Thursday we will wrap up our discussion of the Odyssey with debate about the climax of the plot–the slaying of the suitors. As for additional readings for Thursday, please read at least pages 335-41 of the article by Lygia Sigaud “The vicissitudes of The Gift,” Social Anthropology 10.3 (2002), 335-358. This is a summary of [...]
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Reading Assignment for Thursday, Feb. 3rd
Posted in reading assignments, tagged Finley, gifts, Homer, Mauss, Odyssey, Sigaud on February 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »