had news of Odysseus himself. Later he pretended to Penelope that he was a .
Cleteon and had entertained Odysseus on his way to Troy. (Knight, pp. 142-.
43).
Odysseus lies about himself both because he feels that there is greater safety in .
doing so and because he enjoys doing it for his own sake. This, to me, tells me that .
Odysseus is both a liar and an adventurer. But what relationship does to it have do with .
the culture. I would assume, that like present day culture, those books that are most .
successful are those which best captivates the imagination of the populace. It is likely that .
Greeks of the time, not unlike today's society found great interest in wandering, intrigue, .
romance, and much of the narrative to me appears much as the writings of William .
Shakespeare. Homer, (if he is the true and only author) like William Shakespeare enjoyed .
a tale which was of epic purportion, involved rich characterizations, and indeed the line .
between reality and myth was blurred. I could not imagine that William Shakespeare was .
not influenced by tales such as "The Odyssey," and the "The Iliad," et.al., as the writings .
appears so much as his own. At any rate, as I am more interested in the culture and .
people of the time, the idea of the sojourner is also telling in terms of the readership, or .
the local populace of the times. For example, "The Land Of The Lotus-Eaters" are .
representative of such mythological realities in "The Odyssey." There is also much .
importance given to pastoral scenes while "The Odyssey" is full of travel and adventure. .
"The Odyssey" is full of monsters as were so many other stories of the Greek mythology .
of the time, including Cyclops. Cyclops is the only complete satyr play to have survived, .
yet the characteristics of the satyr play are based upon Odysseus" encounter with the .
Cyclops, Pollyphenus, in the ninth book of "The Odyssey." The "Chorus of Saytrs" and .
the characters of "The Silenus" are Euripides" innovations, but the events of the play see .
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