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Some have said that the Land of the Cyclopes is [[place::Thrinacia]] but we know in [[Homer's Odyssey]] that [[character::Odysseus]] and his crew visit Thrinacia near the end of their epic journey. Would Odysseus really revisit a location he had previously visited and would his crew really steal some sheep given the likely reception they would get from the Cyclopes | Some have said that the Land of the Cyclopes is [[place::Thrinacia]] but we know in [[Homer's Odyssey]] that [[character::Odysseus]] and his crew visit Thrinacia near the end of their epic journey. Would Odysseus really revisit a location he had previously visited and would his crew really steal some sheep given the likely reception they would get from the Cyclopes? Secondly, why would [[author::Homer]] reuse an existing locale to describe another adventure when he has the whole of the Adriatic and Mediterranean to choose from? Other researchers suspect Etna on Sicily was a more likley in the minds of the poets who recited the ''epic'' to the audiences. This fits in nicely with the navigational course of the Odyssey and consequently Etna is chosen as the Land of the Cyclopes. | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:57, 13 November 2019
Some have said that the Land of the Cyclopes is Thrinacia but we know in Homer's Odyssey that Odysseus and his crew visit Thrinacia near the end of their epic journey. Would Odysseus really revisit a location he had previously visited and would his crew really steal some sheep given the likely reception they would get from the Cyclopes? Secondly, why would Homer reuse an existing locale to describe another adventure when he has the whole of the Adriatic and Mediterranean to choose from? Other researchers suspect Etna on Sicily was a more likley in the minds of the poets who recited the epic to the audiences. This fits in nicely with the navigational course of the Odyssey and consequently Etna is chosen as the Land of the Cyclopes.
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It is referenced in the following articles
| The Odyssey and Sequels |
| The Odyssey and the Argonauts |
