Zeus in the Odyssey

  Marks, J. 2008. Zeus in the Odyssey. Hellenic Studies Series 31. Washington, DC: Center for Hellenic Studies. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.ebook:CHS_Marks.Zeus_in_the_Odyssey.2008.


Appendix 1: Homeric scenes in which Zeus appears and references to his actions

Citations include scenes in the main narrative, as well as scenes that, while outside the main narrative, impinge on it (such as the encounter between Helios and Zeus in Odyssey 12) or proceed directly from it (such as the destruction of the Greek fortifications predicted in Iliad 7 and 12). Not included are scenes that are outside the main narrative and tangential to it (such as Demodokos’ song of Ares and Aphrodite in Odyssey 8), nor references to Zeus that can be explained in the generalizing terms described by Jørgensen’s Law (on which see Chapters 2 and 5).

Iliad

1.5 (proem); 1.493-533, 8.370-372 (promise to Thetis); 1.533-611 (Zeus and gods on Olympos); 2.3-15; 2.38-40 (Agamemnon’s dream); 2.786-787 (message to the Trojans); 3.302; 4.1-72 (duel between Paris and Menelaos); 5.421-431 (consoles wounded Aphrodite); 5.753-766, 906 (conflict between Athene and Ares); 6.234 (Glaukos’ trade of armor); 7.443-464, 12.25-26 (future destruction of Greek wall); 8.2-52, 397-408, 438-484, 20.4-31, 155 (ban on divine intervention in battle); 8.69-75, 132-135, 216, 12.37, 174, 13.1-9, 794, 15.567, 592-604, 16.103, 17.627 (favors the Trojans); 8.130-136 (curbs Diomedes); 11.3-4 (dispatches Eris to Greeks); 11.163-164, 182-194, 202-209, 300, 12.292-293, 437, 450, 15.241-242, 610-612, 636-638, 694-695, 17.198-210 (and Hektor); 11.336-337, 542-544, 12.436-437, 13.1-9, 345-355 (manages the battle); 5.662, 12. 290-293, 402-403, 16.431-457, 661-662, 666-675, 21.388-390 (and Sarpedon); 14.293-353, 15.4-79, 95-109, 146-148, 152-167, 174-217, 220-235, (Dios apate and aftermath); 16.249-252, 644-656, 799, 17.268-273, 321, 400-401, 441-456, 544-546 (and Patroklos); 18.356-368, 19.340-349 (concern for Achilleus); 20.300-308, 21.229-232, 290 (rescue of Aineias from Achilleus); 21.505-514 (laughs at wounded Artemis); 15.610-611, 16.799-800, 22.166-186, 209-212, 403-404, 24.65-77, 100-120, 133-137, 143-159, 173-176, 194-196, 331 (death of Hektor and return of his body); 2.303-330, 7.478-479, 8.76-77, 133-135, 170-171, 245-252, 9.236, 11.52-55, 12.200-209, 252-255, 15.377-378, 16.458-459, 17.547-548, 593-596, 648-650, 20.56-57, 24.314-320 (omens)

Odyssey

1.22-95, 5.3-43 (Zeus and Athene plan for Odysseus’ return); 12.374-388 (and Helios); 12.415-417 (destruction of Odysseus’ crew); 13.127-165 (and Poseidon); 24.472-487 (resolves civil war on Ithake); 2.146-54, 20.102-121, 21.413, 24.539-540 (omens)