time and kleos Flashcards
adkins
you must be wealthy and have time to be a good man - morality and status are closely linked
clayton
‘odysseus compensates for his lack of physical impressiveness by means of verbal skill’
Hall
Odysseus stands out as he is an intellectual hero with varies skill
hauser
achilles relies on bards to tell his story but odysseus creates his own kleos through his storytelling
jenkyns
‘odysseus is both an iliadic warrior and a folk tale trickster’ which amplifies his own Kleos
Hauser 2
gifts and possessions = honour -> the suitors are taking away his honour so must be punished
suitors fear quote
‘fear drained the colour from their cheeks’
=sensory language showing how odysseus commands fear
bad honour quotes -suitors
‘how disgracful, so the cowards want to creep into the brave man’s bed’ - menelaus