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than flight, the island paradise stood stranded, hands outreached, beckoning the world to once again visit its shores. One ...

Karl Marx would ever approve of such a horrendous act, but one can take the ideology of communism and see how another might interp...

or are from cultures different from that of the viewer, nuances in meaning may not be readily apparent. For example, consider the ...

of creating magical outdoor spaces and healing gardens - not the least of which includes Burpee Seed Company and the University of...

its dying masses. Even after realizing the mess made from human conspicuous consumption, there has been a lukewarm rally to take ...

reacts to the presence of the men by eating two of them, Odysseus attacks and manages to blind Polyphemus by stabbing him in his e...

Cimmerians and their cloudy city at our backs, Turning our faces instead toward life, toward home, Defying the goddess of the is...

rested for two days, then sailed on again, but where blown off course once more by the North Wind (Homer). They ended up in the la...

also notes that even when she met with her husband near the end she still did not run into his arms, remaining cautious and loyal ...

he will gild her horns as part of the sacrifice (Homer). Such sacrifices were meant as "gifts" to the gods, which were designed to...

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

Telemachus says: "But come, stay longer, keen as you are to sail, / so you can bathe and rest and lift your spirits, / then go bac...

men encounter comrades who were killed and left unburied, meaning that their spirits are doomed to wander. The first thing that st...

that Aegisthuss death is certainly deserved, "But my heart breaks for Odysseus, / that seasoned veteran cursed by fate so long -- ...

was time to allow Odysseus to return home. Should he be allowed to go back to Ithaka to be reunited with his wife Penelope and hi...

reader how "everything well stowed, the wine in jars, and the barley meal, which is the staff of life" which indicates that wine r...

not something he will believe as he has already made a choice to be a shepherd and not a priest which is what was determined for h...

and the goddess shows this with her actions throughout the narrative. Therefore, examination of the Odyssey demonstrates that the ...

among all the Gods have renown for wit (metis) and tricks" (The Museum of the Goddess Athena). As one can see, Athena does not lov...

observes a boatman named Charon who is transporting the souls of the dead across the river. There are "hollow groans, and shrieks...

is important for it illustrates one of the reasons why the hero is determined to go back. Because she is honorable and admirable t...

having given his word, feels that he has no choice but to keep it, even though he fears, rightly, that the boy will end in disaste...

this historical puzzle dating back to the novice citizen investigations to the more scientific and sophisticated Illinois River Va...

guiding light for Gilgamesh. It is also important to note that Gilgamesh himself seeks immortality as this is important to the sto...

to return to the cave because its familiar and comfortable? The answer to all these questions is "yes." (Allegory of the Cave, 2...

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

a hero in strength and abilities, not in actions and deeds. With Enkidu, however, he finds a soul mate. He no longer seeks out the...

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...

is presented as an outright competition in the story of their contest for recognition as the patron deity of Athens" (65). In Boo...