Homer: Odyssey Books XIII and XIV

The second part of the Odyssey takes epic in new directions, giving significant roles to people of ''lower status'' and their way of life: epic notions of the primacy of the aristocrat and the achievements of the Trojan War are submitted to scrutiny. Books XIII and XIV contain some of the subtlest human exchanges in the poem, as Athena and Odysseus spar with each other and Odysseus tests the quiet...