Exemplar Response How is the Ancient Greek family structure represented in The Odyssey? Ancient Greek culture embodied specific family ideals that are represented in The Wanderings of Odysseus through Odysseus’s family structure. As he attempts to return home to Ithaca‚ his wife is left to tend to the house for seven long years. She must supervise her servants‚ as the reader sees in Chapter 5‚ Telemachus Seeks His Father. This is the first time that readers are introduced to Odysseus’s family
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reassures him in his fight with the suitors. Hermes was helpful as well‚ Hermes delivered messages back and forth on his journeys from the world of gods to Earth; he also helped by giving telemachus a potion to free the men from the enchantress. Poseidon
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characteristics of loyalty‚ bravery‚ and arrogance as they are believed to be more than a mortal but less than a god. Odysseus proves his loyalty‚ bravery‚ and arrogance as he continues to fight the challenges he obtains from island to island‚ cursed by Poseidon never to return home. Loyalty plays a key factor in Odysseus’ ten-year journey to return to his homeland of Ithaca. After escaping from the land of the Laestrygonians‚ Odysseus and his crewman reach Aiaia Island‚ the home of the witch Kirke‚ who
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Everything Happens For a Reason Both The Odyssey by Homer and Oedipus Rex by Sophocles‚ were based in the context of ancient Greek culture but each was written during different time periods. The Gods played an enormously influential role in the lives of the Ancient Greeks. The Odyssey was written during the Greek Heroic Age (1500-1100 B.C.E.) and Oedipus Rex was estimated to be written around the 430s B.C.E. during the Age of Pericles when Athens was at its height of political and cultural power
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peaceful creature did not have such a peaceful birth - which I will now explain in the Greek creation myth. It all began when Poseidon decided to seduce Medusa‚ as she was once a beautiful young woman with infamous hair which every other woman envied. So‚ Poseidon set out to seduce her in the Athene temple and he succeeded. Naturally‚ Athena was infuriated that Poseidon has done such a thing in her own temple and she was also enraged by the possibility that Medusa was more beautiful than her. So
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In Greek mythology Minos (/ˈmaɪnɒs/ or /ˈmaɪnəs/; Greek: Μίνως‚ Minōs) was the first King of Crete‚ son of Zeus and Europa. Every nine years‚ he made King Aegeus pick seven young boys and seven young girls to be sent to Daedalus’s creation‚ the labyrinth‚ to be eaten by the Minotaur. After his death‚ Minos became a judge of the dead in the underworld. The Minoan civilization of Crete has been named after him by the archaeologist Arthur Evans. By his wife‚ Pasiphaë (or some say Crete)‚ he fathered
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I chose Percy Jackson‚ due to the fact that he is like Odysseus. He’s like Odysseus‚ because he’s not morally perfect‚ is considered a hero because he saves olympus and this is what Greeks considered heros. Some of Percy’s most pivotal moments in “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief‚” are; his mom is stolen by the minotaur‚ he meets Annabeth‚ they go to the lotus hotel in Las Vegas‚ they go to the underworld‚ and they meet the gods. When his mom is stolen by a minotaur is a crucial
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1Rossi Juliann Rossi 02/24/2014 Dr. Motard Noar The Odyssey and Domineering Females In The Odyssey ‚ particularly during the ending of the epic‚ Homer challenges the archetype of male dominance by essentially making Odysseus powerless‚ and instead‚ while it is often disguised‚ gives the female characters all the power and control. This is seen most obviously with Athena who saves Odysseus’ life countless times‚ and also with Penelope who controls not only her husband but also several suitors
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because of his anger. When an author alludes to Poseidon‚ the character is usually portrayed as weathered and old. The character can create mass destruction‚ but also bring peace. The character usually has some correlation or connection to the sea‚ and has some sort of strength such as Poseidon’s trident. He or she is very powerful. The character’s strength is creativity‚ a trident-like weapon‚ and water‚ while the weakness is often women (Poseidon had many
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Jaquay Carlton October 8‚2014 World Lit Take-Home Midterm‚ Section 3 1. The term epic refers to a long narrative about a hero or a god. In the epic poem Odyssey‚ the narrative takes the shape because it is written in meter. The Odyssey is an epic poem because it is a long narrative poem‚ and it focuses on an epic subject such as the suffering of Odysseus life‚ as he deals with being absent from his home and family for twenty years. (Why is The Odyssey is an epic poem) 2. In The Odyssey there
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