As a man aches for his evening meal when all day long his brace of wine-dark oxen have dragged the bolted plowshare down a fallow field–how welcome the setting sun to him, the going home to supper, yes, though his knees buckle, struggling home at last.
Odysseus longed for home. Do I? Or am I too comfortable [...]
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Going Home
Posted in Contentment, Culture, Epic, Fiction, Homer, Religion, tagged Culture, Fiction, Home, Homer, Odysseus, Religion, Robert Fagles, The Odyssey on August 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Entertaining Strangers
Posted in Epic, Fiction, Homer, Hospitality, Religion, tagged Entertaining, Epic, Fiction, Homer, Hospitality, Odyssey, Provision, Religion, Robert Fagles, Strangers, The Odyssey on August 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Four times now in The Odyssey, a group of people have entertained strangers without first asking who they are (twice for both Odysseus and Telemachus). What made these people so inclined to offer food and lodging to complete unknowns? Maybe the Greek culture lent itself to this type of activity. Regardless, the practice made me [...]
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