The Liar Paradox and the Letter to Titus

From: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly | Date: April 1, 2007| Author: Gray, Patrick | Copyright information

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ODYSSEUS WAS, BY REPUTATION, an exceptionally good liar (Plato Hipp. min. 364C-E). His habit of telling tales is a necessary survival skill as he makes his way home from the Trojan War.1 The habit proves hard to kick when he finally reaches Ithaca. In his encounters in the second half of the Odyssey with Eumaeus the loyal swineherd and with Penelope, his long-suffering wife, he does not immediately reveal his true identity but r...

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