In or. 40, § 4, with the unexpected mention of the island Ogigia πλήρη τῶν λόγων, placed as it is in a well-kept and not casual context, Himerius adds another piece to the representation of one of his favorite figures, portraying Odysseus as a rhetorician, able, as already in or. 39, § 14, to repay hospitality with logoi. This definition finds reasons, as well as in the short logoi between the characters of the story in Od. 5, in the various speeches and re-enactments that run through the poem, and in the texture of rhetorical interpretations underlying the dialogues of Od. 5, a testimony of which is offered by the related scholia. Also from these lines, therefore, the figure of Odysseus, due to the traits of polytropia and poikilia that traditionally characterize the hero, is functional to the rhetorical and paideutic purposes of Himerius.
I ΛΟΓΟΙ DI ODISSEO A OGIGIA (HIM. OR. 40, § 4, 26-33 COLONNA)
Massimo Lazzeri
2023-01-01
Abstract
In or. 40, § 4, with the unexpected mention of the island Ogigia πλήρη τῶν λόγων, placed as it is in a well-kept and not casual context, Himerius adds another piece to the representation of one of his favorite figures, portraying Odysseus as a rhetorician, able, as already in or. 39, § 14, to repay hospitality with logoi. This definition finds reasons, as well as in the short logoi between the characters of the story in Od. 5, in the various speeches and re-enactments that run through the poem, and in the texture of rhetorical interpretations underlying the dialogues of Od. 5, a testimony of which is offered by the related scholia. Also from these lines, therefore, the figure of Odysseus, due to the traits of polytropia and poikilia that traditionally characterize the hero, is functional to the rhetorical and paideutic purposes of Himerius.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
