Sunday, November 29, 2009
Kleos in the Odyssey
Kleos, in Greek, means renown or honour, it symbolizes what you hear about someone through another person. A Greek hero may accomplish this renown through great deeds, or pains he endures for glory. Once the Greek hero accomplishes this, his own glory earned is passed down to his son to be remembered by also. It is apparent in the Odyssey because Telemachus is worried over what has happened to his father, Odysseus. Telemachus wishes to carry on the accomplishments of his father’s deeds and hopes that his father has not yet died an inglorious death.
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Another example of this is Penelope not fooling around with any of the suitors while Odysseus was gone! She honored her husband by staying faithful.
ReplyDeleteI agree very much with both matt and megan about how kleos is such a huge factor in the odyssey. You can gather many examples from the book but its certainly a very large topic. When odysseus shouts out his name after killing the one eyed giant, it shows how he wanted kleos and how he wanted people to remember him for it , but in the long run it could've really hurt him since Posiden was the father.
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