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Female Characters and Ancient Texts

is clear that each of them has some wish in his mind that he cant articulate; instead, like an oracle, he half-grasps what he want...

The War Against Troy

Whether or not Helen was the cause of all the uproar is really unknown, but what seems certain, according to archaeologist Manfred...

Greek Literature as Reflective of Greek Culture

to the outside, the cave becomes a type of conduit, or birth canal which brings him into the life of actual knowledge. What one ca...

'Big Questions The Greeks' as Part of the For the Love of Wisdom PBS Series

yet differentiated between having a form and embodying that form. Aristotle, on the other hand, proposed that a form, with the exc...

Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis and the Depiction of Greek Culture

In eight pages this paper discusses how in the plot and characterizations featured in Zorba the Greek author Nikos Kazantzakis dep...

Beowulf v. Odysseus/Who is the most attractive?

announces to all listeners that this warrior has the skill to battle the monster that has terrorizing Heorot. Beowulf battles Gren...

Reflections on Homer’s Odyssey

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...

Leadership Abilities and Inabilities in Homer's Achilles

fatal wrath that consumes Achilles is responsible for pushing him to the edge of sanity, for his very existence hinges upon the le...

Virgil's 'Aeneid,' Sophocles' Oedipus the King, Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Divine Intervention

of his father Ulysses" (Homer I). From this excerpt it is quite obvious that divine intervention is a powerful part of the stor...

Order and Chaos in Homer's 'Odyssey' and the Epic of Gilgamesh

In five pages this paper examines the relationship between order and chaos within the context of these two classical literary work...

State and Society Relationships in The History of Herodotus and Homer's 'The Odyssey'

In six pages this paper compares these two works of ancient Greek literature in a consideration of relations between state and soc...

Homer's 'The Odyssey' Chapter XXIV

In a paper consisting of five pages the writer argues that the purpose of XXIV is to provide the story with both a summary as well...

Comparative Analysis of Homer's 'The Odyssey' and the Christ Teachings in the Book of Matthew

In five pages the teachings featured in these texts are contrasted and compared. Seven sources are cited in the bibliography....

Comparative Analysis of Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain

In five pages a comparative analysis of these works is presented in terms of differences and similarities in characterization, plo...

Odysseus and His Relations With Women as Compared with Penelope's Relationship in Homer's The Odyssey

This research report compares Penelope's relationships with that of Odysseus. How the marital relationship comes to fruition and i...

Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Women

In five pages Circe, the Sirens, Nausikaa, Helen, Calypson, Athena, and Penelope are examined in this discussion of how women's ro...

Homer's Penelope and Sophocles' Antigone

In seven pages this paper compares the female protagonists featured in 'The Odyssey' by Homer and Antigone by Sophocles in a cons...

Quest Themes in Dante Alighieri's 'Inferno' and Homer's 'The Odyssey'

In five pages this paper examines how the quest theme is depicted in these works by Dante and Homer. Three sources are cited in t...

Homer's 'The Odyssey' and William Shakespeare's Hamlet

and the tales of this one mans adventure. The man is Odysseus and his adventures are legendary. He is not a man searching for the ...

Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Dante's 'Inferno'

hes writing" (Steinberg inferno.htm). It is the Canto which presents us with the innocent and frightened Dante. He is just beginni...

Homer's 'The Odyssey' Goddess Athena and Hero Odysseus

In five pages this epic goddess and hero are examined in terms of their similarities. There are no other sources cited....

Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Mythical Monsters

means by which to punish him for past indiscretions. Mans first instinct is to provide for his own preservation, to tend to his o...

Comparative Analysis of Homer's 'The Odyssey' and William Shakespeare's Hamlet

out, therefore, that in the Odyssey there is a great deal of action and movement, such as the sea voyages and the way in which Ody...

Fact and Fiction in Homer's 'The Odyssey'

of Homers great work are a slew of characters. One of those is Odysseus, an unlikely hero. Odysseus is in some ways an antihero...

Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Substance Abuse

In five pages this paper examines jimson weed indulgence and lotus eating in this consideration of how substance abuse is represen...

Homer's 'Odyssey' and Its Stories

In five pages this paper examines the stories featured throughout 'The Odyssey' in a consideration of the repetition of Agamemnon'...

Comparing the Wisdom of Homer's Odysseus and Penelope

In six pages this paper assesses the spouses featured in 'The Odyssey' by Homer in order to determine which displays the most cons...

Epic Hero Status of Odysseus in Homer’s “The Odyssey”

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...

Parallels Between Telemachus and Odysseus in Homer's 'The Odyssey'

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

The Significance of Feasting in Homer's Odyssey

that whatever the customs of good behavior, these people are not observing them. In light of this we would assume that the people ...