Odyssey‚ the book which people have been reading and learning from it generation after generation‚ its main character‚ Odysseus has been portrayed to be a great leader and be worshiped by a large amount of people. However‚ while reading it in advanced deeply‚ in details and sentence by sentence‚ seeing the evidence‚ the mirror of Odysseus occurred. The way that he treated his men‚ the way he led his men to‚ the way he talked to his men‚ arrogance‚ self-centered‚ unmotived‚ selfish all showed his
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Compare and Contrast of Odysseus and Aeneas Odysseus‚ the hero in The Odyssey‚ and Aeneas‚ the hero in The Aeneid‚ fought in opposing sides in the Trojan war. Odysseus was the king of Ithaca and was arguably the smartest king and warrior in all of Greece‚ whereas Aeneas was a warrior from Troy whose destiny was to found the Roman race in Italy. While both men were highly acclaimed by their respective countrymen as heroes‚ they shared many similarities in respect to their background‚ their virtue
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harmony does not last long and challenges follow Odysseus like a plague. Calypso‚ the audience believes holds the last installment of the global journey‚ our hero has yet more battles ahead of him. In fact‚ the king of Ithaca wandered the Mediterranean and its coastal lands for 10 years before finally arriving home. As waves crash against the raft‚ “he was seen sailing the ocean”(284). The sea near the land of the Phaeacians is only one region Odysseus has been driven to. All these occurs as a number
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As one can surmise from the tumultuous situations he is forced into over the following years at sea‚ Odysseus endured great hardships all due to his hubris. His crew was decimated and he was forced to live without his wife‚ Penelope‚ and son‚ Telemachus‚ for far longer than he ever expected. However‚ like Gilgamesh‚ Odysseus is ultimately not ruined by his hubris. Instead‚ Homer decides to end his tale by finally allowing him to arrive home with “More [gifts] than he ever would have taken out of
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The Siren can be described as unnatural‚cursed‚and bad.While the crewmen are not listening to the Sirens‚Odysseus is.In the painting communicates the idea of what is happening. while book 12 communicates the idea of Odysseus and his men point of view.In the poem it describes the Sirens point of view.It said in the poem "I don’t enjoy being a Siren‚I don’t enjoy singing this song".It might be saying that they are cursed.Also they said" if I tell you the secret can you help me get out of this bird
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The sun rises on one side of the world‚ while it sets on the other. Odysseus’ nostos is a difficult journey where he experiences the worst chaos anyone could imagine‚ as if everything he possesses is beginning to fade away. In Homer’s Odyssey‚ Odysseus is seen to persevere through many chaotic experiences‚ similar to the sun setting. Through determination‚ he is able to reestablish his life and restore order back to his oikos that resides in Ithaka‚ as if the sunshine in his life is returning. Although
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virtues which define us as humans. Odysseus virtues are the only things which keep him alive in the face of incredible danger at the hands of natural threats. Today we live insulated and protected from hostility nature. We do not have the virtue in the same capacity as those which enable Odysseus to survive. In Odyssey many people consider Odysseus as a man of virtues and vice. He was declare as a man of virtues during the time Polyphemos start to eat is men‚ Odysseus almost kills Polyphemos but he
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Odysseus played both the hero and villain role in The Odyssey; it all depends on whose perspective you see him through. Penelope saw her husband as a hero who fought hard to get back home to her. To Polyphemus‚ Odysseus was a villain who tricked him and blinded him. During the Trojan War he expressed an enormous amount of hero traits‚ but later in his journey‚ especially in books 9-12 his heroic behavior diminished. Homer depicts Odysseus as the stereotypical epic hero. He was of noble birth‚ being
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A hero must never leave his friends behind even if he must force them to go with him. In The Odyssey by Homer‚ in the chapter “The Lotus Eaters” Odysseus arrives on an island were three of his crew eat the Lotus and fight to stay on the island. In The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan when Percy goes to the Lotus Casino his friends are stuck and he must force them out. Odysseus and Percy are similar because they are heroes who encounter the Lotus Eaters while on a quest‚ but they are different because
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A Hero In the worlds eye of a hero we tend to think of super heroes from comic books‚ movies ‚ and television shows. Well many of us look up to that special person in our lives that have shown courage and determination to succeed after set backs. My hero in my life is my father. My father was born in a small town in Durango‚Mexico. He was brought to the United States at the age of 6 years old with 6 other siblings. While being raised in South Central Los Angeles‚ California he was brought into
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