Sense file
How the sense moved
The archive follows the dated record first, then reads the social or rhetorical pressure that hardened, softened, narrowed, or reversed the word.
Older meaning
Originally the name of a character in the Odyssey.
Modern meaning
A trusted guide or adviser.
Research lens
A literary proper name that became a general role label.
Meaning trail
Origin
Mentor in the Odyssey
A specific narrative figure.
Bridge
wise guide figure
Readers generalized the role from the story.
Now
adviser
The character dissolved into an archetype.