http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5969 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Sun, 21 Jun 2026 11:57:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5969&cpage=1#comment-42510 V Thu, 11 Dec 2014 07:31:38 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5969#comment-42510 A story about a lost guy ... and he doesn't show up for the first three chapters. I had forgotten how much it is about Telemachus from the get-go. Perhaps if I had come off from reading the Iliad, but it has been a while. But I'd agree that it was easier to read than I thought. I'm reading the Fitzgerald translation, and I was expecting different spellings. Mainly, I needed a map, so I had to break out a college reference book for it. Roots of Western Tradition still paying off all these years later. A story about a lost guy … and he doesn’t show up for the first three chapters. I had forgotten how much it is about Telemachus from the get-go. Perhaps if I had come off from reading the Iliad, but it has been a while. But I’d agree that it was easier to read than I thought. I’m reading the Fitzgerald translation, and I was expecting different spellings. Mainly, I needed a map, so I had to break out a college reference book for it. Roots of Western Tradition still paying off all these years later.

]]> http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5969&cpage=1#comment-42509 girldetective Thu, 11 Dec 2014 02:07:26 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5969#comment-42509 Dave, that is ridiculous that Athena is Minerva. Homer was Greek. Interesting question why she doesn't just wrest him from the clutches of Kalypso, but instead stirs up his son to get moving. Probably because that makes Telemachos more manly for the king succession? Dave, that is ridiculous that Athena is Minerva. Homer was Greek. Interesting question why she doesn’t just wrest him from the clutches of Kalypso, but instead stirs up his son to get moving. Probably because that makes Telemachos more manly for the king succession?

]]> http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5969&cpage=1#comment-42508 David Vrieze Daniels Wed, 10 Dec 2014 19:20:41 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5969#comment-42508 I'm with you that it isn't a very hard read, and that was very surprising to me. I, unfortunately, must have been daydreaming during the Mythology units in H.S., because remember very little about them. The nice thing about reading the eBook version though it that I can quickly look them up. Interestingly enough, in my translation by Butler Athene is named Minerva. Which when I looked them up is the Roman equivalent of Athene. Any idea why Butler would have chosen that instead? Also, Athene is doing all of the leg work anyway, why doesn't she just go save Odysseus? ;-) I’m with you that it isn’t a very hard read, and that was very surprising to me.
I, unfortunately, must have been daydreaming during the Mythology units in H.S., because remember very little about them. The nice thing about reading the eBook version though it that I can quickly look them up.
Interestingly enough, in my translation by Butler Athene is named Minerva. Which when I looked them up is the Roman equivalent of Athene. Any idea why Butler would have chosen that instead? Also, Athene is doing all of the leg work anyway, why doesn’t she just go save Odysseus?

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