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Aspects of Homer's epic poem are analyzed in this paper that contains five pages. There are no other sources listed in the biblio...

In five pages this paper discusses the societal and immortality quests of epic heroes in Gilgamesh and Homer's 'The Odyssey' in a ...

be regarded as a historical document. There is very little certain about the poem itself or its author, who was supposedly a blin...

is somber (tragic). "...In great works of art all levels in which interpretation can be pursued fruitfully probably remain in som...

This paper examines the themes, development of character, and narrative of 'The Odyssey' in order to determine wither or not the f...

how all true tragic heroes apply the same principle: by purging his sins in exchange for forgiveness from nature and the gods. He...

a mortal man, and live with him in open matrimony" (Book V). She illustrates how she found him after all alone and shipwrecked and...

into marriage, religion/gods, revenge, rituals, and reputation. Marriage Clearly Ulysses story involves the condition of marria...

home, his palace, his wife, his son, his people. Ogygia Ulysses is trapped on Calypsos island for many years. If it werent for...

his household. The suitors have taken it upon themselves to essentially use Odysseus home as though it was their own, killing live...

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...

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

individual stories into the tapestry that became his famous epics. He did not create the stories; they had come from hundreds of y...

In a paper consisting of six pages this paper examines how the themes of faith anf retribution are reprsented in the 'Noah and the...

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

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

he will gild her horns as part of the sacrifice (Homer). Such sacrifices were meant as "gifts" to the gods, which were designed to...

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...

the weak and defender of his territory and do whatever he must in the name of survival. A ravenous Odysseus is described by Homer...

In five pages this paper considers Odysseus' heroic tale as described in Homer's poetic epic 'The Odyssey.' There are no other so...

was also a master of trickery. Odysseus would often hesitate before taking action. This was not out of cowardice. It was his way...

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 sage debates...To save the state" (Homer Book I). The reader begins to see that Telemachus is not wise enough to be prepared fo...

is not identified as a goddess except for when a servant speaks to Achilles about the legends that have begun to be spun concernin...

without specifically worrying about success or failure, "they cannot be stained by action" (Harrison, 1996). Hearing this, Arjuna ...

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

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

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

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

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