4. What rhetorical strategies does Odysseus use to get what he wants from Nausicaa? How does he manipulate her? Consider the Greek custom of hospitality (xenia) (5.161-270)
Odysseus uses both pathos and ethos to get what he desires from Nausicaa. One instance when he uses pathos is when he says, "You, after all that I have suffered, you are the first I've come to" (6.193-4). One instance when he uses ethos is when he says, "I've sailed...with a great army in my wake" (6.180). He also uses flattery to manipulate her, saying "...stark naked before young girls with lovely braids" (6.246). He does this because he knows no one in this city, and he wants to receive xenia.
Odysseus uses both pathos and ethos to get what he desires from Nausicaa. One instance when he uses pathos is when he says, "You, after all that I have suffered, you are the first I've come to" (6.193-4). One instance when he uses ethos is when he says, "I've sailed...with a great army in my wake" (6.180). He also uses flattery to manipulate her, saying "...stark naked before young girls with lovely braids" (6.246). He does this because he knows no one in this city, and he wants to receive xenia.
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