Odysseus was a very arrogant man‚ he wanted people to know‚ Odysseus was in town. I believe that this even went into his own personal life. While at the war at Troy and on his adventure back‚ Penelope was having to keep suitors off her back. Once odysseus comes home‚ he is mad that they would do that kind of thing to him. Odysseus kills all of the suitors. He had a right to kill them‚ although there is always 2 or more ways to do or say something‚ and he could have handled it more humanly. When you
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hero‚ is leadership. When Odysseus and his crew show up on the island of the lotus eaters‚ Odysseus sent his crew out. They found the lotus eaters‚people who eat lotuses which makes them forget all of their goals and worries. When the crew is offered some they to forget what their goals and worries are. Odysseus soon finds out what is going on and went to investigate. When he saw what had happened to the crew he tried to get them off the island. In this moment Odysseus dragged them off the island
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last grueling years of his journey home. Odysseus glanced up at the endless expanse of the azure sky‚ lit by Helios’s crimson ascent. Not a cloud in the light-streaked sky‚ however‚ that could have instantly changed. It all depended on the will of the fickle deities who ruled over all of Greece‚ for Odysseus knew that Poseidon sought revenge for his actions against his cyclops son‚ and holds the power to make his journey home much more miserable. Odysseus lied on his raft made from untouched wood
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The Odyssey teaches readers many lessons about life. Most importantly‚ it teaches readers about love and relationships. Single people learn to never be afraid to express their feelings towards someone and always look for a spouse with qualities that they would like to see in their spouse. Odysseus and Penelope show readers how to be the ideal couple with their actions. Single people‚ as well as couples can learn many things about love and relationships from reading about Odysseus and Penelope. It
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Homer explicitly illuminates the storytelling of Odysseus’ adventure. He describes the cyclops lair‚ where he and twelve of his crewmen where held captive for taking cheese and expecting a welcoming gift from the cyclops that lived there. "’I and the men you see escaped a sudden death.’ Not a word in reply to that‚ the ruthless brute. Lurching up‚ he lunged out with his hands toward my men and snatching two at once‚ rapping them on the ground he knocked them dead like pups- their brains gushed
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Aeolus/ Island of the laestrygonians. Odysseus and his crew sailed nine days and nine nights. Until they reached aeolus were they soon gain aid from the wind god auelus that promised to lift his sails to guide him home. Aeolus did as he promised and guided him home but gave him a sack of wind. As Odysseus sailed days and nights to reach home he finally saw Ithica the land he and his crew have yearning to reach since the day they left their home. As Odysseus went to bed the men became greedy and
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“The Odyssey” ‚ by Homer is an epic poem telling the journey of Odysseus on his way back home to Ithaca. Homer wrote the Odyssey to show how heroic Odysseus is and how he served as a model for all his people. His message to the people was that it takes more than just strength to be a hero. All heroes have different qualities that define them and Odysseus had the traits of a H omeric leader with courage‚ nobility‚ strength‚ and confidence‚ but his sharp intellect was the most distinguishable trait
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heroic journey is Odysseus from the epic poem‚ The Odyssey by Homer because he had undergone a journey that included a departure‚ initiation‚ and return.
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The begin of the moving-picture; Penelope is bearing Odysseus’ child‚ Telemachus. Later‚ the rulers (Agamemmon and Menalayes) make Odysseus leave Ithica for war against the Trojans. He was meaning to bring his bow with him on his excursion‚ however‚ his mom instructed him to keep the bow in Ithica in this manner once he returns home he can demonstrate his child the best approach to utilize it. Before leaving his home‚ Odysseus prays to the Goddess Athena to help him through this war. At that point
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odysseus was a warrior that fought for his land. he built it with his own strength and sweet. every thing he did was for his village and for the future of his family. he didn’t like the idea of men coming to his home and disrespecting it.all those men were going crazy while he couldn’t come home because poseidon was punishing him. they eat and drank all there food and treated bad the people of the village and the servants.also he didn’t like that they didn’t listen to what his wife was telling them
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