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Fate and Odysseus in Homer's 'The Odyssey'

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...

Socrates and Odysseus

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

'The Odyssey' by Homer and Fate

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...

'Goodness' of Odysseus

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...

Penelope's Suitors and Odysseus in 'The Odyssey' by Homer

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

'The Odyssey' by Homer and the Character Cyclops

instead decides they should be dinner. According to Odysseus, "He clutched my companions / and caught two in is hands like squirm...

Analyzing the Tribute by Augustine to Monica, His Mother

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

Literature, Identity and Character Revelations

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...

'The Odyssey' by Homer and Females, Mortal and Divine

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

Family Significance in Homer's 'The Odyssey'

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

Ancient Greek Civilization Aspects Glimpsed in 'The Odyssey' by Homer

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

Homer and the Old Testament

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

Goddess and Motherhood Feminist Conceptual Comparisons

has changed into that of "practicalism" which she describes as a way of thinking that "arises from and is tested against practices...

Religion, Feminism, and the Goddess

of Wicca, a matriarchal based religion. When one studies the ancient belief systems in which the goddesses were worshiped it is no...

Celtic Mythology and the Morrigan Legends

or most, of the myths surrounding Morrigan she is seen, as noted, as a woman of battle. She was there with every war of the Celts ...

Greek Assimilation of Indigenous Goddesses Athena and Artemis

of the very father that tried to keep her from being born. The result, of course, was that he had such a splitting headache from ...

A Comparison of Characters Enkidu and Eve

This paper concludes that it is the garden after all that seems to embrace both characters and provide them not only with a sense ...

Cycladic Figure Art

In five pages the Museum of the Legion of Honor's Cycladic figure is examined in terms of its goddess religious significance. Fou...

God as a Woman in The Great Mother by Erich Neumann

In six pages this research paper considers the religions in which goddesses were worshipped within the context of Neumann's work w...

5 Examples of Minoan Art

In 5 pages this research paper discusses 5 Minoan art samples which include the Harvester's Vase, Snake Goddess from Knossos, the ...

Feminist Perspective on Religion

ostensibly, the use of the masculine pronoun is suppose to encompass both men and women, Johnson argues that to consistently use t...

Classical Myth by Barry Powell

In a paper consisting of five pages mythological goddesses such as Hesiod's Pandora are considered within the context of Powell's ...

Patriarchy, Roles of Women, and the Goddess

In five pages this report examines the Goddess global cultural stories and legends in a consideration of what they reflect in term...

Goddess Niobe Myth

Amongst other places, the legend of Niobe appears in the Iliad by Homer ("Niobe in Myth," 2001). In the epic, Niobe is depicted a...

'The Odyssey' by Homer and Characters Penelope and Athena

more fidelity than did her missing husband. However, while Penelope is keeping Odysseus home fires burning, it is Athena to whom ...

Fact and Fiction in Homer's 'The Odyssey'

of Homers great work are a slew of characters. One of those is Odysseus, an unlikely hero. Odysseus is in some ways an antihero...

Homer's 'Odyssey' and Its Stories

In five pages this paper examines the stories featured throughout 'The Odyssey' in a consideration of the repetition of Agamemnon'...

Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Substance Abuse

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

Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Women

In five pages Circe, the Sirens, Nausikaa, Helen, Calypson, Athena, and Penelope are examined in this discussion of how women's ro...

Odysseus and His Relations With Women as Compared with Penelope's Relationship in Homer's The Odyssey

This research report compares Penelope's relationships with that of Odysseus. How the marital relationship comes to fruition and i...