... influenced by tales such as "The Odyssey," and the "The Iliad," et.al., as the writings appears so much as his own. At any rate, as I am more interested in the culture and people of the time, the idea of the sojourner is also telling in terms of the readership, or the local populace of the times. For example, "The Land Of The Lotus-Eaters" are representative of such mythological realities in "The Odyssey." There is also much importance ... shipmates, with less monsters, and greedy usurpers." ("The Odyssey," p. 142, IX) In order to survive in such a world Odysseus must of necessity use c...

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