Parataxis Of Homer

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115 tells Kalypso that Odysseus’s fate lie
not on the island, but back home in Ithaka. The parataxis interrupts the line of
conversation to inform the reason why Odysseus arrives here. It gives a glimpse the span
of Odysseus’s journey and the fate of his companions before the story is told. In this
instance, Hermes identifies Odysseus with the obstacles he has overcome.
At times, a parataxis of a certain character in one part of the poem help explain
matters later on. In book XI, lines 281 to 297, Odysseus tells of Chloris, a beautiful
maiden. Of those lines, lines 287 to 290 are paratactical, “Also she bore that marvel
among mortals, majestic Pero, whom all the heroes round about courted, but Neleus
would not give her to any, unless he could drive away the broad-faced horn-curved cattles
of strong Iphikles out of Phylake.” It talks of Chloris’s daughter, Pero and the task that
all suitors must accomplish before he can have her hand. Later on in book XV, ...

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