Books XVII and XVIII of the Odyssey feature, among other episodes,
the disguised Odysseus' penetration of his home after an absence of
twenty years and his first encounter with his wife. The commentary
provides linguistic and syntactical guidance suitable for
upper-level students along with detailed consideration of Homer's
compositional and narrative techniques, his literary artistry and
the poem's central themes. An extensive introduction considers
questions of formulaic composition, the nature of the poem's
audience and the context of its performance, and isolates the
concerns most prominent in the poem's second half and in Books XVII
and XVIII in particular. Here too are considered the roles of
Penelope and Telemachus, questions of disguise and recognition, and
the institution of hospitality flaunted by the suitors in Odysseus'
halls. Brief sections also discuss Homeric metre and the
transmission of the text.
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