Includes bibliographical references (pages [358]-360).
In what sense can the Iliad and the Odyssey be considered oral texts? / Minna Skafte Jensen -- The song of Ares and Aphrodite : on the relationship between the Odyssey and the Iliad / Walter Burkert -- Odysseus' scar : an essay on Homeric epic narrative technique / Adolf Köhnken -- Between word and deed : hidden thoughts in the Odyssey / Irene J.F. de Jong -- Name magic in the Odyssey / Norman Austin -- 'Active' and 'passive' heroics in the Odyssey / Erwin Cook -- Odysseus and the art of lying / Peter Walcot -- The philosophy of the Odyssey / Richard. B. Rutherford -- 'Reverse similes' and sex roles in the Odyssey / Helene P. Foley -- The reunion of Penelope and Odysseus / Chris Emlyn-Jones -- Penelope's agnoia : knowledge, power, and gender in the Odyssey / Sheila Murnaghan -- Gender and internal audiences in the Odyssey / Lillian E. Doherty -- The economic man / James M. Redfield -- Class ambivalence in the Odyssey / Peter W. Rose -- Helen's 'good drug' / Ann L.T. Bergren -- The shadow of Ulysses beyond 2001 / Piero Boitani