Exploring Homer’s Odyssey
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Contents

  • Introduction
  • Learning outcomes
  • 1 Introducing Homer’s Odyssey
    • 1.1 The Odyssey: a first encounter
  • 2 Thinking about heroes
    • 2.1 Heroes in ancient Greek poetry
  • 3 Penelope and Odysseus
    • 3.1 Meeting Odysseus
    • 3.2 Meeting Penelope
    • 3.3 Comparing Penelope and Odysseus
    • 3.4 Exploring Penelope’s story
  • 4 Homecoming and reunion
    • 4.1 The reunion of Penelope and Odysseus
    • 4.2 Odysseus in disguise
    • 4.3 The problem of recognition
    • 4.4 Penelope and Odysseus reunited
  • 5 Who is the hero?
  • 6 Rewriting Penelope and Odysseus
  • Conclusion
  • Taking it further
  • Pronunciation guide
  • Tell us what you think
  • References
  • Acknowledgements
  • Glossary

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