Zeus in the Odyssey

by: Marks, J.

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This book makes the case that the plot of the Odyssey is represented within the narrative as a plan of Zeus, Dios boulē, that serves as a guide for the performing poet and as a hermeneutic for the audience. Through occasional participation in events and pervasive influence, the character of Zeus maintains thematic unity as the narrative moves through a mass of potential narrative paths for Odysseus that was already dense and conflicting at the time the Odyssey was taking shape. The “Zeus-centric” reading proposed here offers fresh perspectives on the tenor of interactions among the Odyssey?s characters, on the relationships among traditional accounts of Odysseus?s return, and on long-standing problems of interpretation.

Preface
Introduction
Chapter One: Oresteia and Odyssey
Chapter Two: Ogygie to Ithake
Chapter Three: The End(s) of the Odyssey
Chapter Four: After the Odyssey
Chapter Five: Nestor?s Nostoi
chapter Six: Divine Plan and Narrative Plan
Bibliography
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Index
Index Locorum

Zeus in the Odyssey

by: Marks, J.

• ISBN-13: 9780674028128 / 978-0-674-02812-8
• ISBN-03: 0674028120 / 0-674-02812-0
• Center for Hellenic Studies, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2008

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