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P/LI/51. Peacetime themes in Homers Odyssey

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2500
DATE:
2006
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The paper reviews Homers The Odyssey focusing on the episode of Odysseus meeting and staying with the Phaeacians. The theme of the Phaeacian peacetime civilisation is analysed with respect to cultural and ethical concepts of Ancient Greece, i.e. guest hospitality (xenia), role of women, etc. The change of Odysseus from a warrior-hero in The Iliad to a peacetime civilian is discussed.

 

KEYWORDS: li, peacetime, themes, homers, odyssey,

 
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