Blemished Kings: Suitors in the Odyssey, Blame Poetics, and Irish Satire

by Andrea Kouklanakis

Each of the suitors in the Odyssey is eager to become the king of Ithaca by marrying Penelope and disqualifying Telemachus from his rightful royal inheritance. Their words are contentious, censorious, and intent on marking Odysseus' son as unfit for kingship. However, in keeping with other reversals in the Odyssey, it is the suitors who are shown to be unfit to rule.

In Blemished Kings, Andrea Kouklanakis interprets...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674278488
• ISBN13: 9780674278486
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"