models of generosity‚ hospitality‚ good moral character‚ and just the right amount of pride. This may be true for some‚ but many in today’s society could learn a lesson from ancient Greek literature. In Homer’s epic poem‚ The Odyssey‚ the story of Odysseus’s journey and the people he encounters teaches valuable lessons about the virtues of xenia‚ arête‚ and hubris. In the epic poem‚ The Odyssey‚ Homer uses many terms that were used to describe various qualities and practices that were greatly valued
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named Polyphemus had lived .Odysseus invades Polyphemus’s cave and gets trapped inside. Polyphemus eats some of Odysseus’s People. He offers Polyphemus shots of liquor. Polyphemus asks for more‚ eventually he had to many which caused him to go to sleep. While Polyphemus was asleep‚ Odysseus decided to make a spear to inject inject it into
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Zegel 1 Hannah R. Zegel Mrs. Hannah Zegel Advanced English 20 Oct. 2014 When They Die Death is all around us. Death happens to everyone no matter if he wants it or not. Every religion has a different way of treating the dead. Some believe in reincarnation‚ the afterlife‚ and Hell. Though everyone’s beliefs are different‚not all bury their dead‚ not all have ceremonies‚ and not all respect their dead. Homer’s epic poem “The Odyssey” did support the death‚ burial ritual‚ and belief systems of the Ancient Greek civilization
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favorites is: falling into temptation will take you farther back than your starting point. You can see this theme portrayed as Odysseus struggles to find his home but when tempted stays to long with Circe. Or as they are almost home to Ithika and Odysseus’s crew opens the sack of winds. Also when they land on the island of the sun god and though they were told not to‚ eat some of his cattle. “As we were men we could not help consenting. So day by day we lingered‚ feasting long on roasts and wine
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Hell or Underworld: An Adventure After Death A judgment placed on the soul of a human being determines the future punishments and consequences after death. Dante Alighieri and Homer‚ two authors each publishing epic novels explaining the outcome of death‚ the afterlife‚ and one’s potential punishment. Alighieri is the first individual of his time to evaluate people in a poem‚ The Inferno‚ and place them in Hell for their sins and illegal actions. The Greek poet‚ Homer‚ uses
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Heroes have been around for thousands of years‚ and through all this time‚ for better or for worse‚ what they did and what they believed in has relatively stayed the same. The best example of this is the comparison between the ancient Greek hero of Odysseus from The Odyssey‚ and the medieval English hero of King Arthur from Le Morte D’ Arthur. When you first look at these two heroes you see that they are from two completely different times‚ with different cultures‚ different ethics‚ and different
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earlier and never returned. Homer portrays her as sometimes flighty and excitable but also clever and steadfastly true to her husband. I then came to the Gods of the story. The first was Poseidon who was the god of the sea. As the suitors are Odysseus’s mortal antagonists‚ Poseidon is his divine antagonist. He despises Odysseus for blinding his son‚ the Cyclops Polyphemus‚ and constantly hampers his journey home. Ironically‚ Poseidon is the patron of the seafaring Phaeacians‚ who ultimately help
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Odysseus. A name known by some as a glorious hero and known by others as a trickster who uses intricate schemes. During the story of The “Cyclops”‚ and many stories before it‚ Odysseus goes on a many adventures and creates many sticky situations for himself in which he finds ways to gets out of. “In the next land [what] we found were Cyclopes‚ giants‚ louts‚ without a law to bless them” (1050). Odysseus knows that the cavemen are uncouth and aggressive‚ yet he chooses to enter the cave- endangering
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Comparing the Odyssey to the Lord of the Rings The Lord of the Rings and Odyssey are two very weird stories in my opinion. The two stories include several similarities. The most noteworthy similarity of the two that were in common was the use of themes. Both included similar themes such as‚ life‚ death‚power‚ brotherly love‚ myth‚ temptation‚ and journey. One thing I noticed was the use of several different themes included in both stories. In the Lord of the Rings the
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the goddess of battle and wisdom she a natural liking for the brave and clever Odysseus. "I shall visit Ithaka/ to put more courage in the son‚ and rouse him/ to call an assembly of the islanders" (113-5) Arriving in Ithaka she assumes the form of Odysseus’s old friend Mentes. Athena speaks in a muted prophecy and in human disguise because she cannot just appear in all her divine glory and tell Telémakhos that her father is still alive. She convinces Telémakhos to set sail and search for his father
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