Erich Auerbach focuses mainly on two scenes in his discussion
of the roots of Western modes of representation -- the scene with Euryklea in Odyssey Book 19, and the sacrifice of Isaac in Genesis 22. We might want to think about the paradigmatic elements of these two texts - one a scene of return and recognition, the other a suspenseful tale of command and sacrifice.
But he alludes to several other tales as well. Here are links to some of the texts in Auerbach's chapter, "Odysseus' Scar," from Mimesis.
But he alludes to several other tales as well. Here are links to some of the texts in Auerbach's chapter, "Odysseus' Scar," from Mimesis.
Odysseus and Euryclea
Abraham and Isaac
Hermes' visit to Calypso
David and Absalom
David and Joab
2 Samuel 18
Patroclus in battle
Jacob and Joseph
Pliny's Letter to Trajan
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