Scholarship

• Odysseus is motivated by Kleos​


  Frances Foster
• Odysseus is Motivated by Nostos​

  Ahuvia Kahane
• Odysseus is Motivated by Nostos


  Barbara Graziosi
• Odysseus is Motivated by Nostos

  Edith Hall
• Odysseus partly uses disguises because he enjoys tricking others​


  Emily Hauser
• Odysseus primarily uses disguises to ensure he can return to Ithaca safely


  Sheila Mumaghan
• Athene guides the action of the Odyssey


  Thomas Van Nortwick
• The Odyssey is ultimately the domain of mortals​


  Barbara Graziosi and Johannes Haubold
• Odysseus is emotional in his role as an arbiter of justice


  Emma Greensmith
• Odysseus is a rational arbiter of justice


  Charles Segal
• Women support Odysseus


  Richard Jenkyns
• Women threaten Odysseus​


  Barbara Graziosi - 'Some are sweet, some are terrifying, but they all impede his return home'

  Thomas Van Nortwick
• The suitors are somewhat sympathetic​

  Alexander Loney​ - Within their rights to pursue Penelope
• The suitors are largely unsympathetic​

  Alex Gottesman
• Ithaca is more civilised than most of the world​


  Edith Hall - Odysseus speaks with the eye of a colonialist
• The Phaecians are a civilised society


  Alexander Garvie
• Odysseus is a typical slave owner


  Davis Lewis
• Odysseus is threatened with enslavement


  Patrick Ranike