YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :The Odyssey by Homer Book XI
Essays 151 - 180
Telemachus taking his first step towards responsibility and manhood. "Telemachus calls an assembly of the men of Ithaca. It is the...
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...
Cimmerians and their cloudy city at our backs, Turning our faces instead toward life, toward home, Defying the goddess of the is...
son of Odysseus, wearing a disguise and instills in him the courage to challenge the suitors of his mother. Additionally Athena pe...
This essay pertains to "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey" by Homer, the ancient Greek poet and the worldview and cultural values that a...
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...
the defeat of Troy and it is about the adventures of Odysseus, king of Ithaca and throughout his travels, the story "provides a pi...
a distraction, as a goal, as a guide, and as an agent of social recognition (The Odyssey in Transit, 2000). Odysseus is indeed co...
could live. It was on the broad shoulders of this classical hero upon which the security of society rested. While the hero walke...
instead decides they should be dinner. According to Odysseus, "He clutched my companions / and caught two in is hands like squirm...
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...
not tell Polyphemus his name, rather indicating to the Cyclops that his name is "Nobody." When Polyphemus friends respond to his c...
but rather it is Poseidon who hates him. Zeus says, "...its the Earth-Shaker, Poseidon, unappeased,/forever fuming against him for...
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...
all of the kingdoms riches and power for themselves. The problem is Odysseuss only son, who is the natural successor to the throne...
journey home to his wife Penelope and son Telemakhos in Ithaka. The gods and goddesses also shape the poem structurally, and are ...
He gains allies and waits for the right opportunity to enact justice. This also allows Homer to thoroughly document the wrongs per...
the theme of hospitality in such situations is emphasized when we recognize that this same theme is repeated many times in the Bib...
I think of naming, far less telling, / every feat of that rugged man, Odysseus, / but here is something that he dared to do / at T...
In four pages this paper examines evaluates the acceptability of the protagonists' actions in these classic literary works by Virg...
In four pages the concept of the hero's journey as it manifest itself in these classical works of literature is examined. There i...
In two pages this paper contrasts and compares the depictions of women and the journeys undertaken by Aeneas and Odysseus in these...
In five pages this research paper contrasts and compares Shakespeare's tragedy with the epic by Homer. Five sources are cited in ...
In five pages this paper examines the delays in Odysseus's return to Ithaca and how the hero is at fault for them. There are no o...
In six pages this paper examines how Telemachus grows and develops throughout the course of Homer's epic. There are no other sour...
In two pages this essay provides a character analysis of Telemachus in an assessement of his maturity. There are no other sources...
In five pages this essay considers the rite of passage Odysseus' son Telemachus takes on the journey to find his father and protec...
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 five pages this essay considers Odysseus' refusal to transform from mortal to immortal in terms of reasons why this stance was ...