Document Type
Contribution to Book
Publication Date
1999
Abstract
Two unique events occur in Book 11 of the Odyssey as Odysseus tells the Phaeacians about his visit to Hades: first, Odysseus includes a story known as the "catalogue of women" that seems to have nothing to do with himself and his own adventures or with anybody else in the Odyssey; second, there is an interruption, known as the "intermezzo," in Odysseus' story, and a conversation takes place among Odysseus, Arete, and Alkinoos before the narrative is resumed. These two occurrences have much to say about the interaction between Odysseus and the Phaeacians, and also about the interaction between the epic poet and his audience.
Editor
Miriam Carlisle & Olga Levaniouk
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
City
Lanham, MD
ISBN
9780847694242
Repository Citation
Pache, C. O. (1999). Odysseus and the Phaeacians. In M. Carlisle & O. Levaniouk (Eds.), Nine essays on Homer (pp. 21-33). Rowman & Littlefield.
Publication Information
Nine Essays on Homer