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  • Odysseus's Son
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    Odysseus 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...
  • Son Of The Great Odysseus
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    Quests for Self-knowledge In Homer's the Odyssey, there are two major quests. One quest is that of Odysseus, King of Ithaca, and the other is that of Prince Telemakhos, son of Odysseus. Both quests are alike in that both men search for self-knowledge and eventual happiness in Ithaca. In the quests of the King and Prince, both of the two undergo a great metamorphosis. Odysseus goes from a great warrior who lacks self-control to a great mature man whose understanding of life is far superior to mos...
  • Singer In The House Of Odysseus
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    During the Odyssey, many singers are mentioned. They told stories of the past and the stories about the gods to entertain the household they were singing for. Singers were well respected because they had a divine gift from the Muses. Phemios and Demodokos are two examples of singers in the poem. Phemios was a singer in the house of Odysseus. While Odysseus was away in battle and his journey home, Phemios was made to sing at Odysseus's house by Penelope's suitors. A herald put the beautifully wro...
  • Vengeance On Odysseus
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    The Theme of Vengeance in Homer's Odyssey Homers epic poem The Odyssey a tale of Odysseus journey home. This is a story of a warrior named Odysseus and his 20 year expedition to his home Ithaca. A dominant theme in The Odyssey is vengeance; It is exemplified through Poseidon and his son, Polyphemus and through Odysseus and his son Telemachus battle with the suitors. To clarify, Poseidon takes revenge on Odysseus for blinding his son Polyphemus. Odysseus gets him self in to this mess by not liste...
  • Great Battle Between Odysseus And The Suitors
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    "What do you admire, and what do you find to criticise, in Odysseus' behaviour as a hero?" What I admire about Odysseus' behaviour as a hero is his confidence. Rather than being self-doubting of his abilities he is proud of them. We see this in Book 9 when he deals with the Cyclops Polyphemus. Firstly, he tells the Cyclops his name is 'Nobody'. This idea helps him to escape at the end when Polyphemus screams "O my friends, it's Nobody's treachery, not violence that is doing me to death", and the...
  • Odysseus's Bow
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    Odyssey A man named Odysseus was on his way to capture City of Troy. He kissed his wife and hugged her in his most love kind of way because of him leaving. He told her that if he was not to come before his son had become at the age of a man than that she, his wife, should get married again. When he was leaving, his child was just born. He hugged his mom and told her not to worry. He looked at his son and kissed him on the cheek and told him to take care of his mother in a sort of laughing matter...
  • Odysseus Wisdom
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    In the epic novel of The Odyssey by Homer, the protagonist, Odysseus, display's the best example of a folktale hero. He isn t the son of any God or any supernatural being, and also he does not posses any immortal qualities. A call to an adventurous journey is what later on turns him into a hero. He goes through a 20 year journey fighting against monsters and gods trying to return to his home. In the beginning of the novel Odysseus is the King of Ithaca, a small island near Greece. The Greek, Ach...
  • Great Adventurer Odysseus
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    CELEBRITY OBITUARIES Odysseus (354 A.D.) The great adventurer Odysseus had died this year and it was thankfully the death he deserved, because unlike his lost friends who were eaten by the Cyclops, giant snake serpent, and the water cyclone that took the lives of most of his friends. Odysseus died of an obvious factor at his age because he died of old age. He was found by his son in his bed which he made with his own hands out of the stump of a tree, and when he was found by his son the wife of ...
  • Emakhos's House As A Result Of Odysseus
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    Maturation of Tel " emakhos through The Odyssey The Odyssey is a great work in which many characters are developed through the ongoing trials and tribulations each of the characters face. To me, the most noteworthy character development within the epic is that of Tel " emakhos, Odysseus's son. Tel " emakhos is developed from the very beginning of the poem, when he is a shy boy simply walking in the shadows of his heroic father right up until the end where he is considered to be just as courageou...

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