Monster and Hero?: Rethinking Polyphemos and Odysseus in Homer’s Odyssey.
In this article I will challenge the supposed binaries between monster and hero by offering a new reading of the Odyssey which invites us to rethink the monstrosity of one of Homer’s most memorable monsters, the Cyclops Polyphemos, and the monstrosity of the poem’s eponymous hero, Odysseus. While mo...
| Publicado en: | Limina Vol. 28; no. 2; pp. 31 - 43 |
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University of Western Australia
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