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grbs-3461	Louden, Bruce	An Extended Narrative Pattern in the Odyssey	1993	29	.pdf	application/pdf	12527	571	63	The most striking difference, however, is that on Ithaka Athene counsels disguise and indirection, whereas on Aiaia and Skheria Odysseus approaches the female directly.25 His identity a secret, as approach to the female is perilous, Odysseus reaches her finding a figure who is initially sus­ picious, distant or even hostile towards him. Here as elsewhere, we can equate such divine discourse with prophecy.10 Similarly, though the narrative earlier mentions Skheria and the Phaiakians,l1 Odysseus, on arrival, is unaware of his whereabouts: «Ah me, what are the people whose land I have come to this time (6.119).	cache/grbs-3461.pdf	txt/grbs-3461.txt