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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 ...

Two characters from each of Homer's epics are compared in five pages in order to ascertain which is the most heroic of the charact...

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

This paper examines the power by women in ancient Hebrew and Greek societies as represented by Rebekah in the Old Testament and Na...

In eight pages Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Sophocles' 'Oedipus Rex' are compared with Poe's 'Ms. Found in a Bottle' and 'The Purloin...

a commonplace story already familiar to his listeners, he could (and did) omit much of the unnecessary backstory (with respect to ...

In ten pages this paper contrasts and compares the hero's role in Sophocles' Antigone, Thucydides' The History of the Peloponnesia...

This paper consists of five pages and examines how Homer's perspectives on the afterlife as revealed in 'The Odyssey' compare with...

In six pages this paper compares Homer's concept of justice with contemporary perspectives as it relates to 'The Odyssey.' There ...

observes a boatman named Charon who is transporting the souls of the dead across the river. There are "hollow groans, and shrieks...

Odysseus and Polyphemus (or Cyclops), the protagonist and antagonist in "The Odyssey." Like Odysseus, Todd is banished from his w...

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

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

This 3 page paper discusses the role women play in "The Iliad" when it comes to marriage and sexual relationships; it also discuss...

not tell Polyphemus his name, rather indicating to the Cyclops that his name is "Nobody." When Polyphemus friends respond to his c...

In five pages this paper discusses the wise goddess who was Odysseus's mentor in 'The Odyssey.' Five sources are cited in the bib...

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

In six pages this paper compares these two works of ancient Greek literature in a consideration of relations between state and soc...

reader how "everything well stowed, the wine in jars, and the barley meal, which is the staff of life" which indicates that wine r...

and also provided insight into the character when she brazenly broke with firmly held tradition. For example, in Homers Iliad and ...

is killed (Virgil, 2009). Paschalis has done a study of some of the semantics in the poem, and suggests that the name "Galaesus"...

In 2 pages this paper examines how in Books IX through XII of 'The Odyssey Odysseus becomes mature enough to embrace his destiny w...

the examples of the main characters, a certain amount of wit and common intelligence is necessary to possess as an essential work ...

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 five pages this paper discusses the maturation Odysseus underwent throughout the course of 'The Odyssey.' Three sources are ci...

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

Greek society was that imposed upon them by either their fathers or purchasers. They would never aspire to privilege or influence...

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

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

a conduit between two otherwise strangers. Poetry is as diverse a means of communication as any medium, yet there are vast arrays...