Fathers Remembered and Found

A father's presence through longing, recognition, and remembered conduct

A father can be present through longing, recognition, or remembered conduct. Priam asks Achilles to imagine Peleus; Odysseus and Anchises meet their sons. Marcus recalls the character of his adoptive father, while Dante meets an ancestor through Virgil's scene.

1. Iliad 24.485–494
2. Odyssey 16.186–191
3. Aeneid 6.684–694
4. Meditations 1.16.9
5. Paradiso 15.25–36