formulae

• slot into the narrative
• familiar markers of time and rituals
• most common is 'rosy-fingered dawn' - book 5, book 8, book 9, book 12, book 13, book 17, book 19
• retiring for the night - book 5: Odysseus and Calypso; book 5: Odysseus under the olive bushes; book 7: Odysseus, Alcinous, Arete; book 9: men by ships; book 10: Aeolus and his wife; book 12: men by ships; book 18: Suitors; book 23: Odysseus and Penelope
• greeting a stranger - book 1: Telemachus questions Athene in disguise; book 16: Telemachus questions the beggar; book 16: Telemachus questions Odysseus