This text first considers the character of Penelope from the Odyssey as the object of male gazes and as a subject acting from her own desire, and then it develops the notion of “possible plots” as structures in the poem that co-exist with the plots Penelope actually plays out. Read more
FALE-UFMG [This article was originally published 2009 in Nuntius antiquus, vol. 4, 162-180. The page-numbers of the printed version are embedded within curly brackets in this version: for example, {162|163} marks where p. 162 stops and p. 163 begins. The article appears here by courtesy of the author.] RESUMO: Este… Read more
In this episode, Gregory Nagy talks with Keith and Sarah, about the recognition scenes in the Odyssey and particularly the one between Odysseus and Penelope. Read more
In this episode, Gregory Nagy talks with Keith and Sarah, about the recognition scenes in the Odyssey and particularly the one between Odysseus and Penelope. Read more
Eve of the Festival is a study of Homeric myth-making in the first and longest dialogue of Penelope and Odysseus (Odyssey 19). This study makes a case for seeing virtuoso myth-making as an essential part of this conversation, a register of communication important for the interaction between the two speakers. At… Read more
