Homer provides an enormous challenge to the student; the potentialities of these lengthy texts are legion and the scholarship vast. The author has relied upon her knowledge of symbolic discourse to make a fresh study of the Odyssey, prioritising early neighbouring religions, the…
This title reveals Homer the poet as both philosopher and student of the cosmos. The 'wine-dark sea' is revealed as none other than the night sky which serves as backdrop to the hero's adventures amongst the stars.
Homer provides an enormous challenge to the student; the potentialities of these lengthy texts are legion and the scholarship vast. The author has relied upon her knowledge of symbolic discourse to make a fresh study of the Odyssey, prioritising early neighbouring religions, the…