Der Heros und die starken Frauen

Zusammenfassung This paper takes a critical look at how the first German translation of Homer – Simon Schaidenreisser’s Odyssea from sixteenth century deals with identity-forming categories gender and divinity. The shifts in power structures within these categories, which occur transcultural target language-oriented translation, are examined an intersectional analysis. For this purpose, is contrasted Latin Odyssey by Raphael Volaterranus (1534), direct source, as well Homer’s Greek source text. subjects analysis two powerful, antagonistic, female divinities Odyssey: Circe Calypso. illustrates depiction goddesses reshaped Early Modern cultural context shift narrative, resulting loss complexity for re-evaluation narrative’s hero, Ulysses.