Numerology in The Odyssey How numbers are used throughout The Odyssey by Homer and how they all symbolize different events or characters in the book

Date Submitted: 06/20/2004 20:05:29
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Numerology in The Odyssey "Everything is named or numbered, but few people are conscious of the degree to which names and numbers influence their experience, progress, and communication," declared Juno Jordan, the "grandmother" of numerology (qtd. in Lagerquist and Lenard 4). Numerology, the language of numbers and moreover the study of how they relate to our lives, speaks about the hidden worlds contained within the simplest numbers. Numerology attempts to analyze numerical information, and makes a …
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…and Architecture. 1998. Dartmouth College. 19 Sep. 2002 <http://www.dartmouth.edu/~matc/math5.geometry/unit4/unit4.html> Hamilton, Edith. Myrhology. New York: Warner, 1942 Heyss, Johann. Initiation into Numerology. York Beach: Weiser, 2001. Homer. The Odyssey of Homer. Trans. Richard Lattimore. New York: Harper, 1967. Keller, Joyce, and Jack Keller. The Complete Book of Numerology. New York: St. Matin's, 2001. Lagerquist, Kay, and Lisa Lenard. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Numerology. Indianapolis: Alpha, 1999. Oken, Alan. Numerology Demystified. Freedom: Crossing, 1996.
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