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    Odysseus An Epic Hero

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    smaller reason. Odysseus is a epic hero because he went on a large journey and was a leader to his crew. Unlike Odysseus singer Taylor Swift is considered a hero since lots of people look up to her with the fame she has and the songs she writes about. Although they are both considered heros they have different reasons why they are considered to be one (a hero). There are many heroes that are all considered heroes but a different reason for why they are “heroes”. In the Odyssey Odysseus goes on a long

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    Odysseus In The Odyssey

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    change people way of thinking and/or reacting‚ like Odysseus. In the book the Odyssey‚ we learned the story about the great warrior Odysseus‚ who was trying to go home‚ from a long and brutal war against Troy. He was a great fighter who demonstrated his strength and power in the Trojan War‚ but his prideful‚ hubris‚ and impulsive personality‚ made his journey back home be extremely long. Throughout most of the story of the Odyssey‚ there are many examples that demonstrate how Odysseus reacts to certain

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    Athena In The Odyssey

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    ak to the people they are watching over such as the instance in the Odyssey where Athena comes to Ithaca to visit Telemachus and reassure him that his father will be coming home and recommends a journey for the boy and to wait a year to allow him to make it home (pg.296). Though Telemachus may have not known it was Athena this is an example of a seen and heard Goddess which allows for her to reassure the boy. It is also seen with Achilles and Athena in the Iliad when Achilles is about to fight to

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    Helot In The Odyssey

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    • Helots As with many civilizations‚ the Spartan city-state made use of slave workers‚ helots. Those who fell into the status of the helot slave were of Greek decent. Although Spartans did not have written laws‚ they put aside their personal interests and needs in order to serve the needs of the city-state first. The backbone of this economic foundation was based on the populace holding the lowly position of helot. With Spartans at war‚ the defeat of outer areas of Greece ensured a wealth of helot

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    the audience expect to learn something. - The documentary filmmakers hope to reveal information to the audience‚ this would most probably be something that the audience is not familiar with or unaware of about the past or present. Documentary conventions: Voiceover: - The voiceover is authoritative and interesting in some way or another which encourages the audience to think that the person speaking has specialist knowledge in this particular field of the documentary. Peoples such as: David Attenborough

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    During Ancient Greek times‚ there was a famous writer named Homer. Homer’s ancestry can be traced from the Odyssey. It is said how Homer’s ancestry can be traced is through the Homeric question‚ which is said “that when the Emperor Hadrian asked the Oracle at Delphi about Homer‚ the Pythia predicated that he was Ithacan …referring to Odyssey” (Homer Biography). “Homer was the son of Epikaste and Telemachus. Born around 8th-9th century B.C. he was said to be a court singer and a story teller [sic]”

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    The Odyssey and Big Fish

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    ‘The Odyssey’ and ‘Big Fish’ In what ways has Homer’s Odyssey influenced your chosen epic? Homer’s Odyssey is full of themes and ideas‚ many that have influenced the modern world today. The ideas have been portrayed in various books‚ movies or epics. The epic i chose is ‘Big Fish’. It is a movie directed by Tim burton and it features a lot of themes and ideas that were in the odyssey‚ and i believe it was highly influenced by it. There are many similarities between Odysseus and Edward’s wives. They both have great love

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    Heroes In The Odyssey

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    In the “Odyssey‚” Odysseus saved himself and his men because he didn’t fear anyone or anything. “With this he drove the ram away from him out of doors‚ and I loosed myself when the ram was a little way from the cave‚ then untied my men” (Homer 38). If Odyssey feared someone or something he probably would’ve just let himself and his men died. He would’ve just given up and not even try‚ but Odyssey didn’t do that. Instead‚ he came up with a brilliant plan

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    The Epic of Gilgamesh

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    Jon Bosco Professor Byczkiewicz World Civilization 1 Final Paper For my final paper I will be comparing and contrasting how women were affected and regulated by the Code of Hammurabi and the Laws of Manu‚ and will examine the mythological evidence and materials related to Ancient Mesopotamian polytheism‚ Egyptian polytheism‚ and Hinduism. The Laws of Manu were compiled over the years between 200 - 400 C.E. While the position of women in early

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    The book the Odyssey by Homer has many various episodes and adventures. That is because it’s an extended metaphor for our journey through life. Odysseus faces many pearlous adventures in the odyssey‚ one of them being when Odysseus faces a cyclops named Polphemus and he and his crew enters in his home and gets stuck inside Polyphemus’s cave. So what they decide to do is they try to reason with the cyclops but the cyclops ends up eating some of his men barbarically. Odysseus was mad of this cyclops

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