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The First Person
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The lies told by Odysseus in Ithaca feature a realistic itinerary via Crete, Egypt, and Thesprotia, and probably preserve earlier traditions of his return which have given place to the fantastic tales presented as truth in the apologos. Lies to the suitors are told in the persona of a metanast beggar, adopting a moral tone in which raiding and ἀτάσθαλα are punished, just as the suitors will be punished for raiding the house of Odysseus. The lies, which are a way of testing loyalty and moral quality, are designed to appeal to their addressee: thus the dupe of the ‘cloak’ story is the Aetolian Thoas, to please Eumaeus, who was duped by an Aetolian. The earlier appeal to Nausicaa for pity and food is supported by lavish compliments and an impressive tale of a visit to Delos (to fetch the Oinotropoi, who were to provision the Greek army at Troy).
Title: The First Person
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The lies told by Odysseus in Ithaca feature a realistic itinerary via Crete, Egypt, and Thesprotia, and probably preserve earlier traditions of his return which have given place to the fantastic tales presented as truth in the apologos.
Lies to the suitors are told in the persona of a metanast beggar, adopting a moral tone in which raiding and ἀτάσθαλα are punished, just as the suitors will be punished for raiding the house of Odysseus.
The lies, which are a way of testing loyalty and moral quality, are designed to appeal to their addressee: thus the dupe of the ‘cloak’ story is the Aetolian Thoas, to please Eumaeus, who was duped by an Aetolian.
The earlier appeal to Nausicaa for pity and food is supported by lavish compliments and an impressive tale of a visit to Delos (to fetch the Oinotropoi, who were to provision the Greek army at Troy).
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