The Burial-places of Memory: Epic Underworlds in Vergil, Dante, and Milton |
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... Odysseus's return ( 121-47 ) , and thus , though he accepts the Cretan son of Castor and his tale of woe , he firmly refuses any consoling news of Odysseus's imminent return . One of the interesting effects of this pair of brilliantly ...
... Odysseus's return ( 121-47 ) , and thus , though he accepts the Cretan son of Castor and his tale of woe , he firmly refuses any consoling news of Odysseus's imminent return . One of the interesting effects of this pair of brilliantly ...
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... Odysseus's point of view this is a rhetorical occasion , that the larger purpose of his whole account , whether it is true or false , is to get the Phaeaecians to intervene and , in effect , to com- plete the story he has perforce left ...
... Odysseus's point of view this is a rhetorical occasion , that the larger purpose of his whole account , whether it is true or false , is to get the Phaeaecians to intervene and , in effect , to com- plete the story he has perforce left ...
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... Odysseus upon his return ( 12.127-41 : this is the warning about the cattle of Helios ) . The journey to the land of the dead by no means marks the culmination of Odysseus's wanderings , for he must still endure the Sirens , Scylla and ...
... Odysseus upon his return ( 12.127-41 : this is the warning about the cattle of Helios ) . The journey to the land of the dead by no means marks the culmination of Odysseus's wanderings , for he must still endure the Sirens , Scylla and ...
Contents
The Easy Descent from Avernus | 17 |
Language and History | 57 |
Traditions and the Individual Talent | 118 |
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