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    Odysseus

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    temptresses‚ a suitors contest‚ and epic hero‚ and loyal servants. In The Odyssey‚ Odysseus‚ the main character faces many sea monsters including Scylla‚ Sirens‚ and Charybdis. Scylla is a sea monster with six heads. She is portrayed as similar to an octopus. She will not stop attacking her prey until she eats six men. Once she gets one human to eat per head‚ she will leave them alone. Another sea monster Odysseus’ encounters are Sirens. Sirens bewitch men with their voice and lure them to their

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    Is Odysseus A Hero

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    The Odyssey Do you consider Odysseus a hero? The Odyssey by Homer is about a king from Ithaca named Odysseus and his warriors who go to war and have to go through alot of difficult obstacles to get back home to Odysseus’ wife Penelope and his son Telemechus. Odysseus is extrodinarly strong but he doesn’t rely on his strength‚ he relies on his mind. Odysseus is brave‚ prideful‚ and self-centered. He is Brave because he goes into the land of the dead to face Hades in order to get back to Ithaca

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    Land and Land Use

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    Awah ID: 00577043 Application #1 High crop prices a threat to nature? (Star Tribune) The Land and Land Use topic that we are learning about in class talks about how the land has different uses. The farmers who own the land in this article have a tough decision on how to use it. It is currently being used for natural habitat but will bring in more fortune as farmland. This land is the type of land that is most valuable for natural habitat growth. The soil type also would help crop growth which

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    The Evolution of Odysseus

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    The Evolution of Odysseus Throughout the Odyssey‚ Homer explores the evolution of Odysseus from a young and inexperienced warrior when he leaves to fight at Troy to a mature and accomplished war hero when returns to his home at Ithaca. The slow maturation of Odysseus develops as he accomplishes physical and mental victories against women in the form of monsters‚ goddesses‚ nymphs‚ and mortals. Each of the women obstacles tests Odysseus’ strength as a leader‚ a father‚ and husband‚ and as he defeats

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    main character‚ Odysseus‚ the King of Ithaca struggles with getting back home from the Trojan War‚ where his wife‚ Penelope and son have been waiting on his return home for twenty years. Nothing could stand in Odyssey’s way to getting back home to his loved ones. He takes on many risks and endures several hardships but never gives up hope. Odysseus’s journey relied on his curious nature‚ clever ability‚ and his intelligence. Odysseus’s characteristics made him an excellent leader. After the Trojan

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    Odysseus as a Hero

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    men cower in fear‚ a figure of greatness and leader of courage strives to return home. In Homer’s epic poem‚ The Odyssey‚ Odysseus‚ the central character of the epic‚ applies his strengths‚ leadership skills and his determination to reach his abode escaping from flesh eating one-eyed mammoths‚ arrogant betrayers‚ and violent whirlpool and sea monsters. Odysseus and his crew face the impossible challenges on his voyage back home‚ but with Odysseus’ leadership‚ they prevail. Approaching Scylla

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    Odysseus and Polyphemus

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    island of the Cicones. At the island of the Cicones Odysseus and his men stormed the beach but didn’t press any attack on the people there. The Cicones rallied back up and prepared for an attack on Odysseus and his men‚ from horse back. In a large battle that Odysseus inevitably lost‚ six rows of Odysseus’s men were killed and Odysseus had to flee the island The Lotus-Eaters When Odysseus and his men landed on the island of the Lotus-Eaters‚ Odysseus sent out a scouting party of three or so men who

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    Machiavelli and Odysseus

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    each other in order for the leader to be successful. Power is a person’s ability to influence others and leadership is a person’s talent to guide a group of people to achieve their common goal. A person that has power but without the capacity to make the right decisions for the team will definitely fail to lead a team to their goal and a person without the influence on others but with the talent to lead a team will sure not be able to implement the qualities of a great leader to a group. Homer’s The

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    The Adventure of Odysseus

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    [pic] The adventure of Odysseus What is an Epic? A long narrative poem about a legendary hero. Homer • poet • thought to be blind‚ but describes events as a seeing person • lived around 1200 B.C.E Ismarus City • From Troy‚ the ships first made land at Ismarus. • Ismarus – City of Ciconians • Odysseus lost six men from each ship. • Odysseus continued their sailing. • They were overtaken by a storm which drove them for NINE DAYS along the sea till they reached

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    Character of Odysseus

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    English make up quiz 01 The Odyssey (Books IX‚ X) Q. Give a character desorption of Odysseus based on the two books‚ what would you identify as his most essential‚ defining character traits? How would you describe him as a leader/commander? I find Odysseus as a very complicated character. He is strong‚ courageous‚ Intelligent‚ confident and most importantly very cunning character with judgmental problem. As I read book IX‚ I find him as a self assured man‚ so proud of identifying himself

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