The Territory without a Map: the Sea as a Narratological Frame and Compass in the "Odyssey"
In this paper, I argue that the sea in Homer’s Odyssey is not the territory suggested by its map, but rather an all-encompassing narratological frame: the sea keeps the isolated locations of Odysseus’ misadventures together. As such the sea in the Odyssey is not just salty, dark-coloured water: it...
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Università degli Studi di Milano
2020-12-01
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| Online Access: | https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/aoqu/article/view/14710 |