![]() ![]() Williams Jr., they are also a major source of Western ethnocentrism, having generated an archetypal concept of primitive humanity that has been used ever since to define non-Western populations. However, according to UA law professor Robert A. ![]() The lliad and the Odyssey-together, the "bible" of ancient Greece-are generally thought of as the literary foundation of Western civilization. Odysseus, of course, escapes them all, eventually making it back to the relatively safe haven of Greece. In addition to a 10-year sojourn with Calypso, an island-dwelling nymphomaniac, Odysseus is sidetracked by the Lestrygonians, a band of giant, stone-slinging louts Scylla and Charybdis, two overly cranky sea monsters and, perhaps worst of all, a drunken, one-eyed cannibal, Polyphemus the Cyclops. ![]() In the Odyssey, part two of Homer's epic saga about the Trojan War and its aftermath, Odysseus, the conquering warrior-hero, experiences more than a few delays as he tries to get back home following the war. ![]()
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