Homer wrote one of the greatest and earliest literary works‚ the Odyssey around the eight-century BCE. The Odyssey provides us with a lens through which we examine Greek society around eight hundred BCE. Prevalent themes including‚ Greek hospitality‚ their attitudes towards the afterlife‚ and their relationship of gods and man are all present in the Odyssey‚ which are also contemporaneous in ancient Greek life around the eighth century. Ultimately‚ the Odyssey allows us to learn more about people’s
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Every writer‚ author‚ and poet portrays stories in their own way. Homer ‚ the poet who wrote "The Odyssey"‚ and Margaret Atwood‚ the poet who wrote "SIREN SONG"‚ have different points of view on the sirens. The song that the sirens sang was different in both of the poems. The poets’ opposing uses of imagery illustrated the sirens differently. In addition‚ the tones that the poets used were different. Although these two poems were written about the same subject‚ they are still different. One
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Heroes are given their titles according to their bravery‚ but their traits have an impact on that. In the epic poem‚ the Odyssey‚ the hero undergoes several trials and loses many friends along the way. Homer used the Odyssey to tell the tale of an epic hero‚ and Odysseus’s traits prove him to be a hero. Odysseus was brave‚ so he was not selfish and saved his men from Polyphemus. “As luck would have it‚ the men I would have chosen won the tossーfour strong men‚ and I made five as captain.” This shows
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disappear? /I drew on every one of my minds‚ and went through strategies‚/reason as a man will for dear life‚/until the point when a trap came-and it satisfied me well. /The Kyklops’ rams were great looking‚ fat‚ with substantial/wools‚ a dull violet" (Homer 157). Another case of Odysseus’ cleverness is appeared after he executed every one of the suitors. He advised Telemakhos and the workers to imagine like there was a wedding going on. That way‚ nobody going by from the outside would speculate anything
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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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