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Nine Years Return Home
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Of all the themes intertwined in The Odyssey, the
one that stands out among the others is Odysseus
struggle to return to Ithaca. There are many
reasons why Odysseus continually fights to return
home. Ithaca is his native land; his roots are
there and he is homesick for the country where he
grew up. He also has a son in Ithaca, Telemachus,
who has grown into a man without ever knowing his
father. Odysseus also longs to return and continue
ruling his people as king. Odysseus strongest
desire, howe...
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King And Queen Decision Making
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A Lesson The Odyssey, a Greek tale of fate written
by Homer, tells the story of a warrior that is
determined to return home and is willing to go to
any extreme to achieve his goal. The story takes
place over a period of approximately ten years and
begins after much of the action has already
occurred. The device of starting a work in the
middle and returning to the start is called Ain
medias res@ from the Latin (in the middle of
things). Odysseus is faced with many challenges,
but no matter what ...
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Eyed Goddess Athena Grey Eyed Goddess Athena Odysseus
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? You! You chameleon! / Bottomless bag of tricks!
Here in your own country / would you not give your
stratagems a rest / or stop spellbinding for an
instant? (Homer, XIII, 345 - 48) This exchange
between the Grey Eyed Goddess Athena marks
Odysseus return to his homeland of Ithaca, and
spells doom for the Suitors. But it is also the
embodiment of what Odysseus is. His guile and wit
are compared many times to the great gods of
Olympus. And it is these skills as a deceiver that
allow him to conduct...
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