Metablogicon: The Great Rooted Bed

Thursday, December 15, 2011

The Great Rooted Bed

(I almost wrote 'The Great Rooted Bread." Mycelium.)

Excepting the certain circumstances, tricking someone who says they're your husband would have been a good idea. BUT PENELOPE. REALLY. WHAT IS THIS. I suppose the secret signs is a good verification system, though. An immovable bed (197-230). Cute. Anyway, then they do it, but they also talk for a really long time, which I also think is cute. At least they really like each other, and Odysseus doesn't go off and cry, like he did when he was with Circe. or Calypso. or both. Yeah being married.

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teacon7December 15, 2011 at 9:48 PM
Pretty much.

I'm convinced that this section is a lot more sexual than I'm really prepared to deal with. So I ignored it back then.

I'm guessing that, as Odysseus was coming home, he wanted to make sure that Penelope had been true to him (like so many country songs). That takes a lot of emotional processing time. Thinking about what I know of human nature... it would take some time to get used to being intimate (emotionally) with someone again, after being gone for so long.

I think, given the context of the ancient world, Odysseus is showing a great example of monogamy and respect for Penelope, an example that wouldn't have been very common.
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