In the Odyssey by Homer‚ an epic story is told. Odysseus‚ the king of Ithaca‚ was sent to fight in the Trojan War. After Odysseus and his crew had won the war‚ they set sail on their long journey home. Their journey lasted 20 years and they had to overcome many tragic obstacles along the way. Eventually‚ Odysseus makes it home to his beloved wife‚ Penelope‚ only to find his homeland has been taken over by suitors. The tale of Odysseus’s long journey home‚ the Odyssey qualifies as an epic poem. Throughout
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In the Odyssey‚ there are many themes and lessons to be learned‚ as well as similarities to different stories of the time. The Odyssey contains many lessons to teach about temptation as well as endurance. Also‚ They Odyssey contains similarites to another epic of the time‚ The Illiad. The article from Arts and Humaities Through the Eras‚ by Edward I. Bleiberg‚ explains how the Odyssey relates to some key points of the article. One way the Odyssey relates to the article is through the explanation
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In the Odyssey by Homer‚ Telemachus is the son of Penelope and Odysseus. When Telemakus was a young infant‚ his father Odysseus went to fight in the battle of Troy. Because of Odysseus’ pride he got stuck at sea for 20 years. During these 20 years that he was away Telemachus grew up day by day. He lived in the palace of Ithaca with his mother and her suitors. As he grew older he started to notice that the suitors were consuming all of his father wine and killing all his cattle. Telemachus was always
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the blind fools‚ they devoured the cattle of the Sun and the Sungod blotted out the day of their return."(194) This quote is evidence that Odysseus and his men have made mistakes that is typical of humans and that mortals have intervened and played a
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The Odyessy Part II by Homer 1.) When Odysseus tells Telamachus his plan to kill all the suitors‚ Telemachus is very doubtful that it will work because of the large number of enemies against just the two of them. When Odysseus responds by telling Telemachus that the Zeus and Athena would help‚ Telemachus doesn’t believe him. Telemachus thinks the Gods are too busy to care because they rule the entire Earth and their battle would have no importance to them at all. Out of all the people in
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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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self-serving bias; consequently affecting his writing so that the Greeks are looked upon negatively. In the Odyssey‚ Homer also displayed self-serving bias. When Homer recounts the victory of the Battle of Troy‚ he emphasizes how amazingly intelligent Odysseus is for his idea of the Trojan Horse. In the article it states‚ “ Researchers have suggested the presence of a self-serving attributional bias‚ with people making more internal‚ stable‚ and global attributions for positive events than for negative
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Iliad is a tragedy that tells about the battles of the Trojan War. The Odyssey is somewhat of a sequel‚ the story of Odysseus ’s travels home after the Trojan War. An article found in “The American Scholar” states‚ “ One might begin by asking what both epics‚ The Iliad and The Odyssey‚ would be like if there were no women in them. The Trojan war would not have been fought‚ and Odysseus (assuming he had gone to Troy in the first place) would not have bothered to return home.” (Lefkowitz. 504) This
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dangerous and fatal. Some of the most typical female characters are Athena‚ Circes and Penelope‚ where Athena is a powerful goddess and a skilled warrior‚ Circes is a cunning witch who tricked Odysseus’ men into drinking her potion and turning into swine‚ and Penelope‚ the extremely clever‚ yet loyal wife of Odysseus who outsmarted the suitors for 20 years. Most of these female characters fall under the category of “femme Fatale”‚ Latin for fatal-woman‚ which perfectly portrays their powerfulness and how
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(Tucker). In The Odyssey‚ by Homer‚ Odysseus’ return was made possible by some of the themes shown in part one‚ like loyalty and hospitality. The themes had also taught Odysseus a lesson‚ for example hubris. Odysseus had displayed the three major themes in the epic poem‚ hospitality‚ hubris‚ and loyalty through his character and interactions with others to signify the values and beliefs of the ancient Greek people. Without being loyal or receiving loyalty‚ Odysseus probably would have never made it
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