From Nymph to Elder: Beyond the Viability of Seduction.(Critical Essay)(Brief Article)

The Literary Review | September 22, 2000| | Copyright

Calypso, Twilight" took shape around the time I read Robert Fagles's recent translation of The Odyssey, whose leading women possessed supple waists and golden braids and seemed to linger indefinitely in the prime of life. Their power to deter the course of warriors or appease the gods seemed inextricable from their enduring beauty and sexual appeal. Even Penelope, an apparent widow for two decades, was pursued by suitors who expected her to produce heirs.

Rereading the epic thirty years later, I recalled with amusement how unquestionable all this had seemed to the ...

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