World of the Hero Scholarly Quotes

First half is Odyssey, second half is Aeneid (BOOO)

Silk on the Suitor’s deaths

“Condone revenge killing… or does it?”

Jones on the Suitor’s deaths

“Reckless disregard for the bond of xenia are enough to justify their deaths”

Finley on women

“Women were held to be naturally inferior”

Schleich on women

“Powerful role of Penelope and women in general”

Jones on the structure

“The Structure [books 9-12] means that the excitement is kept”

Mheallaigh on the structure

“Story telling is therefore intimately connected with the theme of identity”

Tracy on immortals

“Zeus allows the plot to be arbitrary”

Griffin on immortals

“Men have free will and are responsible for their own actions”

Morrison on kleos v nostos

“Healthy appreciation of material goods”

Valente on kleos v nostos

“Odysseus and his author reflect on… whether kleos is all that matters”

Valente on Odysseus

“[in book 8] Odysseus and his author reflect on… whether kleos is all that matters”

Sowerby on Odysseus

“Homer’s polytropic hero and his polytropic story reflect each other perfectly”

Porter on Slaves

“Slaves and their relationship to the household are significant”

Roberts on Slaves

Treatment of enslaved people…as disposable”

Optimist/European School

Aeneid = pro Augustus

Pessimist/Harvard School

Aeneid = anti Augustus

Dekter on immortals

“[the Gods are] using the characters as chess pieces”

Dardess on immortals

“A pathetic nuisance is one way to look at her [Juturna]”

Williams on Aeneas/Furor

“It is the human experience and problems of Aeneas as a human person”

Boyle on Aeneas/Furor

“Prime embodiment of the values and behaviour of the old heroic world of bloodlust”

Armstrong on Ascanius

“A callow youth”

Feldman on Ascanius

“Ascanius is spoken of with an air of hope”

Ahn on Leadership

“Aeneas’ steadfast vision to found a new home”

Cowan on Leadership

“Aeneas, of course, is a work in progress”

Cowan on Fathers and Sons

“The whole poem is centered on inheritance from father to son”

Armstrong on Fathers and Sons

“Aeneas still regards him as a child… a blank state”

Syed on women

“Women often make a spectacle of themselves”

Reilly on women

“Women are a physically necessary component”

Ahn on nations

“Aeneas’ steadfast vision to found a new home”

Williamson on nations

“Treated Greek and Latin personages and affairs in common”

Quinn on Homeric influence

“He has transcended Homer’s objective”

Sowerby on Homeric Influence

“Can only be appreciated in relation to the epics of his Greek predecessor"