The Last Scenes of the Odyssey (Mnemosyne, Supplements, 52)

By Dorothea Wender. Includes Indexes. Bibliography: P. [79]-80. THE LAST SCENES OF THE ODYSSEY 4 CONTENTS 8 Acknowledgements 10 I. Introduction 12 II. On Oral and Other Matters 16 III. The Penelope Episode 21 IV. In Hades' Halls 30 V. In Hades' Halls, Continued 45 VI. The Laertes Scene 56 VII. The Final Fight 74 VIII. Conclusions 83 Appendix: Some Historical Hypotheses 87 Selected Bibliography 90 Index of Names 92 Index of Homeric Passages Cited 94