I’m working on a english question and need guidance to help me understand better.
Please answer the following 2 questions:
1/In The New York Times article (posted on BBoard), The First Woman to Translate the Odyssey into English, the translator of the Odyssey, Emily Wilson, discusses the complexity of the original word polytropos, that appears in the very first line of the Odyssey, which she decided to translate as complicated. First define the term: what does polytropos mean in the Homeric text? Then list some of the other translations of the word polytropos as appeared in previous translations of the Odyssey and finally explain why Wilson decided to interpret the word as complicated? (Everything is explained in the article.) Write about 300 words.
It is imperative we all understand the complexity and the importance of this word as it characterizes Odysseus and gives us a hint about the identity and furtive nature of the main hero of the poem.
Once again, the link to the article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/02/magazine/the-fi…
2/Does the Odyssey in general as an epic poem hold any historical truth or is it completely fictional? To respond to this question you should first answer if the Trojan War really happened or it just came from Homers imagination. And if indeed it happened, how do we know it and who gave us evidence? Use specific examples from the introduction to illustrate your points.
