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Odysseus: Metis Is His Most Important Quality
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....ratagem, or plan. Homer even associates Odysseus as “polymetis,” or a man of “many turns.” Robert Fitzgerald, translator of the Odyssey in The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces, interprets this word to describe a man who is “skilled in all ways of contending” (219). Thus, unlike Achilles in the Ilia.... Part 2 of Paper
....eus. (III, ll. 210-220).
In addition, Agamemnon expresses his anger towards Odysseus’ deceptive nature during a battle by addressing Odysseus as “you crafty-minded Odysseus, excellent in civil tricks” (IV, ll. 339).
Odysseus’ polymetis can be observed in Homer’s illustration of Odysseus’ aptitude for carpentry and shipbuilding in the Odyssey. His woodworking skills are portrayed when he builds a raft to leave Kaypso’s island after seven years of captivity. Homer describes this.... |
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