person
Odysseus
also: Odysszeusz, Ulysses, Penelope
Odysseus and his faithful wife Penelope from Homer's Odyssey; Madách uses them as timeless human types, suggesting their world is alive in the sober Magyar middle class.
Reading notes
- On Women and Their Vocation §1 Odysseus and his Penelope
Odysseus (Ulysses) and his faithful wife Penelope from Homer's Odyssey; Madách uses them as types of the plain Magyar middle class, suggesting Homer's world is alive in contemporary Hungarian rural life.