Odysseas Stories

Homer's Odyssey 1. Introduction The Odyssey is the second great epic attributed to Homer and is among the most important works of world literature. Composed, as well as Iliad, in a digital hexameter and divided into 24 stitches, it dates conventionally to the 8th century BC. The epic tells of the adventures of Odysseus on his return to Ithaca after the fall of Troy. Unlike her war emphasis Iliad, the Odyssey It focuses on travel, testing, survival and mental intelligence, highlighting a different version of the heroic ideal. 2. Object and narrative structure of the Odyssey The Odyssey It covers ten years of wandering of Ulysses, however the narrative does not follow a linear course. Homer makes extensive use of the technique of retrospection (in media res), starting the epic from the last stages of the return. The project structure is conventionally distinguished in three large sections: Telemachia (rapsods α-d): Search for Telemachus' identity Ulysses' disease (e-m): Tours and narratives of the hero Memory and recognition (n- n): restoration of order in Ithaca 3. Ulysses as a multimodal hero Her main hero Odyssey is not primarily defined by his physical strength, but by his mental wit. Ulysses is characterized as multimodal, i.e. flexible, resourceful and adaptable. His identity is constituted through transformations, lies and strategic concealment, elements that make him an eminent hero of intellect and experience. 4. The wanderings and their symbolic content The Adventures of Ulysses - Kicones, Lotaphagus, Cyclops Polyphemos, Circe, Sirens, Scylla and Haribdi - They do not just function as episodes of action, but as tests of self-knowledge. Each station of the journey represents a risk of loss of human identity: oblivion, violence, arrogance or tradition to instinct. https://mythoi.org/en/odiseas/

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