Book Review: The Odyssey by Homer Written by a blind man‚ Melesigenes better known as Homer‚ and translated by Alexander Pope‚ the Odyssey of Homer is a poem about the life of the king of Ithaca‚ Ulysses‚ who leaves to fight in the Trojan War‚ but he doesn’t return until 20 years. According to Professor P. Landow‚ Ulysses is a great athlete and great warrior‚ heroic‚ courageous‚ eloquent‚ and masterful‚ and at the same time‚ he I pious (Landow). In those twenty years trying to get back home‚ he
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left for the plane. Telemachus‚ still a child‚ woke up with Dawn. Telemachus rubbing his eyes‚ saw his Dad leave‚ “Mommy‚ where’s Daddy going?” “He’s just going away for a bit Telemachus‚ now let me make you breakfast‚” Penelope said with tiny drops of tears rolling down her face‚ patting Telemachus. “Okay‚” Telemachus said tiredly. * * * “That was ten years ago and now the war’s about over and he still hasn’t come back‚” Telemachus said. He was about twenty
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are based on “The Odyssey (1997)” movie. Odysseus - Main character; The Odyssey = Odusseia in Greek; circa 800-600 BC. Penelope - Wife of Odysseus Telemachus – son of Odysseus Eumaeus – the loyal shepherd Anticleia – is the mother of Odysseus who killed herself due to grief. Eurycleia – is the Loyal servant who nursed Odysseus and Telemachus when they were babies. Odysseus’ Men: • Perimedes – warrior who challenged and got eaten by Scylla. • Eurybates – loyal servant of Odysseus
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come to pass…” (2.164-75) I chose this because it shows the strength of the gods‚ Zeus got his pay back to the people because Telemachus said that they should be punish for trying to do this to his family while his dad is gone. Just like that Zeus punish them by sending 2 eagles on them from the mountains. The eagles scratch them up face an body‚ just like Telemachus asked Zeus to pay them back he sure did as a powerful God like Zeus would. Zeus showed his power to the people‚ Gods in the story
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The first example is the house of Menelaus. Telemachus and Peisistratus come to Lacedaemon. “And so they came to the rolling lands of Lacedaemon‚ deep in the hills‚ and drove up to the palace of the illustrious Menelaus” (The Odyssey). After Telemachus and Peisistratus reached Menelaus’s house‚ one of his servants‚ Eteoneus‚ told Menelaus who had arrived. Once Menelaus had heard this‚ he ordered his servants to unyoke the horses and bring them to the feast. “They led the sweating horses from
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Odysseus’s home in Ithaca to visit Odysseus’s son‚ Telemachus. Many suitors were there‚ trying to win the hand in marriage of Penelope‚ Telemachus’s mother and Odysseus’s wife. These many suitors had eaten Telemachus out of house and home. Athena arrives in the form of Mentor‚ a Taphian chief. Very generously‚ Telemachus invites Athena in. After they introduce themselves and Telemachus explains how the suitors have been living off of him‚ Athena puts Telemachus in his
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his home in Ithaca for a while after the fall of Troy so it was believed that he was deceased. His son‚ Telemachus‚ struggled with his father’s absence in the home and he was also unable to find courage within himself to put the suitors in their place. Despite everyone else’s thoughts and suitors attempts‚ Penelope‚ Odysseus’ wife‚ remained faithful to him. As the reader‚ I felt as though Telemachus would soon find himself before this story concluded. I also felt that Penelope truly believed that she
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to share in our feast”.(91) This shows that he is a genuine person and will treat them with hospitality as long as they stay. Furthermore‚ Athena advises young Telemachus to take a ship with faithful men and journey to Pylos. Phronius‚ a crew mate asks his father for the ship they will later use. Meanwhile‚ Athena disguised as Telemachus goes by night and selects the best men for the crew. Zeus‚ the god of xenia demands hospitality from the people. If people do not show xenia towards others
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societal custom women were under the protection of their father‚ husband or a male relative. The opening scene in book 1 illustrates how the twenty-year absence of King Odysseus caused great legal and economic threat to the royal crown placing Telemachus the son and young prince as the interim leader to save his mother Penelope the queen from a forced marital arrangement. As the narrator informs the reader that over 100 suitors live off the estate’s wealth detained the palace and provisions while
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The royal family Odysseus‚ Penelope‚ and Telemachus boarded the ship and took a vacation to the island of St. Vanessa. They sailed for three days and three nights until they reached their stunning location. Once they stepped off the boat‚ the family was awestruck by the luscious greenery and tropical colors that flooded their vision. Exquisite birds flew above the canopy of trees and the rustle of animals could be heard just past the patchwork of branches. Brilliant flowers sprung from overhanging
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