Resumen de Circe, Calypso, Hidimba: The Odyssey and Graeco-Aryan Proto-Epic
This paper examines the narrative sub-structure of the Homeric Calypso and Circe episodes alongside that of a comparable episode in Sanskrit epic. Certain shared features in the Circe and Calypso tales have led many to conclude that they are closely related. It is argued here that when viewed in conjunction with the Mahabharata's story of Hidimba, the scenes on Ogygia and Aiaia reveal themselves to be constructed upon a thematic armature discernable in all three narratives. The analysis of this underlying structure not only offers insight into the issue of the genetic relationship between the Greek and Sanskrit epics, it proposes answers to long-standing questions about the relationship between the two Homeric epidodes.
