Who read The Odyssey help me please: How would you characterize the narrator, the fictive “Homer”
How would you characterize the narrator, the fictive “Homer” whose voice we imagine as singing the verses of the Odyssey?
What direct references to the craft or performance of poetry do you find in the Odyssey? What do they tell us about the importance of poetry in Homer’s day? In responding, consider also indirect references such as the ones the text makes to weaving and singing – after all, Homer himself might be said to “weave” his story, stitching together the various episodes and characters into a meaningful tale; and of course an epic bard sings his verses.
