Return to Ithaca (novel)
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Return to Ithaca: A Novel about the Present is a 1946 novel by Swedish author Eyvind Johnson. It is based on Homer's story of Odysseus as he returns home to Ithaca after the Trojan War.
Cover of first edition
The novel is based on Homer's Odyssey. Painting Ulysses' Dream by Nicolae Vermont, 1893
Merete Mazzarella analyses the role of the narrator in the novel, and its exploration of violence.
Alcinous
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In Greek mythology, Alcinous was a son of Nausithous and brother of Rhexenor. After the latter's death, he married his brother's daughter Arete who bore him Nausicaa, Halius, Clytoneus and Laodamas. I
Odysseus at the Court of Alcinous by Francesco Hayez. The blind minstrel Demodocus is playing the harp.