This material is based upon G. S. Kirk's Myth. Its Meaning and Functions in Ancient and Other Cultures. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1970.
AMBIVALENCE
of
CYCLOPS
Ambivalence of WINE
Wine as gift of civilized humanity
vs.
Wine as source of uncivilized drunkenness
Ambivalence of ODYSSEUS
Odysseus as plundering, lawless pirate
vs.
Odysseus as intelligent guest
This document was prepared by Professor Thomas J. Sienkewicz for his students in CLAS230 Classical Mythology at Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois. If you have any questions, you may contact him at toms@monm.edu.