IDENTITY
The Odyssey
Literature
Work Summary
An ancient Greek epic recounting Odysseus's long journey home after the Trojan War while Penelope and Telemachus confront the suitors occupying his household in Ithaca. Its episodes of wandering, danger and recognition explore homecoming, endurance, identity, loyalty and the relationship between human action and divine power.
Evidence Summary
The work is used as a reference point in his reading programme.
Direct intellectual use of the title.
CONTEXT
Author / Source
Homer
Work
The Odyssey
Years / Period
3 Apr 1878
Van Gogh Relation
Discussed / Commented On
EVIDENCE
Key Quotation
CONNECTIONS
Evidence Trail
3 Apr 1878 — Letter 143
Discussed / Commented On · Discussed / invoked as intellectual source
Van Gogh explicitly places The Odyssey within the range of reading through which one can develop inwardly and learn about people and history.
Response: The work is used as a reference point in his reading programme.
Connection: Direct intellectual use of the title.
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