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son Telemakhos, his father Laertes, and even his dog Argos. Throughout his journey in the Odyssey, Odysseus often remarks about t...

traits he possesses that is less than admirable, one thing is clear. He exhibits loyalty and trustworthiness. He respects the gods...

instead decides they should be dinner. According to Odysseus, "He clutched my companions / and caught two in is hands like squirm...

could live. It was on the broad shoulders of this classical hero upon which the security of society rested. While the hero walke...

and the Greek forces suffer mightily without their hero. Later in the narrative, his anger propels him into battle. But, just as a...

holds the Greeks captive in his cave, into allowing them to escape by first blinding his one eye while he sleeps. However, Odysseu...

debate in terms of wanting a peaceful and inner spiritual life and letting go of his past indiscretions (St. Augustine, Bishop of ...

his household. The suitors have taken it upon themselves to essentially use Odysseus home as though it was their own, killing live...

(2) which struck the coup de grace" (Floyd ucla13.html). As we can see, although Hektor obviously killed Patroklos, he was just on...

and speaking Homer" discusses the different translations and interpretations of the Homer classic "The Odyssey". Using Robert Fagl...

story of Odysseus sets him up as a noble man, regardless of what someone may know about Greek codes of conduct. He was a noble man...

home, as though they own everything. One would perhaps expect Penelope, or Telemachus (the man of the house so to speak), to ins...

and suicide because life did not work out well enough for a particular character, Anna Karenina. We are also given the strong expe...

In sage debates...To save the state" (Homer Book I). The reader begins to see that Telemachus is not wise enough to be prepared fo...

is not identified as a goddess except for when a servant speaks to Achilles about the legends that have begun to be spun concernin...

spiritual awakening. CHARACTERISTICS OF AN EPIC POEM: Epic poems all share similar characteristics which define them as such. Fo...

does provoke Didos suicide one has to question to what extent he would embrace the label of hero. At the same time, besides the in...

If we look to biology the definition of masculine is related to that of male. The male animal has testicles as opposed to ovaries...

and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy. Many cities did he visit, and many were the nations with whose manners and c...

though they were in a war. Their life is perhaps not threatened, but they must struggle to become more honorable and noble as they...

is less important than the conversation which takes place, and since the two individuals are from periods in Greek history several...

Calypsos island and has been since the war ended. Athena begins her guidance by getting agreement from the gods (Homer 1.26-27). ...

journeys, "After leaving his ruined home in a galaxy far, far away, Luke Skywalker began a journey taken by countless other heroes...

journey home to his wife Penelope and son Telemakhos in Ithaka. The gods and goddesses also shape the poem structurally, and are ...

occurs near the end of the conflict. These two warriors fight over who has the greater claim to a captive woman who is also the d...

a good person or a bad person, only that he is religious. In another section, much further along in the story, we see Odysseus t...

we mortals bear perforce, although we suffer; for they are much stronger than we. But now I will teach you clearly, telling you th...

And, yet, it has been many years. She wars with her reason which offers her the explanation that she just wants this stranger to b...

all of the kingdoms riches and power for themselves. The problem is Odysseuss only son, who is the natural successor to the throne...

beginning, feels like he is in a position of complete helplessness. His father has been gone nearly 20 years and he is forced to d...