Odysseus and the self-inflicted wound. Mythical tale and temporality

Claudio Calabrese; Ethel Junco

doi:10.25205/1995-4328-2023-17-1-45-62

Odysseus and the self-inflicted wound. Mythical tale and temporality

Journal

ΣΧΟΛΗ. Ancient Philosophy and the Classical Tradition

ISSN

1995-4328

Date Issued

2023

Author(s)

Claudio Calabrese

Facultad de Filosofía - CampAGS

Ethel Junco

Facultad de Filosofía - CampAGS

Type

text::journal::journal article

DOI

10.25205/1995-4328-2023-17-1-45-62

URL

https://scripta.up.edu.mx/handle/20.500.12552/3777

Abstract

In our work, we show that Helen's recollection of Odysseus' self-inflicted wound places us in an eternal present, emerging "from" and disappearing "in" the nature of the Homeric hexameter, et retour, to create and recreate semantic spaces that make possible the return of the hero and the heroic action, giving the temporal correlation an unexpected meaning through the past-future /future-past correspondence.