Telemachus in Ithaca: Delimitation of Identity Frontiers in the Ancient Iron Age (XII-VIII BC)

Ana Gabrecht

Telemachus in Ithaca: Delimitation of Identity Frontiers in the Ancient Iron Age (XII-VIII BC)

Ana Penha Gabrecht * §

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Abstract

In this article, we will try to understand how the description of space in Homer’s Odyssey contributes to the delimitation of an Hellenic identity during the ancient Iron Age. We will first analyze the first book of the so-called Telemachia, part of the Odyssey that narrates the journey of Telemachus, Odysseus’ son, to the kingdoms of Sparta and Pylos in search of news of his missing father. We believe that the young Ithacan’s journey will help us in our task of understanding the way through which the Greeks saw the place (topos) where they lived and what makes of it a place of identity (isotopia).

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Ana Penha Gabrecht. 2013. "Telemachus in Ithaca: Delimitation of Identity Frontiers in the Ancient Iron Age (XII-VIII BC)". Global Journal of Human-Social Science - A: Arts & Humanities GJHSS-A Volume 13 (GJHSS Volume 13 Issue 39 (A7)).

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Crossref Journal DOI 10.17406/GJHSS

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“identity”HOMER isotopia odyssey space

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Submission ReceivedDecember 15, 2012
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