Analysis	NN	O
of	IN	O
descriptions	NNS	O
of	IN	O
remote	JJ	O
places	NNS	O
in	IN	O
archaic	JJ	O
Greek	JJ	O
epic	NN	O
reveals	VBZ	O
that	IN	O
Homeric	JJ	O
cosmic	JJ	O
geography	NN	O
consists	VBZ	O
of	IN	O
two	CD	O
complementary	JJ	O
models	NNS	O
,	,	O
one	CD	O
in	IN	O
which	WDT	O
the	DT	O
sun	NN	O
rises	VBZ	O
and	CC	O
sets	VBZ	O
at	IN	O
a	DT	O
single	JJ	O
locus	NN	O
-	:	O
the	DT	O
«	)	O
axis	NN	O
mundi	NNS	O
»	(	O
-	:	O
as	RB	O
in	IN	O
Hesiod	NP	B-REFAUWORK
,	,	I-REFAUWORK
Th.	NP	I-REFAUWORK
746-751	CD	B-REFSCOPE
,	,	I-REFSCOPE
and	CC	O
another	DT	O
in	IN	O
which	WDT	O
sunrise	NN	O
and	CC	O
sunset	NN	O
take	VBP	O
place	NN	O
on	IN	O
the	DT	O
eastern	JJ	O
and	CC	O
western	JJ	O
horizons	NNS	O
respectively	RB	O
.	SENT	O

Conflation	NN	O
of	IN	O
these	DT	O
models	NNS	O
in	IN	O
the	DT	O
«	)	B-AWORK
Odyssey	NN	I-AWORK
»	(	I-AWORK
results	NNS	O
in	IN	O
the	DT	O
gemination	NN	O
of	IN	O
peoples	NNS	O
and	CC	O
places	NNS	O
associated	VBN	O
in	IN	O
myth	NN	O
with	IN	O
the	DT	O
sun	NN	O
(	(	O
e.	FW	O
g.	FW	O
the	DT	O
Aithiopes	NP	O
,	,	O
Od.	NP	B-REFAUWORK
1	CD	B-REFSCOPE
,	,	I-REFSCOPE
22-24	CD	I-REFSCOPE
;	:	I-REFSCOPE
Kalypso	NP	O
and	CC	O
Kirke	NP	O
,	,	O
1	CD	B-REFSCOPE
,	,	I-REFSCOPE
52	CD	I-REFSCOPE
and	CC	O
12	CD	B-REFSCOPE
,	,	I-REFSCOPE
1-4	CD	I-REFSCOPE
;	:	I-REFSCOPE
the	DT	O
Laistrygones	NP	O
and	CC	O
Kimmerioi	NP	O
,	,	O
10	CD	B-REFSCOPE
,	,	I-REFSCOPE
82-86	CD	I-REFSCOPE
and	CC	O
11	CD	B-REFSCOPE
,	,	I-REFSCOPE
14-19	CD	I-REFSCOPE
)	)	I-REFSCOPE
.	SENT	I-REFSCOPE

This	DT	O
not	RB	O
only	RB	O
explains	VBZ	O
some	DT	O
patterns	NNS	O
in	IN	O
Homeric	JJ	O
geography	NN	O
and	CC	O
their	PP$	O
thematic	JJ	O
importance	NN	O
to	TO	O
Odysseus	NP	O
'	POS	O
travels	NNS	O
,	,	O
but	CC	O
also	RB	O
resolves	VBZ	O
interpretive	JJ	O
difficulties	NNS	O
with	IN	O
descriptions	NNS	O
of	IN	O
the	DT	O
edges	NNS	O
of	IN	O
the	DT	O
earth	NN	O
in	IN	O
epic	NN	O
.	SENT	O