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June 07, 2008

she fought her memory

she fought her//memory (3.XXXII.i).

Memory is a key element of classical epic, since the poems are intended as commemorations of past figures and events. In Omeros, characters, such as Achille and Dennis Plunkett, have a longing for communion with the past. Memory brings in the theme of nostalgia and the journey that the characters take in order to find their identity and feeling of home. Memory is also important in the Odyssey, and the loss of it threatens Odysseus from returning home.

Amanda Hopkins : 07 Jun 2008 09:18 |  Tags: Achille Characters Dennis Plunkett Epic Tradition Identity & Naming Memory Remembering & Commemoration Narrators Mother Nostos Odysseus Odyssey She Fought Her Memory Walcott-The-Narrator |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

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July 09, 2007

Gilgamesh

the wanderings of Gilgamesh (7.LIX.i).

The Epic of Gilgamesh, probably composed in the later second millennium BC, and thus predating Homer, is a Babylonian epic concerning the 'myth of the flood', so a variant on the Hebrew story of the flood and Noah's ark. Gilgamesh was an historical figure who ruled Uruk (Modern Warka, in Central Iraq), and in the text has parallels with the heroic figures of Odysseus and Hercules (Bib:14b).

Amanda Hopkins : 09 Jul 2007 13:39 |  Tags: Epic Tradition Gilgamesh Odysseus |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

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thin voice

I heard my own thin voice […] steadying its wing (7.LVII.i).

The Narrator is taking on the role of the bard from Omeros/Seven Seas, as Odysseus does from Demodokos (Odyssey 9:2-15).

Amanda Hopkins : 09 Jul 2007 13:21 |  Tags: Characters Epic Tradition Narrator Odysseus Odyssey Omeros-Seven Seas Thin Voice |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

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July 06, 2007

bow

bow (3.XVII.iii).

Especially when paired with the oar, this can be read as a reference to Odysseus' bow in Odyssey 21:11-41, 393-426; however, in Omeros, the archer was not saved by his bow, unlike Odysseus.

Amanda Hopkins : 06 Jul 2007 14:11 |  Tags: Bow Characters Epic Tradition Odysseus Odyssey |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

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