Vol. 27 No. 3 (2001): XXVII - 2001, Fascicolo 3
Articoli

Homer and the Fable: <i>Odyssey</i> 21.293-306

Published 2015-09-10

Keywords

  • Odyssey,
  • Antinoous,
  • fable

Abstract

Antinoous’ tale is a ‘fable’: the choice of this genre, which was well known to the Odyssey’s author, is functional to the ironic effect of the presentation of the character.