Odyssey and the Aeneid share some similarities as epics; both describe the trials of a heroic figure who is the ideal representative of a particular culture. There are even individual scenes in the Aeneid are borrowed from the Odyssey. Yet‚ why are Odysseus and Aeneas so unlike one another? The answer is that the authors lived in two different worlds‚ whose values and perceptions varied greatly of a fundamental level. Greek culture and literature had a great dominating influence over Roman life‚ therefore
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very far‚ we went for the craic. We were most definitely doubted but proved all of the hopeless wrong. I think that my story relates to Odysseus’ journey in the Odyssey by Homer Odysseus and I both started off with denial of our calling and eventually accepted the call. Throughout my adventure I encountered some obstacles just like Odysseus. Through jet lag‚
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he had big courage. There are two different types of Journeys. One is The Adventures of Odysseus. The other one is The Return. This difference between these two is that all the bad things happen to them that they would have not suspect it would happen.But they do have one thing in common‚ they both can cause transformation. This journey matters more than the destinations when they both went on a journey Odysseus and Kamau but when they got home things was different some things was not right but they
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Jones is most like the epic hero Odysseus of The Odyssey. The four epic heroes we have studied in class are completely different in the way that they go about their journeys and trials. Though‚ despite these drastic differences‚ all share at least one character trait with Indiana Jones‚ whether it be a search for balance between good and evil‚ a drive to finish what has been started‚ a more human nature‚ or meeting opposition along the way. However‚ it is Odysseus that most closely resembles Jones
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their journey and had the strength and courage to solve or address the problem. Odysseus is an epic hero because he possesses the traits of that of a hero. He had the intelligent idea of the Trojan horse and made the Greeks win the Trojan war. After all‚ he survived the likes of Poseidon‚ the cyclops‚ the lotus eaters etc. And after his courageous journey he returned to Ithaca and restored piece in the island. Odysseus is very clever. According to J.Hunter‚ ’’He was the originator of the trojan
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Major Gods and Goddess |Greek Name |Roman Name |Function | |Aphroditē |Venus |Goddess of love‚ beauty‚ and desire. She was | | | |married to Hephaestus. Aresis her lover and | |
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Odysseus is an enigma. His disguises hide him in the battlefield and his lies mask him everywhere else. Such deceits are so frequently seen in Homer`s Odyssey that it is difficult to even know where the truths end and the lies begin‚ or even if there is an implied truth in a whole conversation. Furthermore‚ the conversations themselves seem to easily embrace the alluring veils and it is hard to find a single conversation that does not withhold the truth‚ or is not lies or is not heavily reliant of
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I could only stare agape when our commander stood there lik an ignoramus. Odysseus sneered and cackled nearly overpowering Polyester’s vexing thunder. I faced Odysseus’s backside‚ my lips pursed and dark fists so firm not the cyclops himself could free my grip. However‚ the other men began to lower themselves into a corner‚ ready to cower and continue shivering. For what then had marked our second day in that putrid cave. It was time my docile manners changed... "Nobody‚ I command you to stop
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Odysseus was a great man as the story put it. He showed a lot of traits‚ great traits. He shows them in very different ways. He is a great leader‚ he made sure his men weren’t doing all the work. Odysseus was Great at everything he has done. He gets what he wants done too. He made sure he was taking just as many risks as them. He sometimes even put himself into more danger than his men. Like he could have had one of his men walk up and give the “one eyed beast” the wine‚ but instead he did it.
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Today is November 10‚ 2016‚ yesterday‚ the aim was “How does Odysseus’s arrival on Ithacan shores compare with his other island adventures?” but we answered the aim in the last quarter of the period. For the beginning of class‚ we talked about yesterday being Doomsday (Donald Trump won the election) and expressed things that worried us as well as a silver lining. For example‚ Britney said that the change of party may be a good thing because it is something new. In addition‚ the whole situation was
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