would free the Jews and take them across the desert to a safe haven. He spoke directly with God‚ via the burning bush and various angels and‚ was given specific instructions on what to do and how to do it leading the Jews out of Egypt. Similarly‚ Athena visited Odysseus frequently under Zeus’ consent and different disguises. She freed Odysseus from the obsessive love of calypso by sending Hermes as a messenger‚ to warn calypso. She also approached others‚ indirectly aiding Odysseus. As a disguised
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travel. Athena is the protector of Odysseus on his journey back from the Trojan War to his family in Ithaca. Dante on the other hand was led by vigil through hell in order to save his soul. In Dante’s inferno‚ there is a struggle between good and evil setting up the theme of the poem. The journey through hell is symbolic; the presentation of the soul towards God. The two characters‚ Athena and vigil‚ can be perceived as escorts in the journeys‚ both leading them into different endings. Athena is regarded
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A man driving home through the rundown (shonky) side of town with his children in the backseat sees a heavily tattooed homeless man. The children wince at the sight of the vagrant when he tries to wash the windscreen of the car in the hope of making a few pence. The father tells the children to remember the ’clown punk’ although his reason is unclear. The philosophical tone of the poem would suggest that the speaker wants his children to look past the decay of the clown punk and see his inner
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it be going down to earth and giving characters advice while disguised as a mortal‚ like Athena did in the first book of the Odyssey towards Telemachus‚ or sending down messengers and sending people prophecies. In the first book‚ after Homer’s invocation of the Muses‚ it opens with a scene in Olympus wherein the gods hold a council discussing a mortal who went against all the warnings the gods gave him. Athena manipulated the conversation towards her interests in helping Odysseus make his journey
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and an adventurous plot to tell the tale of Odysseus‚ the godlike mortal man. Several characters in The Odyssey refer to Odysseus as a god or in their mind think that he is immortal because of his incredible‚ unique qualities and assistance from Athena which makes him taller‚ larger to the eye‚ and more clever by inspiring him as well as Telemachus. He also changes moods and reacts to certain events very quickly as well as announcing his intention of testing his servants by moving among them in
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him for themselves‚ but unlike Gilgamesh‚ Odysseus was clever and a "dear friend (4.177)." The Odyssey states that "No man could match Odysseus for cunning... master of all strategies (3.132)." However‚ Odysseus has a wife and son and the goddess Athena watching over him‚ while Gilgamesh had only his mother watching over him. The heroes battle uncivilized monsters‚ lose people close to their hearts‚ have influential women in their lives‚ and journey to the end of the world for advice. Through
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The gods really did show great love to some of the mortals even though they needed not to and could have just associated with those of their own kind. “‘Could I forget that kingly man Odysseus?’” (Book I‚ 87) He confessed his love for Odysseus when Athena tested it and said he could never forget him which usually a man of extreme power would not speak of someone who sits so much lower than himself on the totem pole. Thus‚ gods‚ even in all their power and glory‚ still associate with humans and do not
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The Elgin Marble is a collection of ancient Greek stone sculpture and architecture. Lord Elgin was the first person who acquired in Athens in between 1801 to 1805. The temple was built for dedication to goddess Athena and it also represents the beginning of democracy. Lord Elgin carried out the work by acquiring 21 figures depicting battles and decoration of the Parthenon. He also acquired the treasures‚ architectural features and objects from other buildings. However‚ the Elgin Marble was illegally
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First‚ river rocks were used to depict flowers‚ but when luxuries like glass tiles were introduced‚ the flower scenes morphed into intricate battle scenes. (Biers) Phidias‚ an Athenian sculptor was commissioned to create an elaborate shrine of Athena inside the Parthenon. “The technique of construction… included face‚ arms‚ and other skin areas pieced together in ivory‚ while the drapery‚ of very thin gold.” (“Phidias”) This quote reinforces the fact that not only
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makes Odysseus heroic because a goddess wants a mortal being for eternity. Also the goddess of cleverness‚ Athena‚ likes Odysseus. She likes him because he is smart and clever just like her. Also‚ Athena tells Zeus‚ her father‚ to tell Calypso to give up Odysseus so he could go back home‚ instead of sitting on a rock all day‚ sobbing that he can never see his wife and son again. “ Now [Athena] begs her father‚ Zeus‚ to help her favorite‚ and Zeus agrees” (Homer 652). So by being clever and being a
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