Parataxis Of Homer
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Throughout the epic poem The Odyssey, Homer employs a technique called parataxis.
This technique is used frequently to identify characters in the book or explaining an event.
The poem not only covers the story of Odyssey. The poem not only covers the story of
Odysseus, but also touches upon othe ....
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.... companions perished, but the wind and the current carried him here and here
they drove him.” The original conversation between Hermes and Kalypso had little to do
with Odysseus’s journey. Hermes in lines 97 to 115 tells Kalypso that Odysseus’s fate lie
not on the island, but back home in Ithaka. The parataxis interrupts the line of
conversation to inform the reason why Odysseus arrives here. It gives a glimpse the span
of Odysseus’s journey and the fate of his companions b ....
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