Gilgamesh’s Quest for Immortality (Gilg. IX–XI) as a Narratological Pattern for Odysseus’s nostos (Od. V,1–XIII,187)

• Authors: Kozlowski Jan M.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article provides new support for the thesis that the author of the Odyssey probably knew the Epic of Gilgamesh, arguing that the tripartite narrative of Odysseus’s return home (nostos) via Ogygia, Scheria, and Ithaca (Od. V,1–XIII,187) reflects the tripartite scheme of the unsuccessful journey that Gilgamesh undertook in pursuit of immortal life via Mashu, Dilmun, and Uruk (Gilg. IX–XI).

Keywords

EN

Epic of Gilgamesh; Odyssey; narrative; intertextuality; immortality

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Eirene. Studia Graeca et Latina
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 54
• Issue: 1-2
• Pages: 11-31

Contributors

author

Kozlowski Jan M.

• University of Warsaw, Institute of Classical Studies, Krakowskie Przedmieście 1, 00-047 Warsaw, Poland