scarce amounts‚ the main source is Homers ‘Iliad’. Homers ‘Iliad’ describes Troy as a great city upon a hill across the plain of Scamander where the great battle took place‚ a city defended by mighty walls and towers with temples for Athena and Apollo. This information was used by Archaeologists to find the illusive city of Troy. Homers ‘Iliad’ also describes the great leaders of the Trojan War such as Agamemnon and Priam. Agamemnon the leader of the Mycenaean’s in Homers Trojan War is depicted as ‘the
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The short story " Lawn’s" by Mona Simpson is very interesting to me because it was more than a tough girl who steals and lies and who is totally careless. It is about a mother who put her job before her husband and kids and about a father who stole his daughter’s childhood and between them both Jenny " the tough girl" dying for attention or someone to rescue her shall we say from her destiny. The main point in the whole story is the selfishness of the human being. Often in marriage problems or
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Odysseus’ journey as he returns home after the ten year Trojan War. The epic tells of the dangers‚ distractions‚ and adventures Odysseus faces on his journey back home. In the textbook used for readings‚ the text is focused on books nine and ten of Homers great tale. These two books are where most of Odysseus’ travels is both helped and hindered by gods. Some central themes in the Odyssey include wandering‚ cunning‚ and loyalty. Wandering and hospitality are central themes in the Odyssey. Hospitality
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heroic leader. However‚ critics argue that Homer did not portray Odysseus properly to claim he was a hero. Despite the disrespect and arrogance Odysseus possessed‚ he overcame impossible odds and proved himself as the true epic hero by being courageous‚ persistent and resourceful. Without doubt‚ a resourceful personality saved Odysseus’ life at least twice in the Odyssey. First in Polyphemus’ cave‚ Odysseus used his guile to escape certain death. Homer had Odysseus cunningly blind Polyphemus with
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captain” (Homer 764). The epic hero of the Odyssey‚ Odysseus‚ showed his mental dexterity when he thought of the way to hurt the Cyclops and begin his escape from the Cyclops’
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also for its invaluable dissection of inherent human qualities. In his epic poem‚ The Odyssey‚ Homer addresses intrinsic characteristics of humans that man has continued to demonstrate throughout history. The Odyssey incorporates the timeless topics of cunning over strength‚ greed and folly‚ and loyalty‚ into Odysseus’ story while simultaneously offering insight to readers in the 21st century. Homer incorporates into Odysseus the paramount and novel idea of intelligence‚ which gives him an edge
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The Odyssey The Greeks believed that The Odyssey was composed by Homer. It is probable that Homer lived in the eighth century in Ionia‚ the Greek-inhabited coast and islands off central western Turkey. Homer is thought to have been writing towards the end of the eighth century BC. There was a great oral tradition of storytelling in Ancient Greece. It was not written down to be read‚ but was composed either orally‚ or at least in an oral style‚ and recited to the Greeks. The events being described
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Although The Odyssey by the Greek poet Homer is very much an epic tale of a man’s heroic quest‚ women play an incredibly large role. Penelope was the wife of Odysseus who waited twenty years for him to return home to her. What Penelope did was to show that when a man and a woman are faithful to one another‚ things will work out for the best. One important role was that she anchored the kingship of Ithaca. At the time of the Trojan war‚ kings were determined by a matrilineal scheme. Penelope was the
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wide” . The Odyssey recounts the adventures of the Greek hero Odysseus during his ten-year voyage home after the Trojan War. Homer begins with a one-paragraph invocation requesting the Muses to inspire him in the telling of his tale. Such an invocation was a convention in classical literature‚ notably in epics‚ from the time of Homer onward. In the invocation‚ Homer alludes to the heroics of Odysseus during the Trojan War. There‚ Odysseus fought valiantly and conceived the idea of presenting the
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upon the Achaeans” (Homer 98) while Genesis has a sense of peace when the Creator started to mold the earth‚ “God said “Let there be light.” And there was light. And He saw the light said it was good‚ and God divided darkness from the light and called them night and day.” (Genesis 75) Homer uses many adjectives to describe his character’s actions and strengths on the field of battle but Genesis is more straightforward with its text which make it easier to understand.
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