GREEKS AND BARBARIANS IN HOMER’S “ODYSSEY”

Homer’s “Odyssey”, viewed as a relevant literary source for Archaic Greece, has led to the development of different research domains through the medium of hermeneutics or text interpretation. One of these directions regards the reconstitution of social aspects pertaining to the Archaic Greek world....

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Main Author: Ştefania VOICU
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Editura Muzeul National al Literaturii Romane 2013-05-01
Series:Diversitate si Identitate Culturala in Europa
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Online Access:http://www.diversite.eu/pdf/10_1/DICE_10.1_Full_Text_p135-p146-Stefania-VOICU.pdf
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description Homer’s “Odyssey”, viewed as a relevant literary source for Archaic Greece, has led to the development of different research domains through the medium of hermeneutics or text interpretation. One of these directions regards the reconstitution of social aspects pertaining to the Archaic Greek world. Given that Odysseus’ adventures unfold beyond the borders of the world known by the hero, Greek identity can only be rendered by exclusion, the exclusion of the Other: the reverse of the reprehensible deeds or aspects of the Other comes to define the real, or at least desirable, characteristics of the one operating the exclusion.
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GREEKS AND BARBARIANS IN HOMER’S “ODYSSEY”
Diversitate si Identitate Culturala in Europa
Mythology
society
barbarians
Odysseus
title GREEKS AND BARBARIANS IN HOMER’S “ODYSSEY”
title_full GREEKS AND BARBARIANS IN HOMER’S “ODYSSEY”
title_fullStr GREEKS AND BARBARIANS IN HOMER’S “ODYSSEY”
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title_short GREEKS AND BARBARIANS IN HOMER’S “ODYSSEY”
title_sort greeks and barbarians in homer s odyssey
topic Mythology
society
barbarians
Odysseus
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