I watched the movie odysseus and was wondering if anybody knew(from the movie) a!
Question: I don't understand your question, but the made-for-TV movie with Armand Assante is pretty good, despite some major differences from the original.
Elements of culture? Greeks believed that strangers who came to your home were to be welcomed and treated well, because he or she might be a god in disguise. Penelope's suitors abuse that cultural practice, and the cyclops violates it (by, um, eating his guests). In the movie, only the king of the Phaecians, Alcinous, demonstrates how this custom was supposed to be exhibited.
Elements of the political structure? Telemachus is seen calling the elders and noblemen of the island to a meeting. He appeals to their sense of decency when he asks them to force the suitors to leave his home, but the elders and noblemen refuse to take sides in the matter. So this town council was a kind of arbiter of conflicts and interpreter of laws, sort of like a court of law.
I hope that helps.
Answers: I don't understand your question, but the made-for-TV movie with Armand Assante is pretty good, despite some major differences from the original.
Elements of culture? Greeks believed that strangers who came to your home were to be welcomed and treated well, because he or she might be a god in disguise. Penelope's suitors abuse that cultural practice, and the cyclops violates it (by, um, eating his guests). In the movie, only the king of the Phaecians, Alcinous, demonstrates how this custom was supposed to be exhibited.
Elements of the political structure? Telemachus is seen calling the elders and noblemen of the island to a meeting. He appeals to their sense of decency when he asks them to force the suitors to leave his home, but the elders and noblemen refuse to take sides in the matter. So this town council was a kind of arbiter of conflicts and interpreter of laws, sort of like a court of law.
I hope that helps.