complex challenges throughout their lives. Some have faced hardship with difficulties‚ loneliness‚ and suffrage. In the novel‚ The Odyssey by Homer‚ their characters has significant roles and inspiration for the author‚ Edna St. Vincent Millay‚ to create the free verse poem‚ “ An Ancient Gestures”. The poem has developed through the inspiration of the two characters in The Odyssey‚ which includes‚ Penelope and Odysseus. Having Penelope waiting for her love one‚ Odysseus‚ to return from the exodus from Troy
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Kajaline Rajalingam Topic two T.A: Ila Goody AP/HUMA 1150 9.0A Friday 10:30 a.m 11 November 2014 Oddyseus: the Human Paradigm of a Civilized Greek Citizen The Odyssey presents that the wealth of a man in Greek society was primarily based on the amount of livestock he cultivated‚ and most importantly the honour he accumulated through valorous deeds. Consequently‚ the degree to which a man was considered civilized was equivalent to his wealth. Homer establishes that achieving nostos was a principal
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Themes shared between Ceremony and The Odyssey In both The Odyssey and Ceremony the authors use a theme of mental strength as a way to show their power to overcome the antagonist. This is demonstrated in book 9 of The Odyssey when Odysseus tricked the Cyclops (Polyphemus) into believing his name was “Nobody” after overcoming the urge to tell him his real name. After Polyphemus ate two of Odysseus’s men and was planning to eat him last‚ Odysseus planned to kill him first. Odysseus intoxicated Polyphemus
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The Odyssey was one of the most action filled books i think i have ever read. now i don’t like reading very much‚ in fact i hardly ever read and i couldn’t wait to get back to class to read more of The Odyssey. The Odyssey is a story of a guy who has about a 20 year struggle to return home to is wife and son after fighting in the trojan war. Odysseus faces many obstacles on his journey home such as the Cyclops island‚ The sirens island and Calypso’s island. The first obstacle that Odysseus faces
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There are few buildings in the world today that have survived the ravages of time so well as the Pantheon in Rome. This is mainly due to superior engineering. The Pantheon has often been copied‚ sometimes equaled but never surpassed‚ it had more architectural innovations than most modern buildings. This makes the Pantheon really extraordinary since it was built around 125 AD under the aegis of the emperor Hadrian. Superior engineering The plan is simple enough: a circular enclosure aside a rectangular
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Hospitality in the Odyssey The reason Odysseus has taken so much time to reach back to Ithaca is associated with the greek term Xenia‚ but this element in literature called Xenia can also be helpful for one’s survival. The greek term Xenia refers to hospitality‚ meaning giving anyone respect with food‚ shelter or any need. To the Greeks at the time hospitality was a large way to show respect and to gain respect from neighbors and other civilians. Greeks believed the gods wanted them to show hospitality
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There are many themes Homer uses in The Odyssey. This poem by Homer‚ describes the long journey of Odysseus. A few themes Homer portrays are justice and reciprocity. There is no linear justice system within this Greek poem. Thus characters act accordingly to xenia. The host is to properly treat the guest with care since the guest can be a god in disguise. Reciprocity plays a roll in The Odyssey‚ since characters are reward for displaying good xenia. Characters who don’t display xenia are the ones
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In the epic The Odyssey‚ the epic hero Odysseus exhibits man heroic traits‚ the most important of which is intellect. In The Odyssey‚ the hero Odysseus first shows intellect in the island of the Lotus Eaters. He chooses to go onto the island and grab his men that got addicted to the lotus. They have lost all hope in returning home. Odysseus doesn’t want them to lose loyalty to their families. This is the first episode that he shows the heroic trait of intellect. The second adventure that Odysseus
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that does not run away from fear‚ but the man that embraces it. He discovers every agonizing part of it‚ then defeats it. Nelson Mandel former president of South Africa and political activist (AP)‚ expressed his view on bravery. Mandel showed his true courage as he spent 20 years in prison‚ fighting for something he believed in(PrPP). Similar to Odysseus‚ the main character in the Greek epic poem The Odyssey‚ showed courage and bravery in his long ten year journey (Abp)‚ fighting for a chance to see
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The ancient Greek code of hospitality xenia influenced the epic in various ways. The Phaeacians welcome Odysseus under this code. “’In accordance with our [Phaeacian] custom‚ let us make the immediate arrangements to escort him [Odysseus]’” (95). They followed with their custom and later saw him back to Ithaca. This influences the end of the epic greatly without the Phaeacians generous interpretation of xenia Odysseus would never have reached home and taken revenge on the suitors. Xenia was shown
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