Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Odyssey Book 2, 3, & 4
I finished books 2,3, and 4 this week. I'm liking this book right now, but it can get really confusing with all the names and places. As I was reading, I had a lot of thoughts about the suitors who were trashing Telemachus's house. Some things were that I couldn't have put up with them for as long as he has and why wouldn't anyone steal the gold and bronze treasure in the spacious store-room?And if Telemachus had to pay for the "parties", couldn't he just stop paying for them? There were a lot of improbable events that occurred, like when they were able to sail through waves that were mountains high. I think that some of what is being says has a double meaning, but you can't always figure them out. When she was with Nestor and Telemachus, did she mean to give herself away to Nestor as she took off? Also, it gets quite confusing when she is Mentor, but she is referred as Minerva. I found that a lot of the time, when someone was feasting, they would use gold cups. Are gold cups not just for the wealthy? I found a lot of typo's too, for instance words were put in the wrong order, quotations were left out, and some other minor things, which got kind of confusing when you had to decode it.
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I SAW THOSE TYPOS TOO! It does get a bit confusing between Minerva (who I prefer to call Athena) and Mentor.
ReplyDeleteI saw those typos as well; it drove me crazy. And with the child of morning, the rosy fingered dawn thing, I agree. It is quite annoying; I'm not sure if it's just a metaphor, or of she's an actual person...?
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