Homework Help: english

Posted by missy on Thursday, October 2, 2008 at 1:46pm.

in English class, we have been studying The Odessy. In the portion of Scylla and Charybdis, we have been recognizing strong body, strong intellect, episodes, etc... the one thing I need that I cannot uncover is whether or not there is a patrynomic reference in the section regarding Scylla and Charybdis. I have read and re-read, and have researched what patrynomics are, but have failed to see anything. please help.

english - Writeacher, Thursday, October 2, 2008 at 1:51pm
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&as_q=patrynomics+Scylla+Charybdis&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&num=10&lr=&as_filetype=&ft=i&as_sitesearch=&as_qdr=all&as_rights=&as_occt=any&cr=&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&safe=images
- english - missy, Thursday, October 2, 2008 at 1:56pm
  I'm guessing that the link posted was supposed to help, but I have already been there. Nothing that helps us out. ANything else?
English - Writeacher, Thursday, October 2, 2008 at 2:05pm
There were two reasons I posted that link. The first two results are your posts of the identical question at enotes! The other two were possibilities.

If you find nothing there, then you might search in Google Scholar:
http://scholar.google.com

You should also check with your librarian. Almost all libraries these days, public or high school or college, have subscribed to vast databases of information (so they don't have to take up precious floor space with stacks and stacks of scholarly journals, newspapers, etc. Check to see if your library subscribes to any of these listed at this particular school -- http://www.collegeofthedesert.edu/students/ss/library/Pages/OnlineDatabases.aspx

Especially EBSCOhost and Literature Resource Center...
- English - missy, Thursday, October 2, 2008 at 2:33pm
  OK, thanks. I think... Is it so wrong to post the same question on different sites when we have yet to come up with any help????? Hmmm makes sense to me, but whatever.
english - SraJMcGin, Thursday, October 2, 2008 at 2:43pm
Here is something I've NEVER understood! When someone doesn't understand what a word is, why not look in a good dictionary?

Main Entry: pat·ro·nym·ic
Pronunciation: "pa-tr&-'ni-mik
Function: noun
Etymology: Late Latin patronymicum, from neuter of patronymicus of a patronymic, from Greek patronymikos, from patronymia patronymic, from patr- + onyma name —more at NAME
Date: 1612
: a name derived from that of the father or a paternal ancestor usually by the addition of an affix
- patronymic adjective

Sra

My Grandfather was an example = O'Giligan
- english - SraJMcGin, Thursday, October 2, 2008 at 2:48pm
  P.S. Here quite possibly is the best explanation:
  
  http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Patrynomic
  
  Just think of some Swedish names: Pederson, Carlson, Peterson, etc.
  
  Sra
English - Writeacher, Thursday, October 2, 2008 at 4:36pm
Missy, if you're confident of the meaning of the word "patronymic" and you've been over and over those sections in Odyssey, then there's nothing there. Not every literary term is going to be represented in every passage.

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