Ithaca. Thus begins the longest journey of Odysseus’s life: a twenty year pursuit through many encounters with fantastic creatures‚ the cordial arms of the Phaaicians‚ and finally home to his yearning family in the Iron Age story of Homer’s The Odyssey. Advance to the modern day life of cars and highways. Lightning McQueen‚ a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed‚Lightning McQueen‚ a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed‚Lightning McQueen‚ a hotshot rookie racecar finds himself in a three-way
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In the Odyssey‚ Homer has the character of Odysseus go through several trials or obstacles in order to finally reach his family in Ithaca. Odysseus is the ideal man not only in the physical sense‚ as he is a very strong and powerful individual‚ but also in the mental
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The Odyssey is an epic poem about the greek gods‚ goddesses‚ and monsters but is there an absence of an epic hero in this poem? Odysseus -the reigning king of Ithaca- was taking part in the Trojan War for 10 long years. After the Trojan War‚ he was thrown of his course by the gods and goddesses. These gods were upset by how Odysseus had overthrown and held hostages during the war. He was then traveling another 10 years to return to his home‚ Ithaca. On and on he raced to go home while overcoming
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stepping on others to reach it and at the same time to avoid extreme and take the middle way. My human ideal is pretty much stated in “Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle”‚ but the other texts have their own validated ways to reach the human ideal. The Odyssey portrayed a character who seems to be the ideal mortal. His name
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Ms. Cheney Period 5 24 October 2012 The Odyssey Questions Books 9 - 12 Book 9 1. Odysseus and his crew arrive at the land of the Lotus-eaters‚ "people who eat the lotus‚ mellow fruit and flower." (Page 214‚ Line 96). He sends ahead three men to scout out the people who live there and send a message back. The scouts soon start mingling with the natives‚ the Lotus-eaters‚ who have no notion of killing the men. Rather‚ the Lotus-eaters feed them the lotus‚ the honey-sweet fruit‚ that causes all
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Over and over in Homer’s Odyssey the story lifts up poise as a primary virtue. Odysseus shows poise when Laodamas challenges him to compete in the games. Odysseus was enjoying his time off from being tossed around by the gods. The Phaeacian people are celebrating and playing games in the light of Odysseus’ presence. Broadsea encourages Laodamas to go challenge Odysseus. On that que‚ he stood up challenging Odysseus to the games. Odysseus responds‚ “Laodamas‚” quick to the mark Odysseus countered
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There are many gods throughout the story the odyssey that helped the men through their very long journey to get home. To start off with there was Athena she was the most influential god towards the men. Athena is the daughter of zeus‚ she is the goddess of wisdom‚ purposeful battle‚ and the womanly arts. She had an eye out for odysseus throughout the whole book watching him and helping him through everything. Specifically his shipwreck in Book 5 and the mismatched battle of Book 22. She also reassures
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Loyalty to family‚ community‚ and the gods is an important quality in the lives of ancient Greek citizens. These qualities are clear demonstrated in The Odyssey through Penelope‚ Telemakhos‚ and Odysseus. Penelope shows her loyalty in several ways. She shows loyalty to Odysseus by waiting for his return for twenty long years. She did not choose a suitor until she knew for sure that Odysseus was dead. To delay the decision of choosing a suitor‚ Penelope said she would marry a suitor after she
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Odysseus’ Cunning In Homer’s epic novel The Odyssey‚ Homer depicts Odysseus as a character of great intelligence and cunning. Throughout the many dangers and hazards he encounters‚ Odysseus shows‚ in many ways‚ his ingenious slyness. Odysseus’ cunning is shown in many examples‚ such as when he encounters the lotus-eaters. Some of his men‚ hungry as they are‚ accept the lotus-eaters’ offering of some of their lotus to eat. Soon they forget all about their efforts to get home as a result of
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pattern of narrative identified by Joseph Campbell‚ that describes the typical adventure of The Hero‚ the person who goes out and achieves great deeds on behalf of the group‚ tribe‚ or civilization (Hero’s Journey). Odysseus‚ the main character in the Odyssey by Homer‚ and his journey is a great example of a Hero’s Journey because of all the stages he went through. Being the King of Ithaca‚ he has great responsibilities‚ but because he had a newborn son‚ he couldn’t just leave his family. Still‚ he had
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