Homer's Odyssey / A CommentaryDenton Jaques Snider
Homer's Odyssey / A Commentary
Denton Jaques Snider
Essays
Book language: English
314 pages
Denton J. Snider's commentary is a series of essays that guide readers through Homer's Odyssey, book by book. It examines the epic's structure, characters and themes, from Telemachus's search to Odysseus's wanderings and homecoming. It is valuable for anyone wanting a deeper understanding of the poem.
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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.
Opening of the book
Homer's Odyssey. A Commentary By Denton J. Snider The Sigma Publishing Co. 10 Van Buren St., Chicago, Ill. 210 Pine St., St. Louis, Mo. TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGE Introduction 5 I. First Twelve Books. Telemachiad 21 Ulyssiad 121 (1) Ocygia 129 (2) Phæacia 156 (3) Fableland 231 II. Second Twelve Books.
Ithakeiad 396 Books 13-16 Preparation) 407 Books 17-24 ( Execution) 461 (1) Wrong (17-21) 468 (2) Punishment (22) 495 (3) Reconciliation (23-4) 500 Summary 511 HOMER'S ODYSSEY. BOOK FIRST—INTRODUCTION. The Odyssey starts by organizing itself; it maps out its own structure in what may be called a General Introduction. Herein lies a significant difference between it and the Iliad, which has simply an Invocation to the Muse, and then leaps into the thick of the action. The Iliad, accordingly, does not formulate its own organization, which fact has been one cause of the frequent assaults upon its unity. Still the architectonic principle is powerful in the Iliad, though more instinctive, and far less explicit than in the Odyssey. It is reasonable to suppose, therefore, that the poet has reached a profounder consciousness of his art in his later poem; he has come to a knowledge of his constructive principle, and he takes the trouble to unfold the same at the beginning. To be sure, certain critics have assailed
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