The Odyssey is trending so I though I would pick out some elements from the poem and discuss them. From trying to advocate for the suitors through to a theme I think is often missed, there is a lot to chat about.

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Reading / sources used

The Odyssey (translated by Emily Wilson), this has a great introduction which covers a couple of the points raised.

Gazing at Helen with Stesichorus, Kampakoglu & A. Novokatko

Odyssey 5.234-53 and Homeric Ship Construction: A Reappraisal. Samuel E Mark.

Bronze and iron in Homer. Andrew Lang

Megarons and ΜΕΓΑΡΑ: Homer and Archaeology. Mary O Knox.

Artemidorus at the dream gates: Myth, theory, and the restoration of liminality. Vered Lev Kenaan

Hades, Homer and the Hittites. Gunnel Ekroth.

(for a great piece on katabasis and how it wasn't undertaken by Odysseus by Dr Ellie Mackin Roberts click here)

Priam's Katabasis: Traces of the Epic Journey to Hades in Iliad 24. Miguel Herrero de Jauregui