In Homer’s mythological epic: The Odessey the reader follows what is thought to be a story of a courageous soldier and his battle hardened crew fresh from their victory at the stronghold of Troy. Yet a dark shadow of greed and lust for power hangs over these heroic men. Odysseus is a supposed hero‚ an icon to all his men who are just as power hungry as he is thought to be heroic. Nevertheless at the time of Greek mythology all men had a level of lust‚ greed‚ and power hunger at their side. This ultimately
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The Odyssey is one of a major ancient Greek epic poem written by Homer. It is about the journey of Odysseus home after the war in Troy. It takes Odysseus ten years to return to Ithaca‚ and in his absence‚ the people of Ithaca assumes that Odysseus is dead. The role of women in Odysseus ’ voyage is also very important. It is because of the women that the whole story turned out the way it really did‚ and without them‚ the story would not be complete.The reason the Trojan war began was because of the
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is no matter how the suitors courted her and wanted to marry her she never went with a suiter. Another reason is that she never completely gave up hope that her husband was alive. The final reason is that she defended Odysseus’s memory. In The Odyssey‚ Penelope showed her loyalty to her husband multiple times throughout the epic poem. No matter what the suitors did to win her over
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Odyssey Essay I‚ Odysseus‚ fought with Greek heroes at Troy‚ and struggle to find my way back to my kingdom in Ithaca. I started my journey to Ithaca from Troy but my ship was carried away by a storm. My crew‚ ship and I ended up in the country of Lotophages. The Lotophages people ate the lotus plant‚ which made you forget everything. I then got my crew back on the ship and we sailed off to Ithaca from there. We then ended up on the island where Cyclops Polyphemus lived; he shoved my men and me
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The Greek society focused on in Homer’s The Odyssey seems to be very male-dominated‚ but women are able to undermine the men to gain freedom. The women in The Odyssey are either mothers or daughters‚ they are not independent of their family‚ and their place in society is based on their husband or father’s social status‚ but the smartest women know that they can go behind the men’s back to gain more power. Two of the women that are able to gain individuality from the men’s influence are Penelope and
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Even though The Odyssey is 1000 of years old‚ the use of human flaws serves the same purpose of defending readers against lousy feelings. Homer in the text‚ The Odyssey‚ talks about how disloyal people are paid back with enormous harm. Odysseus‚ a great epic hero‚ was disloyal himself as he had cheated on Penelope because he sleeps with Circe. This scene is clearly presented by the quote‚ which says‚“ Straightaway she began to swear the oath that I required -never‚...‚at last‚ I mounted Circe’s
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Switch In Ethos During The Iliad we see the warrior ethos as being the main ethos‚ but as we transfer to The Odyssey we see the transformation from warrior ethos to domestic ethos. Furthermore‚ the novel is based on domestic ethos and how home affects the warrior. Throughout The Odyssey we see Odysseus trying to make his way home after the Trojan War. On his adventure home he goes through trials and challenges before he actually makes it home. He has to outsmart people to be able to get where he
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although it may not be as extensive and serious as it is portrayed in the Odyssey‚ today’s hospitality is still relatable to those times. Hospitality was expected of all guest and host relationships. Xenia held both social and religious importance‚ as it was believed in ancient Greece that any person could actually be a god in disguise. In turn‚ xenia is a very important and prevalent major theme throughout Homer’s Odyssey. The custom of xenia to the Greeks meant a lot during a time when most of
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The Odyssey Essay During the Odyssey alot of good advice is given to one another. Unfortunatley this good advice is usually ignored and results is disaster. Due to this theres many unfortunate events during this story just on the act of stubborness. One example of this is when Circi gave advice to oddyseus saying "Sail on the side of Scylla thereby sacrificing only 6 men instead of the entire ship. . Odysseus was given advice from Circe that said not to try to fight Scylla even when she takes
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Meagan Finnerty English 9R Chappell 8-9 12-14-10 The Odyssey and The Wizard of Oz The Wizard of Oz is like the Odyssey because both Dorothy and Odysseus are determined and anxious to return home. Odysseus and Dorothy both meet characters along the journey who help them and evil characters trying to not let them reach home. Good characters who give advice in the Wizard of Oz are the munchkins who show Dorothy where to go to get to the Emerald city to ask the wizard how she will be
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