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    different personality traits. Odysseus has both hero qualities and not so heroic qualities. This epic poem is called “The Odyssey”. It was written by Homer‚ an ancient Greek poet. Epic hero qualities are traits the hero character of a story has. They include strength‚ loyalty‚ intelligence‚ and courage. One would think Odysseus has many epic hero traits‚ but he also has many traits that are not heroic. There are many examples of his heroic qualities. Something that shows loyalty is when he says‚ “So we moved

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    Ethics and morality are synonymous terms‚ both meaning customs in their original languages‚ Greek and Latin respectively. However‚ the Greek term "ethics" also implies character as opposed to its Latin counterpart referring to social customs. Ethike is descended from ethikos which‚ in turn from ethos which means character or nature. Ethos is the fundamental and distinctive characteristic of a group within its social context or period of time‚ typically expressed in its attitudes‚ habits or beliefs

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    complications they had in life. The Persian wars with Greece and how it affected Greece as a whole. What the main ideas in the Iliad was manliness‚ courage‚ and loyalty. In the comedy play the Congresswomen shows the dry wit people in the government was shown. There were many similarities and differences with the two main city-states in Greece but literature like the Iliad and congresswomen shows the beliefs and values throughout the Greece country. The Persian was won by the Greeks‚ this victory

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    Beowulf: A Heroic Elegiac Poem Beowulf is definitely a heroic-elegiac poem. Beowulf was a hero to many. He exhibited‚ the traits of a “good king”. He was a warrior with extraordinary abilities which made him seem superhuman. He was selfless choosing to protect the masses rather than himself. This was an act of generosity‚ as well as‚ great loyalty. There are many references in the poem to the ancestors of both Beowulf and Hrothgar. They are referred to with reverence regardless

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    Siddhartha’s Heroic Journey Does the story of Siddhartha’s adventure fit into Joseph Campbell’s hero’s journey? In the book “Siddhartha” by Hermann Hesse the main character has a journey that mirrors the hero’s journey through the uses of‚ mentors‚ the abyss‚ an atonement. Throughout the novel Siddhartha has mentors that come and go‚ but the wisest of all his mentors was an old river man named Vasudeva. Vasudeva was the one that taught Siddhartha to listen to the river and helped him work through

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    It doesn’t take much to be a hero you could help someone and you could be a hero just by that. Anyway‚ this essay is going to be comparing and contrasting two heros from 12 Strong and from The Hobbit. When comparing The Hobbit and 12 Strong in the heroic journey I found that 12 Strong was missing some parts were as The Hobbit was not missing any. This can be seen through atonement with the father‚ refusal of the return‚ and the crossing of the return threshold. A difference between the two are atonement

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    Beowulf has many heroic characteristics. When Beowulf went to the Land Of Danes‚ he went to kill Grendel. He didn’t do it for the fame or the power. He wanted to kill him to help the Geats. He felt as if it was right‚ he says “They had in remembrance my courage and might. Many had seen me come safe from the conflict.” He never expected anything from anybody after anything he would do. Beowulf also has the heroic characteristics of being brave. Beowulf would go and fight taking a risk of his own

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    When thinking about a hero‚ one might picture a superhero swooping in and saving a bunch of people‚ or a general helping a nation win a battle for the better cause. These stereotypical characters have exactly what it takes to be heroes: courage‚ intelligence‚ and valor. However‚ what one might not realize is that to be a hero‚ one must have a bit of recklessness. Not recklessness in the sense of making foolish decisions to meet failure‚ but recklessness in the sense of taking risks in the vision

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    The Influence of the Iliad on Individuals The classical hero is a timeless description of human beings all around the world. Not only is it part of some human’s nature; it is used as a source of entertainment for people as well. The classical hero is seen both in the Iliad‚ as we have discussed‚ and in today’s world every day and in most cases everywhere. Heroes are seen today in TV shows‚ novels‚ movies‚ sports‚ in politics‚ and on the news‚ etc. As an audience‚ we love to study the classical

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    powerful warriors engage in heroic duels with each other to gain massive power‚ while a group of women take a vow of abstinence until a war has ended. Two different pictures of war are depicted in "The Iliad" by Homer and "Lysistrata" by Aristophanes. "The Iliad" is a poem which is believed to be a collection of stories handed down through many generations but not of just one man. It is a story of the Trojan War and the leaders of the two city-states. When "The Iliad" was finally written‚ around

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