Structural Elements in the Odyssey

action Agamemnon Alcinous Amphinomus analysis Antinous Apologoi association Athena Beggar Calypso characters comrades constant context contrast Demodocus divine dramatic effect emotional emphasis episode Euma Eumaeus Eurycleia Eurymachus expression father formula formular line formular phrases Gods motif Happy Past hearer heightened Helen hero hero's Homer Hybris and Revenge idea imagined revenge Ithaca Laertes Menelaus mood mood-elements narrative Nausicaa Nekuia Nestor non-formular Nostos and Revenge Nostos motif Nostos theme Nostos-Revenge Nostos-wish Odysseus Ogygia oxen passage Pattern of Courtesy Penelope Penelope's Phaeacian Phemius Philoetius poem poet poet's Poseidon Pylos Rahmentechnik recur repetition Revenge motif Revenge theme Revenge-wish Sadness of Mortality scene Scheria simile Slaying speech statement story structural elements Stürmer submotif suggested suitors tale technique Telemachus Telling Theoclymenus Thrinacia tone Tragic Conflict triad triadic Troy utterance variation vengeance vivid Wanderings motif wish words Zeus γὰρ δὲ εἰ ἐπὶ θάνατον καὶ καὶ καὶ κῆρα κακὰ νόστον πολλὰ τε