kleos

analysis of Demodokos as an idealization of an artist by the art form of epic ----- Merged Content ----- Odysseus as implicitly the “best of the Achaeans” in the epic composition ... Continue reading

These words of Agamemnon show that the likeminded couple, Penelope and Odysseus (cp. O.6.181-184), is worthy of #kleos, a glorious epic song – and what is more, this kleos is characterized by #kharis. His praise makes the source of kleos in the Odyssey explicit ... Continue reading