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The Winnowing Oar (''athereloigos'' - Greek ''ἀθηρηλοιγός'') is an object that appears in Books XI and XXIII of Homer's Odyssey.〔(The Odyssey ), Perseus Project〕 In the epic, Odysseus is instructed by Tiresias to take an oar from his ship and to walk inland until he finds a "land that knows nothing of the sea", where the oar would be mistaken for a winnowing fan. At this point, he is to offer a sacrifice to Poseidon, and then at last his journeys would be over. ==In popular culture== * The Winnowing Oar appears in "The Oar," a poem by Michael Longley. * Seamus Heaney alludes to the Winnowing Oar in his poem "Wolfe Tone." * The poet Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin writes of the Winnowing Oar in her poem "The Second Voyage." * In 2003 the artist Conrad Shawcross created a work, ''Winnowing Oar'', based on the object. Sculpted in oak, spruce and ash, it is an imaginary tool with a winnowing fan at one end and an oar blade at the other.〔(Winnowing Oar ), Conrad Shawcross, Victoria Miro Gallery〕 It formed part of the Shawcross' 2004 ''Continuum'' exhibition at the National Maritime Museum.〔''(Continuum )'', NMM〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Winnowing Oar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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