Six Faces of Odysseus: Genre and Characterization Strategies in Four Late Antique Greek "Epyllia".
In the first line of the new Odyssey translation (2017) by Emily Wilson "Ἄνδρα [...] πολύτροπον" is translated as "a complicated man", and, for sure, Odysseus is one of the most fascinating, multifarious and complicated characters of Greek literature. This contribution traces different forms of enga...
| Publicado en: | Symbolae Osloenses Vol. 93; no. 1; pp. 132 - 157 |
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