her book on the reception of the Odyssey, Edith Hall claims that the reason why Homer’s masterpiece is so often rewritten and reinterpreted in many cultures, is the wide range of characters appearing in the poem: gods and humans, men and women, young and old, freemen and slaves. With such a spectrum the Odyssey provides contemporary authors with numerous points of reference. As Hall claims in her book:
[…] the strength of the entire cast means that it has been possible to rewrite the Odyssey from the perspective of old men, of teenage girls, of Elpenor, of Circe’s swine, |
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| ISBN: | 9004313427 9789004313422 |
| DOI: | 10.1163/j.ctv2gjwz9p.26 |