Odysseus Disguised in Odyssey (books 15-24): Work, Ephemerality and Pain

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André Malta Campos

Abstract

My aim here is to provide an overview of how Odysseus elaborates an êthos for himself between Books 15 and 24 of the Odyssey, when he must act in disguise in front of Eumaeus, the suitors, Penelope and, finally, his own father. Throughout his behavior we can see the way his “persona” evolves and is adjusted to each one of his interlocutors and situations, with special attention given to themes such as work, ephemerality and suffering.

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Malta Campos, A. (2018). Odysseus Disguised in Odyssey (books 15-24): Work, Ephemerality and Pain. Synthesis, 25(1), e029. https://doi.org/10.24215/1851779Xe029
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André Malta Campos, Universidade de São Paulo

Profesor de Lengua y Literatura Griega en la Universidad de San Pablo desde 2001, en la que obtuvo los títulos de Magíster (1998), Doctor (2003) y Docente Libre (2013). Realizó también un posdoctorado en Brown University, USA (2011-2012). Es autor de cuatro libros sobre la poesía homérica: O Resgate do Cadáver: o Último Canto da Ilíada (Humanitas, 2000), A Selvagem Perdição: Erro e Ruína na Ilíada (Odysseus, 2006), Homero Múltiplo: Ensaios sobre a Épica Grega (Edusp, 2012) e A Musa Difusa: Visões da Oralidade nos Poemas Homéricos (Annablume, 2015).

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