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In four pages the significance of the hospitality theme in 'The Odyssey' is discussed in examples of King Alkinoos', Melenaus', an...

In five pages this paper presents a thematic analysis of how sacrifice is portrayed in 'The Odyssey.' There are 2 sources cited i...

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares how women were oppressed by law and society in the Old Testament and in Homer's epi...

This paper consists of five pages and examines how Homer's perspectives on the afterlife as revealed in 'The Odyssey' compare with...

The writer presents a creative essay written in iambic pentameter, describing the journey Teiresias commanded Odysseus to make aft...

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

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...

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

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...

Odysseus and Polyphemus (or Cyclops), the protagonist and antagonist in "The Odyssey." Like Odysseus, Todd is banished from his w...

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

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

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...

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...

In five pages the epic heroes that are featured in epic literary works are discussed in a consideration of 'The Song of Roland,' '...

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

a commonplace story already familiar to his listeners, he could (and did) omit much of the unnecessary backstory (with respect to ...

In five pages this paper examines Homer's 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey' in its portrayal of Homeric warfare in a consideration of ...

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...

In five pages this paper discusses the maturation Odysseus underwent throughout the course of 'The Odyssey.' Three sources are ci...

In eight pages Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Sophocles' 'Oedipus Rex' are compared with Poe's 'Ms. Found in a Bottle' and 'The Purloin...

is killed (Virgil, 2009). Paschalis has done a study of some of the semantics in the poem, and suggests that the name "Galaesus"...

This paper examines the themes, development of character, and narrative of 'The Odyssey' in order to determine wither or not the f...

In five pages this paper discusses the societal and immortality quests of epic heroes in Gilgamesh and Homer's 'The Odyssey' in a ...