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In three pages this paper emphasizes Aeneas' and Odysseus' differences as reflected in the works by Virgil and Homer. There is no...

In five pages this essay considers Odysseus' refusal to transform from mortal to immortal in terms of reasons why this stance was ...

This essay consists of six pages and in a comparative heroic analysis of Gilgamesh and Odysseus presents the arguments that despit...

in this work goes into the Great Families of Mythology and provides information on The House of Atreus, The Royal House of Thebes,...

divine perfection, but in more human terms as a willingness to learn from ones mistakes. Human beings are not gods; they are flaw...

is less important than the conversation which takes place, and since the two individuals are from periods in Greek history several...

on which he has been marooned for twenty years, it would appear as if his ship would have nothing but smooth sailing back to Ithac...

father. So, by the end of the story what he has done has given him experience and wisdom to deal with a future as a leader. Tel...

In five pages this paper evaluates the leadership skills of Odysseus and concludes that he is too preoccupied with his own quest t...

In five pages this paper discusses the origins of Jesus Christ in myth in a comparative analysis of possible literary precursors H...

In five pages Maximus of the Gladiator film is compared with Odysseus of Homer's epic in a five page comparative analysis. There ...

himself to the public, a duality of moral reasoning that influences his self-serving ways. Of the many reasons attributed to why ...

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at heroism. Odysseus is put forth as an example of both modern and classical ideals of ...

Odysseus,/raider of cities gouged out your eye" (Homer 227). As Polyphemus is the son of Poseidon, Odysseus makes a powerful god h...

The son Of crafty Saturn changed the snake to stone... But Calchas thus Instantly spake... All-foreseeing Jupiter Hath sent this ...

In five pages this paper discusses the characteristics of the ideal leader in a consideration of how Odysseus and Moses embody the...

monstrous creature Grendel, Grendels mother, and the dragon - it considers the impact of social obligations (loyalty to God and co...

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...

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

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

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

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 ...

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...

is important for it illustrates one of the reasons why the hero is determined to go back. Because she is honorable and admirable t...

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...

and marginalized in both classical and modern literature, one must first understand how the prevailing viewpoint of women as funda...

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

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...

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