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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weaving and farming. In homer’s epic‚ she plays the role of the guardian of Odysseus and Telemachus‚ saving Odysseus and helping him through many difficult situations‚ including his shipwreck caused by Poseidon (homer 5) and the encouraging him through the one-sided battle with the suitors (Homer 22). She does not merely impart sense and safety to her passive charge‚ however. She takes an interest in Odysseus for the talents he already has and actively demonstrates. She also often helps Telemachus—as
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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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Throughout this excerpt of “The Iliad” by the great poet Homer‚ shows the ideals way back into their era. In this epic segregated values of both men and women are seen in Homer’s era. This epic story begins with the young prince of Troy‚ Paris‚ who kidnaps Helen‚ wife of the king of the Greek state of Sparta. After this treachery towards Sparta the Spartan kings Brother‚ Agamemnon‚ attacked Troy. The excerpt begins with Paris’s brother‚ Hector‚ another prince of Troy‚ is talking to his wife‚ Andromache
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