附註:Includes bibliographical references (page 337) and index.
The image of Odysseus -- Right and wrong -- Nestor the home-goer -- The waiting of Menelaos; Penelope and the suitors -- Odysseus unveiled -- The maiden unmastered -- The happy city -- The city sacker -- The Kyklops -- Kirke -- The dead -- Helios -- Athena and Doysseus -- Eumaios, the faithful slave -- The return of Telemachos -- Father and son -- Beggar on the threshold -- Afternoon to evening -- The man of pain -- A 'sweet" dinner -- Odysseus strings his bow -- Justice -- Penelope -- Peace.
摘要:This rich interpretation of Homer's "Odyssey" is unique among modern readings of the poem in its detailed book-by-book approach and in its deeply humanistic voice. According to George E. Dimock, what gives the "Odyssey" its unity is Homer's overarching theme of the meaning of pain and suffering in human life. In Dimock's reading, Homer presents Odysseus -- whose name translates as "Man of Pain" as the greatest sufferer of pain and evil. But it is precisely because Odysseus accepts this challenge that he eventually wins a happiness which would have been unattainable without such testing. His suffering is not only crucial to his coming home and the establishment of his identity, but also allows him to experience what home and self mean with an intensity that would have been otherwise impossible. -- From publisher's description.
