Abstract
Under the pretext of a tension between phýsis / nómos, we proposed to
revisit, through the experience of polytropy of Ulysses, the peculiar Homeric worldliness; we contrasted the poetic sphere of the Odyssey with Telegony’s cyclical accounts, where the latest adventures and the death of Ulysses occur as a prelude to the end of the heroic age.
revisit, through the experience of polytropy of Ulysses, the peculiar Homeric worldliness; we contrasted the poetic sphere of the Odyssey with Telegony’s cyclical accounts, where the latest adventures and the death of Ulysses occur as a prelude to the end of the heroic age.
Translated title of the contribution | Polytrotropy and itinerancy: Odysseus and the end of the heroic age |
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Original language | Portuguese |
Title of host publication | Casas, património, civilização. Nomos versus physis no pensamento grego |
Editors | Maria do Céu Zambujo Fialho, Maria das Graças de Moraes Augusto, Maria de Fátima Silva |
Place of Publication | Coimbra |
Publisher | Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra |
Chapter | 1 |
Pages | 21-40 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9789892618395 |
ISBN (Print) | 9789892618388 |
Publication status | Published - 1 Nov 2019 |
Keywords
- Homer
- Odyssey
- Nómos
- Phýsis
- Polytropy
- Telegony