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ATU 974 The Homecoming Husband, the Returns of Odysseus, and the End of Odyssey 21
- Arethusa
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 47, Number 3, Fall 2014
- pp. 265-285
- 10.1353/are.2014.0015
- Article
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The end of Odyssey 21 alludes either to other archaic-era renditions of The Homecoming Husband or to other archaic-era stories about Odysseus’s return (or to both). As Odysseus reveals himself by stringing his bow and performing a feat of archery, the poet cites another way in which the hero of these stories can reveal himself: by singing a song.