blinds the Cyclops and tricks him into setting them free. In his adrenaline driven victory‚ Odysseus shouts out “Cyclops‚ Odysseus‚ wrecker of cities‚ put out your eye‚ and do you tell anyone who asks” (Hamilton 109). Odysseus hadn’t realized that Polyphemus had a father named Poseidon. And for blinding his son‚ Poseidon swore Odysseus would travel the seas until he had lost all his men and endured long misery. This curse took ten years to be broken‚ then Odysseus could finally return home. This story
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An Analysis of Loyalty in Homer’s Odyssey In short‚ The Odyssey is a story of the war hero Odysseus’ pain and suffering caused by the extensive separation from his family and home during the chronicle of events after the fall of Troy. In the unraveling of these adventures‚ the reader is immersed in a world of heroic feats‚ strange creatures and lustful gods. However‚ behind all the myths and legends‚ there are a wide variety of underlying themes and concepts‚ which not only develop the plot and
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journeys‚ however‚ wine plays an integral part in the journeys of the two books. Most importantly‚ wine helps the heroes escape from their captors. An example can be found in Book 9 of The Odyssey. Polyphemus traps Odysseus and his crew in a cave and is about to devour them. However‚ Odysseus lulls Polyphemus to sleep using wine and blinds him. He then escapes by hiding under his bushy rams (888-942). There is a similar allusion in The Hobbit: Bilbo uses strong liquor to lull the prison guards to sleep
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and Gandhi are both larger than life‚ proving that epic heroes and modern day heroes aren’t very different after all. Another characteristic of epic heroes would be how they embody the ideals of their culture. In “The Odyssey”‚ Odysseus warns Polyphemus‚ a giant‚ man-eating cyclops‚ that
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Homer is allegedly a blind writer‚ who verbally dictated his poems. There is a blind bard that also appears in the Odyssey. Homer composed the Iliad and the Odyssey in 8th Century BCE‚ and they were changed a lot as they were passed down verbally. His poems were most famous especially because they survived the burning of the library of Alexandra. In the Odysseus which takes place after the events of the Iliad‚ Helen runs off with Paris a Trojan prince‚ Menelaus brother Agamemnon gathers allies and
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The Odyssey ~ Background Information * The novel covers a 10 year period. * The novel was written approximately in 720 B.C. * The novel takes place in 1230 B.C. ~ during the Bronze age. * The Iliad (written first) and The Odyssey are based on historical events that took place about 1230 B.C. * Both novels are considered epic poems * The Odyssey is defined as a journey. This is the story of Odysseus’ journey back home after the Trojan War. From The Odyssey‚ Homer chose the
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The author and narrator of “The Aeneid” is Publius Vergilius Maro (known simply as “Vergil”)‚ though the tale briefly transitions into Aeneas’s narrative at one point. Responding to audiences who are unfamiliar with his tale and motivated by the need to share it‚ Vergil recounts Aeneas’s story‚ from his actions during the fall of the city of Troy to his visit to the Underworld and beyond. Scholars have long studied this piece and debated its significance‚ either as a simple historical tale of fiction
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The Cyclops‚ Polyphemus‚ laughs at Odysseus’ pride‚ snatches two of his men and eats them whole. Odysseus and his men eventually escape the Cyclops‚ but his pride sets him and his men back after he shouts to the cyclops “ ‘Cyclops‚ if any mortal human being asks about the injury that blinded you / tell them Odysseus destroyed your eye / a sacker of cities / Laertes’ son / a man from Ithaca ( Johnston‚ book IX 525-530)”’. Odysseus tells the Cyclops his name and in return Polyphemus asks his father
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In almost all of the stories that have been written‚ there is a journey that the character undertakes to become whole and balanced‚ also known as the heroic journey. In the first stage of the journey‚ the departure‚ the hero leaves their known world and begins their adventure. After the hero undergoes the departure‚ they then move on to the next stage‚ the initiation‚ where they are put through tests and venture into the world of hero or magic or the previously unknown. The third and final stage
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hubris because he jeers and brags that he has indeed defeated the one-eyed monster‚ "Kyklops‚ if ever moral man inquire how you were put to shame and blinded‚ tell him Odysseus‚ raider of cities‚ took your eye..."(IX‚ 548 - 551). His insults to Polyphemus eventually brings misfortunes and catastrophic disasters on his journey back to Ithaca. Odysseus lessens his heroism value by this because he puts his group and himself in danger‚ which contradicts the traits of a hero. He should have considered
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