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Odysseus was renowned for both his brain and his brawn. He was also had bravery, and competence at his skills. Odysseus was an a...
the strongest women in the piece are the goddess Pallas Athena and Penelope, Odysseuss wife. In addition, although her part was sm...
and his courage will constantly be tested. Without going into great detail, and there is a large amount of it in this classic, we ...
return home. They are in morning, for they have lost a son. They pray to the gods for his return, but feel that he is dead. They e...
can defeat death too. His first leg of the journey involves descending into a tunnel-like cave composed of nine terrifying leagu...
An eight page research paper considering the literary concept of the hero's journey in this classic science fiction film by direct...
In five pages this paper compares and contrasts Virgil's protagonist Aeneas from 'The Aeneid' with Homer's protagonist Odyssey in ...
his household. The suitors have taken it upon themselves to essentially use Odysseus home as though it was their own, killing live...
was forbidden to her, period. It was not her place to try to reason why; it was her place to obey without question. This is what w...
that allows the poem to celebrate or immortalize its national culture (Epic Poetry). The distinguishing characteristics of Homers...
holds the Greeks captive in his cave, into allowing them to escape by first blinding his one eye while he sleeps. However, Odysseu...
that whatever the customs of good behavior, these people are not observing them. In light of this we would assume that the people ...
woman who is generous and selfless: "So much more dear and pleasing is to God/ My little widow, whom so much I loved,/ As in good ...
journey of humanity through life. Dantes epic charts a journey of the soul, from the depths of degradation to the radiance of rede...
lay there / lifted up his muzzle, pricked his ears..." (17.317-318). We read that the dog is lying on a dung heap; hes full of tic...
home, as though they own everything. One would perhaps expect Penelope, or Telemachus (the man of the house so to speak), to ins...
story of Odysseus sets him up as a noble man, regardless of what someone may know about Greek codes of conduct. He was a noble man...
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...
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...
he will gild her horns as part of the sacrifice (Homer). Such sacrifices were meant as "gifts" to the gods, which were designed to...
and the goddess shows this with her actions throughout the narrative. Therefore, examination of the Odyssey demonstrates that the ...
observes a boatman named Charon who is transporting the souls of the dead across the river. There are "hollow groans, and shrieks...
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...
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...
is important for it illustrates one of the reasons why the hero is determined to go back. Because she is honorable and admirable t...
this historical puzzle dating back to the novice citizen investigations to the more scientific and sophisticated Illinois River Va...
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 -- ...
reader how "everything well stowed, the wine in jars, and the barley meal, which is the staff of life" which indicates that wine r...