Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Introduction to the Paperback Edition Chapter 3 Introduction Chapter 4 The Beginning of the Odyssey Chapter 5 Odysseus Chapter 6 Gods and Men Chapter 7 The Encounter of Odysseus and Athena Chapter 8 The Double Theodicy of the Odyssey Chapter 9 Appendix: Demodocus and Homer Chapter 10 Bibliography Chapter 11 Index of Sources Chapter 12 Index of Names and Subjects
Jenny Strauss Clay is Professor of Classics at the University of Virginia, and the author of The Politics of Olympus.
It is a pleasure to welcome back into print this corrected reissue
of the original 1983 edition. Clay's provocative study guides the
reader to useful insights into the complex achievement of the
Odyssey, and its value is undiminished . . .
*Religious Studies Review*
Jenny Clay's The Wrath of Athena is an acute, original, and subtle
reading of the Odyssey . . . I am delighted to see it back in
print.
*Charles Segal*
. . . invariably vigorous, well-stated, and thoroughly informed . .
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*American Journal Of Philology*
Her discussion . . . has much for scholars and teachers, and adds
to our understanding of the complexity, ambiguity, and ambivalence
in narrative and character in the Oddyssey.
*Classical World*
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