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Odyssey, part 2: the use of oral formulae

Published: Sept. 22, 2010, 2:53 a.m.

Difference between Iliad and Odyssey continued: the latter is about life and praises mortality; the former about death and laments it.\xa0 Odysseus's preference for the mortal Penelope over Kalypso.\xa0 Different views of hospitality as necessary, in the Iliad, and as life-affirming, in the Odyssey.\xa0 Observations about the structure of oral verse, with respect to the research of Milman Parry.\xa0 Formulae and multi-tasking.\xa0 The connections they make possible: echoes and repetitions between different characters.\xa0 Those connections compared to similes where characters are compared to their complements, not their parallels.