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the father of Odysseus,
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who somehow is still alive when Odysseus is king,
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but he is in retirement and there he is.
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We see him, a nobleman that he is,
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former king that he is, working the soil
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and how he does this is very illuminating,
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because he is clearly,
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according to Hanson, involved in the period after
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the transition away from an earlier style.
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The earlier style pictures rather large estates by Greek
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standards, with raiding warrior groups
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going out to steal what they can.