The Odyssey

Tell me, O Muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy. Many cities did he visit, and many were the nations with whose manners and customs he was acquainted; moreover he suffered much by sea while trying to save his own life and bring his men safely home.

95 分。'Plot 之 '24-卷-双线交织-之-'homecoming-epic-之-'canonical-骨架: 'Telemachia (I-IV) + 'Ulysses 之 10 年归途之险 (V-XII Cyclops/Circe/Underworld/Sirenum/Scylla/Charybdis) + 'Ithaca 之 复仇 + 弓试 + 识认 (XIII-XXII) + 'Athena 之 和约收尾 (XXIII-XXIV)' 之 'dual-frame 叙事 + 中段 7 卷压缩 10 年时间 + 末段 divine-arbitration' 之 'homecoming-paradigm 之鼻祖——后世 'Joyce-Ulysses (1922) + 'Cold-Mountain (1997) 之 'homecoming-template, 故 95。

"what I feel most is the fact of our being so inferior to Ulysses in strength that we cannot string his bow. This will disgrace us in the eyes of those who may come hereafter."

94 分。'人物集' 之 'household-drama + voyage 之 群像: 'Ulysses-之-'polytropos-survivor + 'Penelope-之-'weaver-of-the-loom-之-'testing (L8500-L8700) + 'Telemachus-之-'coming-of-age-之-'son-on-voyage + 'Athena-之-'patron-of-the-Odyssean-之-'divine-shapeshifter + 'the suitors-之-'collective-villain + 'Eumaeus/Euryclea-之-'household-loyalty——'Voyage-Ithaca-之-'household-collective-之-'full-cast-archetype, 故 94。

"Ulysses," said he, "now that you have reached my house I doubt not you will get home without further misadventure no matter how much you have suffered in the past. To you others, however, who come here night after night to drink my choicest wine and listen to my bard, I would insist as follows."

82 分。'Pace 之 '24-卷-'epic-leisure-之-'dilated-middle 之 'rhythm: '卷 1-4 Telemachia-之-'short-framed-之-'narrative-之-'fast + '卷 5-12 Ulysses-self-narrative-之-'7-卷-压缩-10-年-之-'dilated-wonder-之-'slow + '卷 13-22 Ithaca-之-'revenge-之-'accelerating + '卷 23-24 reconciliation-之-'divine-arbitration-之-'final——'epic-leisure 而非 'dramatic-tension-buildup, 故 82。

Tell me, O Muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy. Many cities did he visit, and many were the nations with whose manners and customs he was acquainted.

88 分。'Butler-之-'plain-Victorian-prose-之-'clear-rendering 而非 'ornate: 'Tell me, O Muse' (L400-L500) 之 'Butler-之-'plain-Victorian-Muse-invocation-之 'clear-prose-之-'opening-之 'narrative-force + 'what I feel most is the fact of our being so inferior to Ulysses' (L8500-L8700) 之 'Penelope-之-'straightforward-test-之 'bow-contest-之-'Butler-rendering + 'presently made a covenant of peace between the two contending parties' (L11500-L11800) 之 'Athena-之-'divine-arbitration-之 'closing-rendering——Butler 之 'plain-Victorian-之 'clear-prose 而非 Pope-之-'couplets-之-'ornate, 故 88。

my name is Noman; this is what my father and mother and my friends have always called me.

93 分。'World 之 'c. 8th BC 之 '地中海-神话-之-'Ithaca-Troy-Scheria-Ogygia-Circe-之-'Aegean-之-'mythic-geography: 'Troy-之-'shadow + 'Ithaca-之-'home-island + 'Scheria-之-'Phaeacian-之-'hospitality-之-'fairyland + 'Circe-之-'Aeaea-之-'witch-island + 'House of Hades-之-'underworld-之-'Mediterranean-mythic-之-'full-world——'gods-intervene-at-meals-之 'stranger-may-be-king-之-'in-disguise, 故 93。

Tell me, O Muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy. Many cities did he visit, and many were the nations with whose manners and customs he was acquainted; moreover he suffered much by sea while trying to save his own life and bring his men safely home.

90 分。开场 'in medias res' 之 'suitors-之-'Odysseus-之-'estate-之-'devouring + 'Muse-之-'hero-of-many-cities-之-'invocation 之 'delayed-protagonist-之 'immediate-domestic-crisis-之 'opening: 'Tell me, O Muse, of that ingenious hero' (L400-L500) 之 'Muse-之-'absent-hero-之 'delayed-protagonist + 'immediate-domestic-crisis-之 'in-medias-res-之 'epic-hook-之-'鼻祖——后世 'every-return-narrative-之-'paradigm, 故 90。

The story of Penelope and the suitors, with the episode of Telemachus' voyage to Pylos. This poem begins with line 80 (roughly) of Book i., is continued to the end of Book iv., and not resumed till Ulysses wakes in the middle of line 187, Book xiii.

96 分。'Innovation 之 'sequel-epic-之-'鼻祖: 'The Odyssey' (c. 8th BC) 之 'homecoming-plot + 'recognition-scene (Penelope-之-'bow + Ulysses-之-'scar) + 'frame-tale-within-voyage (Scheria-之-'7-卷-'Ulysses-self-narrative) + 'domestic-revenge-之-'climax (XXII suitor-slaughter) + 'divine-arbitration-之-'reconciliation-之-'closure (XXIV covenant) 之 'homecoming-template-之-'鼻祖——后世 'Joyce-Ulysses (1922) + 'Cold-Mountain (1997) + 'every-return-narrative-之-'paradigm, 故 96。

and presently made a covenant of peace between the two contending parties.

88 分。'Ending 之 'Book XXIV 之 'suitors-之-'ghosts + 'Laertes-之-'reunited + 'Athena-之-'covenant-of-peace-between-the-two-contending-parties' (L11500-L11800) 之 'slaughter-之-'reconciliation 之 'divine-arbitration-之-'closure-through-divine-arbitration 而非 'pure-blood——'thematic-landing 之 'homecoming-epic-之 'peace-via-divine-arbitration-之 'closure, 故 88。 ---