This essay will be telling you that cunning is the most important trait to have when you are an epic hero. I will be telling you why cunning is the most important trait to have. I will be showing you examples of how Odysseus displayed these traits throughout his journey. In the paragraph I will tell how the examples displayed him being cunning. My first example of how Odysseus displayed a cunning act is his encounter with the Cyclopes. When he thought to blind the Cyclopes rather than to kill the
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Odysseus: A Hero Heroism was not an invention of the Greeks. Yet‚ through the first hundreds years of their civilization‚ the Greek literature has already given birth to highly polished and complex long epics that revolved around heroes. These literature works gave many possibilities of definition of heroism. The Greeks illustrated heroism to obey the rules laid down by the gods and goddesses‚ and those who obey the rules would gain honor and fame. The Greeks regarded intelligence as one of
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Coming Home The Renaissance period was defined by the plethora of work that paid homage to antiquity‚ or the classics. These Renaissance writers‚ artists‚ and thinkers recognized the virtues‚ themes‚ and ideas of the classics and they were able to harness those virtues‚ themes‚ and ideas in order to influence their society. Today‚ the same thing is exhibited in many contemporary works. There is evidence of the importance of classical ideas in various modern works of today‚ ranging from but not limited
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type of standing male statue‚ always shown nude. A) kouros 3. One of the Greek orders of architecture‚ elaborate and graceful in style‚ it features columns that have capitals decorated with volutes that look "scroll-like." A) Ionic 4. She is Odysseus’s ever-faithful wife who refuses to declare her husband dead and remarry one of her suitors. B) Penelope 5. This term identifies a sculptural technique in which figures are carved out of a block of stone‚ part of which is left to form a background
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skipped‚ added‚ re-modified‚ or they stay the same to one another‚ both the book and movie of The Odyssey share the same story. Character personality traits and conflicts are very similar between the book and movie of the Odyssey. For example‚ Odysseus’s character is very much the same in the book and movie because he is very smart and witty in battles. He also has a problem with women along his journey back home. Penelope is another character that is very similar in the book and movie. She is very
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According to the trial I faced in my life it reflects my character to Odysseus’s . I feel like it is a mark in my life ‚ just like Odysseus journey .It is difficult to forget something that is markable . For example ‚ Odysseus would never forget that difficult and unforgettable would never forget this big tragedy in my life . Odysseus and my journey are similar because they are both harmful. My legend as when I was six and my aunt ‚ my cousin and I when we were in the French Quarter and we were
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they were both Greek‚ and the Greeks held a lot of pride they needed to protect. This makes me believe that the story behind The Odyssey was twisted so that the reader was forced to see from the perspective the author wanted. The Odyssey portrays Odysseus’s men as thugs. In book 10 of The Odyssey they come across an island where Circe lives. Odysseus sends his crew men to check the place out. From
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What is your definition of a hero? It is definitely not a man with supernatural powers that can fly or have unhuman super strength. Many believe this is the case‚ but the definition is definitely the opposite of this one. A hero would be someone who has courage and has risked or sacrificed his life for others to achieve greatness. A hero to others is a person that has discovered or achieved something outstanding. A hero was a leader who not only had physical strength‚ but mental strength as well
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suffering. For example: in “The Odyssey” the battle between the suitors‚ Telemachus and Odysseus. In book twenty-two‚ Eumaeus guards the side door to the palace so that no suitors can escape; while Melanthius climbs through a secret passageway into Odysseus’s storeroom and brings weapons to some of the suitors. Eumaeus and Philoetius catch Melanthius when he returns for more weapons and leave him strung up in the storeroom in great
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Eurylochus convinces the crew to kill and feast on one of the Sun God’s cattle. Yet‚ they did not know Lampetia was guarding the cattle‚ “They have killed your kine.” (l. 921) she told her father‚ Lord Helios. Lord Helios then prayed to Zeus to make Odysseus’s crew pay for what they did. This makes Odysseus seem like a bad leader‚ he didn’t tell his crew about what Lord Helios would do to the crew‚ resulting in all the men dying except
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