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A Homer Commentary in Progress

Prayer

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Iliad 1.37-1.43

Leonard Muellner

Homeric prayers, of which this is a relatively standard example, are predicated upon the system of gift exchange that also prevails in human social interacti ... Continue reading

Odyssey 4.762-766

Anita Nikkanen

Penelope’s prayer to Athena to save Telemakhos in return for the sacrifices Odysseus has made for the goddess is another example of the function of memory in th ... Continue reading