Odysseus A Different Type of Hero The Homeric epic‚ the Odyssey‚ is set in the peaceful years following the Trojan War‚ and concerns the returning heroes on their journeys home‚ in particular Odysseus of Ithaca. Odysseus is an epic hero; he displays courage‚ superior strength‚ and leadership‚ all qualities that people admire. While displaying these archetypal heroic traits he also displays his weaknesses as a man‚ particularly his excessive pride‚ which actually make him easy to relate to. So
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The epic of the Trojan War have two names that stand out even more than of its protagonists: Homer and Heinrich Schliemann. Homer‚ the greatest poet of all time‚ compiled stories of an oral tradition that sang the heroic deeds of a war that pitted the city of Troy with a coalition of Greek States to the 8th century BC. A war that happened five centuries before and that was the last heroic deed of a powerful civilization whose track would disappear from history soon after until little more than one
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Quotations Explained) At last‚ the Trojan fleet arrives on the shores of Italy. The ships drop anchor off the coast of Cumae‚ near modern-day Naples. Following his father’s instructions‚ Aeneas makes for the Temple of Apollo‚ where the Sibyl‚ a priestess‚ meets him. She commands him to make his request. Aeneas prays to Apollo to allow the Trojans to settle in Latium. The priestess warns him that more trials await in Italy: fighting on the scale of the Trojan War‚ a foe of the caliber of the Greek
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tragicomedy that takes place in the 7th year of the Trojan War‚ written by William Shakespeare in 1603. This cannot however be called an original idea‚ as the groundwork was already laid by the likes of Tennyson‚ Homer and Dante in various forms. One character that appears in each Trojan War story is Ulysses the Greek Commander. Homer introduced the world to Ulysses in the epic poems Iliad and Odyssey in 800-700 B.C. Iliad the tale of Trojan War set in the last few weeks of battle. (Wikipedia
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Comparison and Contrast: Achilles and Hector In Homer ’s epic poem‚ The Iliad‚ the subject is war. The Greek army has traveled to Troy to battle the Trojan army‚ resulting in a war that rages on for the better part of a ten year time span. The men of both armies fight not only for their prospective sides‚ but also for their own personal glory‚ which is consistent with the heroic warrior code of ancient Greece. Two of the main characters‚ Achilles and Hector‚ both continuously display a complexity
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human beings. For example‚ in Iliad‚ Athena comes down and tries to make peace between Agamemnon and Achilles. During the war between the Achaeans and Trojans‚ Achilles‚ one of the Achaean’s most important warriors‚ is angry with the commander Agamemnon for taking away his reward‚ Briseis‚ and stops fighting for the Achaeans. Athena hates the Trojans‚ so she talks with Achilles to convince him to stop fighting with Agamemnon and join the battle (Hom. Il. 1.241-251). In addition‚ Athena gives the Achaean
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remains a noble act to be a leader for the best interest of its society. On one hand‚ fate contributes to direct people toward what is good. As for Aeneas‚ it conducted him to Italy‚ where he built a new city with his crew. Also‚ Aeneas and the other Trojans could have ended up dying if the gods did not instruct them to escape Troy during the war against the Greeks. On the other hand‚ it seems that too much fate can prevent people from enjoying life on earth. In fact‚ one must have the right to have a
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Both the Odyssey and the Aeneid share some similarities as epics; both describe the trials of a heroic figure who is the ideal representative of a particular culture. There are even individual scenes in the Aeneid are borrowed from the Odyssey. Yet‚ why are Odysseus and Aeneas so unlike one another? The answer is that the authors lived in two different worlds‚ whose values and perceptions varied greatly of a fundamental level. Greek culture and literature had a great dominating influence over Roman
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“Comparison of the journeys undertaken by Gilgamesh and Odysseus” Odysseus main challenge is to help defeat the Trojans in the battle of the Trojan horse. All the men who survived the war and the sea were safely back at home‚ other than Odysseus‚ he still had a long journey ahead of him. In the beginning of his journey‚ his challenge was brought upon him by the powerful God of the sea Poseidon. Poseidon became Odysseus enemy after a Cyclops held him and his crewmates captive. After escaping the
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