Winnowing Oar

The Winnowing Oar (athereloigos - Greek ἀθηρηλοιγός) is an object that appears in Books XI and XXIII of Homer's Odyssey.[1] 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 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.[2] It formed part of the Shawcross' 2004 Continuum exhibition at the National Maritime Museum.[3]
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References
  1. The Odyssey, Perseus Project
  2. Winnowing Oar, Conrad Shawcross, Victoria Miro Gallery
  3. Continuum, NMM
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