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Homer, Odyssey 17.221

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

Howard Jacobson
Howard Jacobson*
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University of Illinois, Urbana
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Extract

In the discussions and debates about the precise nature of Melanthios’ abuse of Eumaios and Odysseus at Od. 17.215–32 and especially the meaning of μoλoβρóν at 219, an important point appears to have been missed.

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The Classical Quarterly , Volume 49 , Issue 1 , May 1999 , pp. 315
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Copyright © The Classical Association 1999

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1 Aristotle also thought that the cryptic description of the Calydonian boar at Il. 9.539 had something to do with the pigs’ habit of rubbing their bodies against trees, though in the latter case the rubbing was of a differet sort n(H. A. 6.28, 578b).