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Page 109
... Odysseus the great hero of a companion poem , also that the mighty figure of Odysseus was not the work of tradition , but the delayed and independent creation of the poet . Odysseus without the Odyssey would have had but little higher ...
... Odysseus the great hero of a companion poem , also that the mighty figure of Odysseus was not the work of tradition , but the delayed and independent creation of the poet . Odysseus without the Odyssey would have had but little higher ...
Page 110
... Odysseus . Poseidon , his implacable foe , has gone on a long pleasure trip , hence the sad condition of Odysseus can be calmly considered . Athena immediately shows herself as his friend and protector , and somehow the purposes of that ...
... Odysseus . Poseidon , his implacable foe , has gone on a long pleasure trip , hence the sad condition of Odysseus can be calmly considered . Athena immediately shows herself as his friend and protector , and somehow the purposes of that ...
Page 123
... Odysseus , but another audi- ence must be created and an interest must be aroused in that new audience to hear from Odysseus's own lips the story of his wanderings . Nothing that is told in the early books of the Odyssey has been told ...
... Odysseus , but another audi- ence must be created and an interest must be aroused in that new audience to hear from Odysseus's own lips the story of his wanderings . Nothing that is told in the early books of the Odyssey has been told ...
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