Family Values In The Odyssey Flashcards
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Kelly Scott Franklin on the breakdown of marriage and family .
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Although we tend to think of Homer’s story as one of Homecoming it is as much about the terrible cost of home wrecking. It takes if all of the Hero’s Witt and brawn to make it back alive. If the hero dies or gets stranded his house will fall, as the suitors will kill his son Telemachus and marry his wife Penelope taking all his wealth in the process.
