Odysseus and Penelope’s Comedy of Remarriage (“The Odyssey,” Postscript to Part 3) - podcast episode cover

Odysseus and Penelope’s Comedy of Remarriage (“The Odyssey,” Postscript to Part 3)

Oct 30, 202322 min
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Episode description

Wes & Erin conclude their discussion of "The Odyssey," with a focus on Odysseus and Penelope getting re-acquainted with each other in Books 19 and 23. We discuss Penelope asking Odysseus-in-disguise whether she should marry a suitor, but tells him the dream of 20 geese, foretelling their ruin; the test involving the bed post tree trunk; and how we might think of the ending to this epic as a comedy of re-marriage.
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