Frederick Douglass once said “With out a Struggle their can be no Progress”. This quote perfectly explains the ups and downs of ones quest to return home. In the Odyssey‚ Homer uses Odysseus’s journey to show how one’s journey can affect them as a person. In the Odyssey‚ Homer gives Odysseus’s challenges that detours his journey home. These problems affect his desire to get back home and what he will do for his family. Odysseus states “ I drew on all my wits‚ and ran through the tactics‚ reasoning
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Odysseus: Nothing But an Epic Hero Odysseus‚ man of exceptional wit‚ bravery‚ and intelligence‚ epic hero The Odyssey written by Homer‚ is nothing short of extraordinary. He fearlessly leads his remaining men home to Ithaca‚ doing everything in his power to get them back alive and well. While this is undoubtedly a noble deed‚ Odysseus slips up more than he does any good‚ therefore making it unfit to call him a hero. A hero is someone who is compassionate‚ selfless‚ and wise. He is selfish‚ disloyal
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Odysseus and Ulysses Legends are often alluded to in modern works of art. The Odyssey is a collection of stories detailing the adventures of Odysseus‚ the great hero of the Trojan War. Odysseus is alluded to in several books and movies‚ including O Brother‚ Where Art Thou?. In O Brother‚ Where Art Thou?‚ a character named Ulysses Everett McGill closely resembles Odysseus. The movie O Brother‚ Where Art Thou? adapts Odysseus from The Odyssey to create a witty and proud character named Ulysses.
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It was late afternoon when I‚ Polyphemus‚ saw their boat sailing in from the turquoise waters that day. Their leader‚ I later found out that his name was Odysseus. It didn’t really surprise me in the least that they came here because many people have done it in the past. I was actually kind of excited about it because I alone hadn’t had a visitor in a long time though. They never saw me while I was hiding and planning what I was going to do to them once they entered my cave and I trapped them inside
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One of the times he showed the act of intelligence was when he told Polyphemus his name was nothing. Odysseus was also a very wise man. He was the goddess Athena’s favorite.Athena is the goddess of wisdom daughter of Zeus. She helped him with the Trojan horse that helped them conquer the city of troy. She helped him mostly
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the birth of Theseus; and he turned Caeneus into a man‚ at her request‚ after raping her. Another rape involved Amymone when she tried to escape from a satyr and Poseidon saved her. Other offspring of Poseidon include: Eumolpus‚ the Giant Sinis‚ Polyphemus‚ Orion‚ King Amycus‚ Proteus‚ Agenor and Belus from Europa‚ Pelias‚ and the King of Egypt‚ Busiris. One of the most notorious love affairs of Poseidon involves his sister‚
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a level of intelligence or some sort of knowledge that they use to cause mischief. Without a doubt‚ Odysseus’ most defining characteristic is his wit‚ and while he is seen using it to get himself out of sticky situations (as he did when escaping Polyphemus)‚ he also uses it to create troublesome scenarios for what seems to be his own humor. This is most evident to me in The Odyssey when‚ after finally returning to Ithaca and learning of the suitors that have occupied his home‚ Odysseus disguises himself
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Cyclops: Polyphemus • The Cyclops is Poseidon’s son. He represents brute forces. • We know of the Cyclops’s strength because he has a boulder as a doorway. • The warning Odysseus gave the Cyclops was that he had to be nice to guests. The Cyclops said he didn’t care
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Poseidon was ruler of the sea. He met a beautiful young girl named Amphrite. Amphrite became Goddess of the sea and they soon married. They then had 8 kids: Thesus‚ Triton‚ Polyphemus‚ Belus‚ Agenor‚ Nelus‚ Atlas‚ and Marina. Marina was their youngest daughter. Amphrite was worried about her daughter. Amphrite and Poseidon were both very busy and desperate‚ so Amphrite took it upon herself to ask her evil older sister Alizeh to look after ands protect her and Poseidon’s’ new born baby. Alizeh
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Poseidon is one of the three major gods and also was one of the most worshipped/respected gods of Olympus. He is widely know as the Greek god of the sea‚ earthquakes‚ and horses. Poseidon was the son of Kronos and Rhea (Kuiper 1). He had five siblings‚ two brothers and three sisters (Sellers 1). Poseidon had played a major part in the war against the titans to gain freedom. Once Poseidon helped defeat his father‚ Kronos‚ and the other evil creatures of the world‚ he obtained the control over the
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