CLASSICS PRESENTS ... Speakers Series
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Wednesday, February 28, 2018
3:30 PM 鈥� 5:00 PM
3:30 PM 鈥� 5:00 PM
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Dr. Tim Wright, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Classics, Queen鈥檚 University
The Uncanny in Odyssey 14 and 15
Wednesday, February 28th from 3:30-5:00 pm, Watson 517
When Odysseus is disguised as a beggar and received as a guest by Eumaeus on the outskirts of his own household, he finds that his swineherd is playing his master鈥檚 domestic role in a number of respects. In fact, in this encounter, Eumaeus serves as Odysseus鈥� double, resembling his master to an uncanny extent. This similarity heightens the pathos produced by the fact that Odysseus has returned home but is unable to reveal himself. In general, doubling is shown to be an expressive form of Homeric repetition if we examine the poetry on its own terms.
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