Scholarship Flashcards
What is a quote from Michael Clarke relating to nostos
“In his wanderings he has been reduced to the barest common level of humanity”
What is a quote from Jasper Griffin relating to nostos
“The adventures of Odysseus themselves are timeless and placeless”
What is a quote from Emily Kearns relating to the gods
“If we were to reduce the storyline of the odyssey to the bare essentials, the gods wouldn’t have to feature at all”
What is a quote from sally knights relating to Athene
“Athene is the power behind the plot of the odyssey”
What is a quote from Ruth Scodel relating to gender
“The odyssey is organised around the hero’s repeated arrival on an island where he confronts both hostile men and a potentially dangerous women”
What are three quotes from Michael Silk relating to Odysseus as a character
“Odysseus’ choice of his own Ithaca over such glamorous alternatives represents a clear affirmation of moral purpose”
Odysseus’ “ingenuity….ensures his survival in a world of unpredictable challenges and temptations”
“Athena is both Odysseus’ divine protected and his poetic-creative exemplar”
What does Karen McCarthy Woolf say Odysseus is
“Lord of the liars”
What is a quote from Emily Hauser relating to orality
“When we are looking at interpreting the literary elements, like epithets and stock scenes, it is our understanding of the way that it (the odyssey) was composed and transmitted that help us interpret these elements”
What is a quote from Edith Hall relating to Xenia
“It’s a pan-Hellenic rule- that’s a rule that applies to all Greeks everywhere- every Greek person knew that they, if they violated Xenia , might be likely to be hit by Zeus’ thunderbolt, thrown at them by either Zeus or Athene”
What is a quote from Emma Aston relating to the nature of the gods
“Whatever form Greek divinities took…the Greeks wanted to be able to encounter and interact with their deities. They wanted physical forms, ones they could meet on their own level”
What is a quote from Mary Beard on the public voice of women
“As Homer has it….an integral part of growing up to be a man is learning to take control of public functions, and to silence the female of the species”
What is a quote from Emily Hauser relating to women in Epic poetry
“Given the social context-the emphasis on heroism, the emphasis on the deeds of men-this seems to be a very male epic. And so, yes we can recover women’s experiences…but we also have to bear in mind that this is being seen through the male eye”
