Great take, especially the point about O abusing xenia, given what happens to the suitors. Does the line have any relationship to Fragment 94 of Alcman?
thank you! and that is a good question - unfortunately I haven't read enough Alcman to comment, but maybe you are on to something? (you would probably be better tracking down a lyric specialist though, its a little out of my depth!)
no he definitely isn't innocent! perhaps homer intended the cyclops' massacre to mirror odysseus' later massacre of the suitors, where he becomes the monster?
Great take, especially the point about O abusing xenia, given what happens to the suitors. Does the line have any relationship to Fragment 94 of Alcman?
thank you! and that is a good question - unfortunately I haven't read enough Alcman to comment, but maybe you are on to something? (you would probably be better tracking down a lyric specialist though, its a little out of my depth!)
Compared to you, I’m where Poseidon meets Hades. But I’ve chop great search chops.
Thank you for your lovey poetic essay!
thank you so much!
OKAY THANK YOU BC I WASNT FAMILIAR WITH THIS MYTH AND WAS THEREFORE VERY ALARMED BY A FRESCO I SAW IN NAPLES
ahahaha tbf the frescos in Naples seem to go out of their way to be as obscure as possible!
no he definitely isn't innocent! perhaps homer intended the cyclops' massacre to mirror odysseus' later massacre of the suitors, where he becomes the monster?