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Rules Of Poseidon's Hatred Towards Odysseus
737 wordsThe Greeks, as portrayed by Homer, are a very vengeful people. Throughout The Odyssey, a theme of vengeance is dominant. These displays of retribution come from different entities for fairly different reasons. So why is revenge such a factor in The Odyssey? Fear and the overwhelming feeling of payback are two answers. Homer gives numerous examples of how certain characters demonstrate their power in a fury of rage. He writes of the payback Zeus gives to those who break the rules, of Poseidon's h...
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Odysseus's Dog
1,183 wordsDouglas Steward is a very highly regarded writer. In his works that focused on, 'The Disguised Guest,' he explains his views of Odysseus's elf struggles that appear when he arrives back home. His point of views toward the mental and physical struggles that Odysseus goes through are hard to disagree with. He puts a strong emphasis on the effect that others are going to have on him, when he reveals himself. I strongly believe that is something every individual has a struggle with, whether it is co...
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Gods Debate Odysseus Fate
2,662 wordsBook 5-6 Scroll V returns to Olympus, where the gods debate Odysseus' fate. We again see them decide that it is time for him to get home and send Hermes to tell Calypso to let him go. Hermes goes to the beautiful island on which Calypso lives, and tells her of the gods' demands. Calypso reluctantly agrees, but only because it is Zeus' command; she is clearly very unhappy about it. She tells Odysseus that she is going to help him get off the island on a raft and send him home. He is at first susp...
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Telemachi's Role In The Novel
1,135 wordsTelemachi is the son of Odysseus and Penelope in the epic novel, "The Odyssey". Telemachi's role in the novel reiterates the strength and courage of Odysseus. The beginning of the novel concentrates on Telemachi's quest to find his father. He does not approve of how the suitors have taken advantage of his mother and himself; however, he is unsure and incapable of ridding his home of these men. He is on the peek of becoming a man but he remains very inexperienced in comparison to his father. Tele...
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Odysseus As A Powerful Mythic Hero
462 wordsThe Odyssey: Odysseus, the Hero The "Odyssey" is an epic story that has been a significant piece of literature since it was first composed and will remain so for ages to come. One of the reasons it has been so is because of the hero, Odysseus. Odysseus is one of the first Greek mythic heroes renowned for his brain as well as his muscle. Indeed he is a man with an inquiring mind, and he is also a man with outstanding prowess and bravery. We also must not forget that he is a top-notch athlete whic...
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Athena's Respect For The Mortal Odysseus
1,162 wordsThe Goddess Athena Athena was the goddess of wisdom, purity, and reason. She was the first to teach the science of numbers as well as cooking, weaving, and spinning... An olive tree and an owl symbolize her. These are symbols of wisdom. She was also considered the goddess of war. Unlike Ares, the god of war, Athena would settle conflict with mediation over battle. Athena was the daughter Zeus, the King of Gods. It is said that Athena had no mother, but according to Hesiod's account Athena's moth...
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Odysseus Bed
948 wordsThroughout history, women have been looked at as the "lesser gender", mortal or immortal. They are always stereotyped as not equally important as men. I strongly disagree with this idea, especially in the book The Odyssey. In The Odyssey, Homer suggests that the women characters in the book are more important than the characters of men despite their stereotype. He portrays this through the characters of Penelope, Kalypso, and Kirke. They are important because they are a large part of the story. ...
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Odysseus's Son
1,948 wordsOdysseus is trapped on Kalypso's island being punished for not thanking the gods for his victory. Odysseus has been away from home for about twenty years now. Zeus called a meeting for the gods to decide that Odysseus is now allowed to return to Ithaca. Athena, the gray-eyes goddess, disguised herself as Mentes and told Telemakhos, Odysseus's son not to give up hope because his father was still alive. Mentes also told Telemakhos to call an assembly meeting and then travel to Pylos and Sparta. Pe...
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Odysseus Knowledge Of His Return To Ithaca
1,327 wordsThe Great Odyssey and Son In every book and story there is a lesson to learn from to help shape the reader's experience. Here we see how the stories influence Odysseus and his son Telemakhos's live. Telemakhos is forced to mature at an astounding rate, traveling far from home and risking his life to learn of his father. His trip teaches him more than he could ever have learned staying at home with the suitors. From Nestor and Menelaus he learn both courage and bravery, how to be both a man and a...
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Odysseus Return Home
992 wordsBook Report The Tale of Troy was written by Padraig Colum, it has 132 pages, and takes place in the ancient islands of Greece. The Tale of Troy is a fiction story. Even though Athena and Poseidon helped the Greeks during the Trojan War, Athena turns against the Greeks and convinces Poseidon to do the same. The Greeks are hit by storms on the way home and many ships are destroyed and the fleet is scattered. The war and his troubles at sea keep Odysseus away from Ithaka, for twenty years. While he...
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Journey Odysseus
1,001 wordsThe life of a God, forever bliss, complete happiness: Odysseus slights all of these things in order for him to return to his loving wife and son. The concept of true commitment was a very commendable quality for a Greek hero to possess. With this character trait, Odysseus models the ideal husband, father, and leader. Unfortunately, in today's society, one rarely encounters such outstanding morality. Being raised in an explicit society, a decrease in certain morals has become fashionable. In part...
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Circe Offers Odysseus
1,109 wordsIn Homer's Odyssey, he uses the stories of Calypso and Circe to give a reader a glimpse at Greek values. Odysseus is a 'perfectly' moral man by Greek standards. In the Calypso episode, Odysseus demonstrates the value of faithfulness, and in the Circe episode, he illustrates Greek values in general. While both goddesses seek Odysseus to be their husband, Odysseus responds as a perfect Greek hero. During the Calypso episode, Homer teachers that one must remain faithful in their hearts. The Circe e...
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Villains Odysseus Journey Home From Troy
1,384 wordsOn a website posted by teachers at Harker Heights High, an epic hero is someone who embodies the values of a particular society. He is superhuman. An epic hero is b raver, stronger, and cleverer than an ordinary person. He is on a quest for something of great value to him or his people. The villains that try to keep the hero from his quest are usually uglier, more evil, and more cunning than anyone we know in ordinary life. The epic hero is often of mixed divine and human birth and so possesses ...
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Shows Loyalty To Odysseus
507 wordsLoyalty to family, community, and the gods is an important quality in the lives of ancient Greek citizens. These qualities are clear demonstrated in The Odyssey through Penelope, Telemakhos, and Odysseus. Penelope shows her loyalty in several ways. She shows loyalty to Odysseus by waiting for his return for twenty long years. She did not choose a suitor until she knew for sure that Odysseus was dead. To delay the decision of choosing a suitor, Penelope said she would marry a suitor after she had...
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Warnings Of Odysseus And Tiresias
1,362 wordsThe Odyssey is an epic poem written in a series of 24 books. It is one of two epics written over 2500 years ago by the Western European poet, Homer. This epic joins Odysseus 10 years after the Trojan War. The story follows him as he attempts to return to his home in Ithaca where he reigns as King. I am wiser after having read this book because this story taught me about some of the social practices of the Greeks. It taught me that men were dominant and women played a submissive role in their soc...
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Differences Between Odysseus And Aeneas
1,073 wordsHalf of the room had their faces painted orange and brown. Half of the room had their faces painted black and yellow. I sat and looked at the other side of the room with total disgust. How could they call themselves Clevelanders as they sat and cheered on the enemy Then it hit me. They didn't - none of them called themselves Clevelanders. As I looked around the lounge of Twin Towers, I realized that most of these fans were here to cheer on their home team in the first Cleveland Browns-Pittsburgh...
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Result Of Odysseus's Absence
556 wordsThe many women that are included in Homer's epic poem, The Odyssey, all are presented with a certain appeal to them for which they come to attract Odysseus's eye. A group of the women that comes into contact with him are those helpful souls. Lets use Nausicaa as an example, she who encounters him when he arrives at her fathers land Scherif. Her charm, innocence and virtue are what intrigue Odysseus and she invites her to her home so that her parents can lend him a hand. On this same land Odysseu...
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Odysseus's Wife
992 wordsWomen in The Odyssey In The Odyssey the main character, Odysseus, meets and entertains an impressive array of women. All of the women that he meets are very different and have different personalities and Homer clearly states his attitude towards each of the women. Some of the women are seen as essentially 'good' or essentially 'bad. ' It is also clear that Homer adopts a sexist attitude towards the women in his novel. In The Odyssey women are generally portrayed as manipulative and deceitful and...
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Odysseus Life
733 wordsOdysseus' life is very similar to the lives of many teenagers in many ways. Many teenagers have to make tough decisions, and so did Odysseus. I have to make many choices about things during my life, and Odysseus had to make many tough choices during his journey. During my life I have had to make such decisions as who to be friends with, and trying to decide to do what is good or what is bad. Odysseus had to do the same things. He had to decide to leave Cyclops Island and possibly die, or he had ...
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Odysseus Mother
998 wordsIn book XI of Homer's Odyssey, Odysseus begins a spiritual transformation when facts are reveled to him through his comrade Elpenor, his mother Anticleia, and the prophet Teirisias. Elpenor tells Odysseus of how Odysseus and his crew forgot to perform proper burial rights, Anticleia tells Odysseus of the truth of how she died, and Teirisias tells Odysseus of what will happen on his long journey home. "Son of Laertes, favorite of Zeus, Odysseus of nimble wits, the malicious decree of some god and...
