Was Calypso Able to Make Odysseus Immortal?
Was Calypso Able to Make Odysseus Immortal?
Author(s): Krystyna BartolSubject(s): Applied Linguistics, Ancient World
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Greek epic poetry; the Odyssey; Calypso; Odysseus; immortality
Summary/Abstract: The article, focusing primarily on the Odyssey 5. 135–6, offers a set of remarks designed to foreground the qualities that make the Calypso episode not only interesting as an example of how the epic poet exploits traditional themes and phrases, but exciting as a story of a man’s desire.
Journal: Symbolae Philologorum Posnaniensium Graecae et Latinae
- Issue Year: XXVII/2017
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 5-16
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English