Likewise, Penelope, on the other hand, gains the dedication of a dutiful husband and the protection of an able lord. inlaid them all with silver, gold and ivory, What would be different in my interpretation is that the plan is presented to Odysseus as an answer to his fundamental fear of whether Penelope would submit to him. I always wanted Hades and Persephone to have a HEA, although I’m denied the ‘knowing’. ↩, Haller, Benjamin. Long as the day in the summer time August McLaughlin recently posted..The Bodacious Blogger’s Essential Ingredients, I agree with you that the story of Odysseus and Penelope is one of the best love stories. What is also curious about the exchange is that it seems breaks the mold of the formal structure of the other recognition scenes. And that she is so specific about how the beggar is to prove the truth of his story is in its own way curious. ↩, We are told the fame of those who fell at Troy has reached all the lands. What happens instead is that Odysseus relates a long explanatory history of where he was and what his intentions are, and even how he will return. Have sawn that trunk and dragged the frame away? The dialog implicitly leaves the question of recognition up in the air when it first points out that the words Odysseus speaks, though they seem like the truth, are obvious lies, “ἴσκε ψεύδεα πολλὰ λέγων ἐτύμοισιν ὁμοῖα. We remember that Odysseus has been given clear tokens of Penelope’s fidelity, first by his mother, then by Athena, and finally by Penelope herself when he tested her. The Story. Instead he suggests that Odysseus spend less time testing the farmhands and servants and to focus his time on testing the women, “ἀλλ᾽ ἦ τοί σε γυναῖκας ἐγὼ δεδάασθαι ἄνωγα αἵ τέ σ᾽ ἀτιμάζουσι καὶ αἳ νηλείτιδές εἰσιν: (but indeed I urge you to learn about the women, whether they dishonor you or are without guilt),” which we come to find means Penelope especially12. That Penelope would suspect that the beggar was related in some way to Odysseus’ return, even before the conversation seems likely. “The Reunion of Penelope and Odysseus.” Second Series 31 (1) (January 1): 1–18. The ancients are a passionate bunch; hatred and death tango side-by-side with love and romance. Let us start our inquiry not at the beginning of book 19, but earlier, with the revealing of Odysseus to Telemachus. He wins his house back from the “μνηστῆρας ἀγαυούς (the illustrious suitors” but he also wins the obedience of his wife. Sean Bean as Odysseus in "Troy" (Source: The Guardian UK), The more I think about it, the more I come to appreciate Penelope’s fortitude, intelligence, and strength. That the purpose of this recounting is to “establish his genuine knowledge of Odysseus”16 is probable and fits with the analysis of the formal structure of recognition scenes. Antinous complains of it at the assembly in Book 2. Penelope is in a very dangerous situation when the suitors begin invading her house and asking — and then demanding — her hand in marriage. The simple answer is that Odysseus was forced by fate to stay from Ithica and that Penelope remained loyal and patiently awaited him, but this is only half satisfactory. Nadja Notariani recently posted..Real Life Evaluation And Trauma-Drama In Fiction, I think of all the ancient heroes, Hector is my favorite. Do you think he told Penelope about them when he got home? That ‘Aethon’ does not describe his looks and build should immediately be suspicious. After a while, however, I came to appreciate this world where gods meddled and interfered (see: every myth ever written), and mortals were driven by their base instincts and egos. She uses her own techniques to thwart the suitors and to undermine their advances. Penelope fears that Odysseus might care more for adventure and his name than for his wife and house. The story of the loom symbolizes the queen's clever tactics. 1950. If the old beggar really is Odysseus in disguise, he alone has any realistic chance of winning the contest. Penelope, Odysseus's wife, had borne him a son, Telemachus, just before the events of the Trojan War began to unfold. Not a ἀριφραδές σῆμά but a ἔμπεδα σῆμά23; not so that she might know if he truly met Odysseus, but so that she might determine if he is loyal. (she knew the lasting signs which Odysseus had shown her)” ↩, Penelope would surely wonder at this if she did not already suspect the beggar was Odysseus. lined up the stone walls, built the walls and roof, It’s the reunion that makes my poor little heart stutter and my eyes mist up. He would fail at this, of course, because the bed is built out of a rooted olive tree. ἔνθα δ᾽ ἐγὼ πόλιν ἔπραθον, ὤλεσα δ᾽ αὐτούς:/ἐκ πόλιος δ᾽ ἀλόχους καὶ κτήματα πολλὰ λαβόντες/δασσάμεθ᾽ (bearing me from Ilium the winds carried me near to Kikones, and there I sacked the city, and killed the men: and the wives of the citizens and taking all the riches we divided it among ourselves. The dialog concerning the contest sets up the condition for Odysseus to win back Penelope in more than one way. And as she goes to the upper chamber “κλαῖεν ἔπειτ᾽ Ὀδυσῆα, φίλον πόσιν (to cry then over Odysseus, her dear husband),” even then she makes no attempt to warn Telemachus of what might be his impending death. He was clothed in a “χλαῖναν πορφυρέην οὔλην (a wooly purple cloak)” but we learn that he has many purple cloaks given by many people; ‘Aethon’ recounts how even he gave Odysseus a purple cloak and that this is no sure sign, since Odysseus received many gifts and “πολλοῖσιν ἔσκε φίλος (Odysseus was dear to many)”.
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