Blameless Aegisthus Revisited.
In this article I offer a new interpretation of the puzzling phrase ἀµύµονος Αἰγίσθοιο at Od. 1.29 by focusing on the context of Od. 1.29-31. A closer analysis of the passage within the narrative logic of the proem strongly suggests that Zeus, after the departure of Poseidon, should think of Odysseu...
| Publicado en: | Mnemosyne Vol. 74; no. 2; pp. 181 - 200 |
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