ooven Intro to Literature comp 4/6/11 The Odyssey A Great Hero? The epic poem The Odyssey is an epic written by the Greek writer Homer. It centers on the character Odysseus who is a great leader and a king of Ithaca whose actions portrayed a great deal of intelligence‚ bravery‚ and determination throughout his many encounters during his journey. Odysseus is a good leader but had some flaws. He could have been a better leader if he was more humble and was open to accepting help
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the god Hephaestus‚ and report the scenes that Achilles’mother‚ the Nereid Thetis‚ expects to find on the shield and which Hephaestus‚ in Auden’s version‚ does not make. Thetis expects to find scenes of happiness and peace like those described by Homer. The stanzas with longer lines describe the scenes that Hephaestus creates in Auden’s version‚ scenes of a barren and impersonal modern world. In the first‚ an anonymous‚ dispassionate army listens crowd of ordinary people watch passively. In the
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A hero is a person who has super powers or can do things normal people could not do. A hero is strong‚ smart and ladies call them “attractive”. A long time ago‚ a poet named Homer had written an epic poem called “The Odyssey”. In “The Odyssey”‚ there is a person with these traits named Odysseus. Odysseus goes through adventures for a long time trying to get home. Odysseus is an epic hero Odysseus and his men land on a Cyclopes island‚ Polyphemus. Polyphemus gets mad at Odysseus and his men so
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and abroad. In this case‚ Odysseus did show some a hero like character. When the Cyclops asked what happened about their ship‚ Odysseus replied‚ “My ship? Poseidon Lord‚ who sets the earth a-tremble‚ broke it up on the rocks at your land’s end” (Homer 229). Odysseus lied to the Cyclops saying that their ship was destroyed. So just in case‚ they could get off the island. Odysseus showed cleverness very quickly and he saved his men from dying and got them off the island. Odysseus does not behave
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Darius‚ which was valuable: and in the chest he guarded the Iliad. And when a certain excited messenger once ran in‚ Alexander said to him‚ ‘why why are you so excited? Is Homer alive again?’ for he envied Achilles because Homer sang about him. And a certain bad poet once said to Alexander‚ ‘I will write a poem about you‚ just like Homer about Achilles.’ But Alexander replied‚ ‘I want Thersites to be in the Iliad more than Agamemnon in
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Antonio Gramsci meanwhile he was imprisoned within a fascist jail in the 1920s.2 Creating a sexist doctrine that rules over early societies it filters itself into the pages of some of the most renowned historical pieces of literature. The Iliad by Homer‚ the Oresteia Trilogy by Aeschylus‚ the Old Testament‚ and Decameron by Boccaccio can all be studied from a feminist viewpoint in criticism of their show of masculine hegemony. Eternally famous playwright and innovator of our English language William
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Susanna Nied‚ and Eileen Hillary Oshinsky. Austin: Holt‚ Rinehart and Winston‚ 2001 Hadas‚ Moses. “Homer‚” in his A History of Greek Literature. Columbia University Press‚ 1950‚ pp Hamilton‚ Edith. “Persius.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes. New York: New American Library‚ 1969 Monsell‚ Carol Moulton‚ Susanna Nied‚ and Eileen Hillary Oshinsky. Austin: Holt‚ Rinehart and Winston‚ 2001 Homer. The Odyssey. Trans. Allen Mandelbaum. New York: Bantam Books‚ 1991. Publishers‚ 1986. 205-212
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In The Odyssey an epic poem by Homer‚ Odysseus goes on a twenty year voyage which includes the Trojan War when a sea nymph named Kalypso holds Odysseus captive. During this trip Odysseus meets a lot of new people and when he meets these new people they treat him like he is family‚ this concept is known as hospitality. In this epic poem this theme is constantly shown by some of the main characters and other characters too. Most forms of hospitality are good but at times there is also bad hospitality
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Hector vs Achilles Essay Different societies develop different concepts of the term hero. The Greek heroic ideal was based on being all around excellent‚ if it means sailing a ship‚ to delivering a speech to your army in battle. In the Illiad‚ Homer clearly believes complete development of qualities such as physical strength‚ intellectual ability‚ and moral force must also be apparent in a hero. Between Achilles and Hector‚ Hector carries more apparent heroic traits then Achilles. Hector is the
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like modern women‚ females in Ancient Greek possessed the same characteristics as those of today’s society. The women‚ immortal and mortal in Homer’s Iliad exemplify characteristics such as: passion‚ jealousy‚ love and rage through these emotions Homer has allowed the reader to visualize a generalized depiction of Women in the Ancient World‚ whether negative or positive. In the Iliad‚ both Hera and Athena are the leading immortal females‚ and both Goddesses are on the side of the Achaeans‚ which
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