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In two pages this paper discusses the heroines of The Thousand and One Nights and 'The Odyssey' in a consideration of how they att...

In six pages this paper discusses how the values of the societies of ancient Greece and Rome are reflected in such works of litera...

This research paper addresses some of religion's biggest question, such as "Will the world come to an end?" If one's rel...

in the ideal image of a male hero or warrior. In both cultures the people were founded in a patriarchal way of life, seeing man as...

In seven pages this paper discusses the impact of technology upon humankind as considered in H.G. Wells' novels The War of the Wor...

his disposal beyond his huge physical size. It would seem no human could be safe against this creature that could easily pierce o...

Ithaca and kept him away from his wife Penelope and his son Telemachus. Cast adrift on a ship with only his crewmembers for compa...

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

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...

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

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...

Ulysses is clearly at the mercy of the gods and goddesses to some extent. He cannot seem to simply go home, but...

This essay focuses on the role that hospitality plays in Homer's The Odyssey. Three pages in length, no other sources are cited. ...

(Thorburn 370). This is the custom that plays a prominent role throughout the Telemachy and the Odyssey as a whole. The Telemach...

Introduction The ancient stories of Gilgamesh and Ulysses in Homers Odyssey are classic tales that allow the reader to glimpse wh...

be the tradition that developed in Greece and has been handed down in the West, as opposed to works that come from the East. The W...

anxiety or address a family problem, they may prefer faith-based counseling simply because its in a language that fits them and th...

(Hellwig, 2007). Like many Catholics, this woman followed everything the Church taught, followed all the rules, adhered to all the...

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

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 ...

13 31 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, ...

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...

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

a thumbnail description of the rise of modern science beginning in the sixteenth century. This discussion offers insight into this...

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

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...

he rolls a huge boulder across the opening to the cave. Polyphemus eats two of Odysseuss men and it is clear that he plans to make...

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

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

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