After a glorious victory in the Battle of Troy‚ a Greek leader and king stumbles upon the great king and queen of the Phoenicians during his voyage back to his homeland. Thrown off course by the mythological gods and monsters of Greek mythology‚ Odysseus‚ the King of Ithaca‚ must endure many obstacles for twenty years prior to reaching his kingdom. In the epic poem‚ The Odyssey written by Homer‚ Odysseus’ travels start during what is known as “ The great wanderings”. Odysseus portrays the qualities
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John Smith Mrs. Smith English 1-D‚ H 20 January 2013 What makes a hero? A hero‚ in society’s eyes‚ possesses supernatural powers and demonstrates his justification of good and evil. But what really makes a hero? The Greeks had a well-specified idea of what attributes a hero needs. In the epic poem‚ The Odyssey‚ Homer provides insight in the Ancient Greek civilization’s concept of a hero as one who possesses bravery and intelligence‚ yet also flaws. Primarily‚ Homer does
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found or recognized than others. The most commonly used motif of all is the quest for something of importance. In the Odyssey‚ Odysseus was away from home for twenty years and could not wait to see his faithful wife‚ Penelope‚ and loyal son‚ Telemachus (Homer). Odysseus is on his journey home to see his family and reclaim his throne as king of Ithaca. Just like Odysseus‚ in Finding Nemo‚ Marlin‚ a clownfish‚ swims across the ocean in a desperate search for his son‚ Nemo‚ after he was captured
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Homer’s epic poem‚ The Odyssey has portrayed the history of religion‚ traditions‚ war‚ family values‚ and the integrity of the ancient Greek culture. Like other ancient societies‚ their cultural traits could be recognized through their literary works‚ such as the Odyssey. Lewis Jewsbury stated that Homer’s writings were of great importance for the Greeks during seventh century BC‚ and his stories were regarded as authentic narratives of their past‚ which their written past history was destroy from
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it easier for the god to track him down. 3. Qualities that make Odyssey a story that is still read today is its interesting plot‚ suspense‚ and archetypes mentioned throughout the entire story. For example‚ at the end of the test of the bow‚ “Telemachus‚ true son of King Odysseus‚...stood by his chair‚in the forefront near his father”(Homer 1255) shows a cliffhanger‚ which is prevalent in many books today. It allows the story to build up suspense and read on in an action story. Archetypes are a
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story is after the Trojan wars. PLACE: The places of the story are in Ithaca and Fayessia. II. CHARACTERS o Odysseus – King of Ithica o Penelope – Wife of Odysseus o Athena – Goddess of Wisdom o Calypso – She saved Odysseus from Hades o Telemachus – Son of Odysseus and Penelope o Agamemnon – head of the soldiers against the trojans o Menalayes – the one who tries to get the kingdom of Oddysseus o Poseidon – God of the Sea o Anticlea – Mother of Odysseus o Hermes – Messenger of Gods
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describes him as “filth lion”.Penelope still does not believe in Eurycleia but still wants see her son who is downstairs‚ as she goes down stairs Penelope is disgusted in the way Odysseus looks. That Penelope fails to see Odysseus in his conditions. Telemachus could not bare to see his mother not recognized his father. His father‚ Odysseus tells him to But before he could let her test him. He should probably not let the news spread to the city of the killings of all the men in his place.
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gender‚ as well as class differences could have played a role in their actions. In The Odyssey‚ the twelve maids are portrayed as being disloyal to both Odysseus and Penelope because it was discovered that they were sleeping with the suitors. Telemachus blatantly says to them‚ “You sluts- the suitors’ whores!” (453). He says this shortly before hanging them. The story fails to‚ however‚ give any reasoning as to why the maids were sleeping with the suitors. Also‚ it fails to acknowledge the fact
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We snatched what we could.” (14) The maids did not have prepared meals; they ate and drank what ever remained after they cleaned up after their masters. In the end they meet their deaths at the hand of the very person who they had helped raise‚ Telemachus. “If we had known that‚ would we have drowned him then?”
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