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In 5 pages this paper examines themes of quest and identity as they are represented in Homer's epic and how they enable Odysseus a...

In five pages anger as a motif and character motivation in Homer's 'The Iliad' is explored. There are no other sources listed in ...

were arranged on three concentic terraces that focused on the royal residence ("New..." 33). Recent excavation has discovered that...

This research report examines customs, events, and for example meanings of the Phaeacians' games. Homer's Odyssey and Virgil's Aen...

In 5 pages the heroic quest is analyzed within the context of Cervantes' Don Quixote, Dante's 'Inferno' and Homer's 'The Odyssey.'...

In three pages these characters featured in Homer's epic poem are contrasted and compared in terms of their similarities and diffe...

The ways in which male and female virtue changed in terms of the attitudes of Ancient Greece are examined in 6 pages in a consider...

In ten pages this paper examines modernism within the context on Ulysses and how James Joyce varies the portrayal of Homer's Odyss...

In four pages this paper analyzes how life's renewal and rebirth are symbolically represented by the olive tree in Homer's epic 'T...

far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy" (Homer The Odyssey PG). The Odyssey was written in 800 B.C. and woven in...

spiritual awakening. CHARACTERISTICS OF AN EPIC POEM: Epic poems all share similar characteristics which define them as such. Fo...

her part. What she didnt know was that Zeus was responsible for thwarting her attempts at consummating her relationship with Odys...

If we look to biology the definition of masculine is related to that of male. The male animal has testicles as opposed to ovaries...

and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy. Many cities did he visit, and many were the nations with whose manners and c...

Calypsos island and has been since the war ended. Athena begins her guidance by getting agreement from the gods (Homer 1.26-27). ...

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

does provoke Didos suicide one has to question to what extent he would embrace the label of hero. At the same time, besides the in...

a good person or a bad person, only that he is religious. In another section, much further along in the story, we see Odysseus t...

He gains allies and waits for the right opportunity to enact justice. This also allows Homer to thoroughly document the wrongs per...

journey home to his wife Penelope and son Telemakhos in Ithaka. The gods and goddesses also shape the poem structurally, and are ...

occurs near the end of the conflict. These two warriors fight over who has the greater claim to a captive woman who is also the d...

we mortals bear perforce, although we suffer; for they are much stronger than we. But now I will teach you clearly, telling you th...

And, yet, it has been many years. She wars with her reason which offers her the explanation that she just wants this stranger to b...

all of the kingdoms riches and power for themselves. The problem is Odysseuss only son, who is the natural successor to the throne...

beginning, feels like he is in a position of complete helplessness. His father has been gone nearly 20 years and he is forced to d...

the defeat of Troy and it is about the adventures of Odysseus, king of Ithaca and throughout his travels, the story "provides a pi...

holds the Greeks captive in his cave, into allowing them to escape by first blinding his one eye while he sleeps. However, Odysseu...

debate in terms of wanting a peaceful and inner spiritual life and letting go of his past indiscretions (St. Augustine, Bishop of ...

son Telemakhos, his father Laertes, and even his dog Argos. Throughout his journey in the Odyssey, Odysseus often remarks about t...

traits he possesses that is less than admirable, one thing is clear. He exhibits loyalty and trustworthiness. He respects the gods...