Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Odysseus' Lust

In the book the "Odyssey" our hero Odysseus is away from his home for 20 long years. He is faced with adversity at every turn and he just misses his quaint kingdom of Ithika. He then lives with the nymph Kalypso for seven years (against his will). Then she forces him to sleep with her every night (apparently not to Odysseus' displeasure). The class had a discussion on whether or not Odysseus was messed up because Penelope had a similar situation but didnt give in. I say that no Odysseus was not messed up because he was forced by a goddess and his well bieng is at stake. Odysseus was forced but the fact that at first he enjoyed it was not of any importance he hadnt had sexual relations in a long time therefore the fact his body liked it was not up to him. I would like to see what people have to say about this subject

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