Odyssey Modern Critics Flashcards
‘The death of the suitors is sanctioned by the Gods’
Stanton
‘Odysseus acts as the Gods agent in his massacre… The intrudable problem of the guest who outsays his welcome
L. West
‘Whatever one thinks of Odysseus’ revenge, no Greek would argue that he did not have the right to take it’
Jones
‘Despite divine warnings they take what they have no right to’
Hoptkins
‘The suitors are the opposite of the Heroic Ideal’
Bowra
‘The suitors are terrible guests and clearly violate xenia’
Morrison
‘Amphinomus is comparatively blameless’
Sowerbery
‘The Polyphemus episode is odysseus’ greatest achievement partly because it shows off his metis’
Jones
‘perhaps she unconsciously enjoyed the attention of the suitors and didn’t want Odysseus to come back’
Bulkeley
‘Women were still firmly in the Oikos’
Howard
‘Calypso attacks the double-standard at the divine level’
Morrison
‘The Gods concern for mortals and their constant interference in human affairs is one of the most striking aspect oh the Homeric epics’
Allen
