Los encuentros de ultratumba homéricos en la Odisea de Javier Negrete

In this article, a literary and comparative analysis is conducted of the otherworldly encounters that Odysseus has with various deceased figures (Elpenor, Anticlea, Tiresias, and Achilles) in the episode of the journey to Hades in Javier Negrete’s Odyssey. The author draws upon the parallel passages from Book XI of the Homeric Odyssey. Additionally, various reworkings of the Nekyia and the katabases of other heroes are considered, from which certain literary trends reflected in Negrete’s text can be inferred. The study of the similarities and differences in the journey to the underworld in this work compared to Odyssey XI and other subsequent texts contributes to the understanding of the reception mechanisms through which the Homeric poem has been adapted to the conventions of contemporary novels