Poetry · Character
Grave Odysseus
The cunning hero of Homer's Odyssey, depicted as solemn.
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First appearance: the garden of eros
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Mentioned in the Phèdre poem as 'grave Odysseus wakened from his dream' in a Phaeacian glade.
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In Impressions de Théâtre: Mentioned in the Phèdre poem as 'grave Odysseus wakened from his dream' in a Phaeacian glade. Later, in Phèdre:…
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