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In three pages these characters featured in Homer's epic poem are contrasted and compared in terms of their similarities and diffe...

In a paper consisting of six pages this paper examines how the themes of faith anf retribution are reprsented in the 'Noah and the...

emphatically Christian as in a tone mildly so" (125). John Niles has written that "Attempts to show a specific correlation betw...

on Mount Olympus, where the gods lived. As the Iliad opens, the Trojan War has actually been going on for nine years, but the figh...

In three pages this paper discusses Milton's reasons for writing this epic poem and the sympathy generated for Adam and Eve that r...

In five pages this paper analyzes the characterization as Satan in the epic poem Paradise Lost as a reflection of the righteous co...

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

and craft are clear throughout the narrative, but such episodes as her deceiving of the suitors are not considered in the same lig...

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

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

the chariot that Hector bought. . . . Each row was a divan of furred leopardskin. . . . te...

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...

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

the defeat of Troy and it is about the adventures of Odysseus, king of Ithaca and throughout his travels, the story "provides a pi...

have plans for Enkidu and so a Priestess tames Enkidu and convinces him to go with her to meet Gilgamesh in Uruk. Though Enkidu ha...

a whole. According to Hector, Paris has brought ruin on his people and has allowed his lust for women to drive him to insane actio...

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

"Since this Britain was built by this baron great, / Bold boys bred there, in broils delighting, / That did their day many a deed ...

He gains allies and waits for the right opportunity to enact justice. This also allows Homer to thoroughly document the wrongs per...

of mortal men exceeding fair" (18.490). The image of "two cities" mirrors the basic plot of the Iliad, which is a ten-year-long ...

her part. What she didnt know was that Zeus was responsible for thwarting her attempts at consummating her relationship with Odys...

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

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

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...

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...

and she wishes that she were "wife to a better man" (Homer Book VI). Through Helens eyes and, also, through Homers portrayal of He...

trees carry with them the promise of spring and new growth, new beginnings, which is evocative of the fact that the two children s...

As these examples illustrate, there are instances where there are definite Christian allusions in the text. Furthermore, at the be...

of the monarchy due to his support of the Commonwealth (John Milton). Married three times, he spent his later years dictating to h...

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