Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-8-2022

Publication Title

Mosaic

Volume

27

Issue

2

First Page

1

Last Page

24

Abstract

The slaughter of the suitors in the Odysssey corresponds symbolically but antithetically to the fall of Troy. The correspondence implies an emotional dynamics in Homer and his audiences for which cultural anthropologists provide verification. As these dynamics imply, the recitation of the Odysssey achieved psychological reparation.

ISSN

0027-1276

Comments

Originally published in Mosaic 27: 2 (June 1994), 1-24. Slightly revised here, published online with permission of the Mosaic

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