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Human Qualities Ordinary Man
1,053 wordsThe most admired classical hero is most certainly Odysseus, the mythological Grecian subject of Homer's epic tale, The Odyssey. This legendary figure displays excessive amounts of brains and muscle, seeming almost superhuman at times. He embodies the ideals Homeric Greeks aspired to: manly valor, loyalty, piety, and intelligence. The popularity of Odysseus transcends time. To this day he remains greatly admired as both a hero and an ordinary man who must deal with great adventures and retrieving...
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Sporting Events Journey Home
922 wordsThe lessons that Odysseus learns on his way home to Ithaka will allow him to get back to being a good, father, and leader of his civilization. He needs to relearn all of what he once knew as leader of Ithaka in order to safely survive there. Luckily, Odysseus has a strong will and is able to accomplish all of his goals. The three most important lessons he learns are the need for opportunity, the importance and enjoyment of group activity, and the last, most important, hospitality. The need for o...
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Trojan War Ancient Greek
1,542 wordsListen, my lords. You have fastened on the house, in the long absence of its master, as the scene of your perpetual feasts, and you could offer no better pretext for you conduct than you wish to win my hand in marriage. That being the prize, come forward now, my gallant lords; for I challenge you to try your skill on the great bow of King Odysseus. And whichever man among you proves the handiest at stringing the bow and shoots an arrow through every one of the twelve axes, with that man I will g...
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Wife And Son Return Home
1,069 wordsIn life we all struggle and search for happiness and love. We are in a constant pursuit to find and hold onto the things that we hold dear to ourselves. This is much like the book The Odyssey. Odysseus was on a search to find his way back to the things that brought him peace and happiness. The book was very much like our own lives and though this supposedly happened hundreds of years ago, this is the same journey we live through. From the beginning of the story it seems as though Odysseus has re...
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Leadership Qualities War Hero
487 wordsWhen The Odyssey was written, the Greek poet Homer defines his main character, Odysseus, as a great war hero. As the story progresses, Odysseus is many things other than the average warrior on a long, perilous journey home. One outstanding characteristic of this not so typical man is his wiliness. Throughout The Odyssey, Odysseus exemplifies his wily leadership qualities while he overcomes many obstacles during his journey home. Odysseus first demonstrates his wily attributes when he meets the C...
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Supernatural Powers Ancient Greek
1,177 wordsIn the epic poem Odyssey, Homer delineates the homecoming of a great warrior and the hero of the epic Odysseus from the Trojan War. Though seemingly, it might sound like a male-dominated ancient myth, women pull the strings in the Odyssey, whether it may be Helen of Troy who inflicted upon the spears and arrows thirst for blood or may it be Circumspect Penelope who motivated Odysseus to come home. Also goddess Athene, nymph Kalypso and Circe, mortals Nausikaa and Klytaimestra serve as strings of...
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The Odyssey And Lysistrata Lust
1,389 wordsLust is defined as an intense longing or a sexual desire. It is a common theme in literature; particularly in classic Greek literature. The reason it is so prevalent in literature is that is prevalent in our daily lives. Everyone lusts after something or someone. It is an interesting topic to examine closely, and classic literature is an excellent medium for such an investigation. Two works I have studied, in which lust is a theme, are an epic, Homer's The Odyssey, and a play, Aristophanes Lysis...
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Tells Odysseus Home Faster Circe
437 wordsCirce and Calypso are goddesses and both keep Odysseus in their home, their personalities different, yet they both help Odysseus arrive home faster. Calypso and Circe are both goddesses who wish to make Odysseus their lord. Circe has the powers of a witch, while Calypso yields no such powers. Odysseus overcomes Circe by a show of force, while Calypso is defeated only when Athena pleads the case of Odysseus. The one thing they have in common was that they both fall in love with Odysseus and want ...
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Odysseus Is Delighted Swine Heard Eumaeus
681 wordsEumaeus is a swine heard a servant to Odysseus, Eumaeus is from a noble background he is one of the few remaining people who are faithful to Odysseus. He is law, and God abiding, he is truthful and trustful, and he respects his master and he expresses his yearning for his master, who might be starving or dead, while others eat his animals. He is generally and gui nelly concerned for his masters property. Eumaeus invites Odysseus to eat and then identify himself this obeys Zeus and follows the pr...
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First Four Home Life
923 wordsThe story of the Odyssey begins 20 years after Odysseus leaves his home, and his family. The setting is the family home in Ithaka, and our main character (at this point) is Telemachos, son of the great Odysseus. By beginning the story at this time and location rather than focusing straight in on Odysseus's intuition, the reader is given an "inside view" of Odysseus' home life, and from these first 4 books we are given much very valuable background information. One such piece of information is le...
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Island When Odysseus Courage And Wisdom Home
412 wordsAn individual's characteristics are the key to their behavior. Homer's The Odyssey takes place about 700 BC in the Mediterranean, near Greece. The epic tells of a man who left his home twenty years earlier to fight in the Trojan War. His mission now is to make his way home to Ithaca. Odysseus shows good and bad traits throughout the epic that influence his way home. The courage and wisdom of Odysseus help him survive through the whole epic. For example, Odysseus kills the Cyclops while the giant...
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Land Of The Cyclopes Sirens Odysseus Men
577 wordsIn the Odyssey there were three main characters. Odysseus is the hero of the epic. He is the son of Laertes and is the king of Ithaca and a very respected warrior. He enjoys life, even while struggling to get home. He is restless, clever, and even tricky and is able to invent lies easily. After the Trojan War, the gods and goddess were mad that his plan helped the Greeks defended the Trojans. So they made Odysseus journey home as hard as possible. In the Odyssey, Odysseus is very brave, overcome...
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Odyssey Odysseus Important Theme
732 wordsThe Odyssey and Its Themes Homer's great literary classic, The Odyssey, represents and illustrates many emotional and mental values. All of these values can be classified under three different main themes that are constant throughout the epic tale. These themes are: A boy's struggle to be a man, a king's struggle to reclaim his kingdom, and a man's struggle to return home. As one reads this book it will become more and more evident to them that a man's struggle to get home is the most important ...
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End Of The Book Odyssey Odysseus
1,116 wordsIn the Odyssey, written by Homer, Odysseus learned a lot about himself and what he had to do to become a better overall human. The adventures he goes on, I think, opens his eyes to a world in which he thought he was invincible. With the Odyssey, Odysseus learned a big lesson in humility. The greatest example of this is in the last five books or so within the story. He has to dress, act, and live like a beggar in order to regain everything he had lost. While he was a beggar, the suitors treated h...
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Loyal To Odysseus Freedom And Power Penelope
741 wordsThe major theme of Odyssey is loyalty. It teaches that those who have patience will be rewarded. Penelope had many problems when Odysseus had left. Women did not have many rights and were not very important. Women needed men to provide money and for protection. Women had it very hard living without a man. Most women during this time would have chosen one of the suitors that tried to win her favors. This temptation to choose a new man in her life went on for over a decade. Penelope's loyalty play...
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Ancient And Modern Heroes
1,801 wordsAncient and Modern Heroes The term hero is often described as a man of exceptional quality, who wins admiration by noble deeds. The culture (including music, literature, cinematograph) of any nation has a character, which they consider to be a hero. Two famous epic stories of the ancient world created by one the most well known Greek philosophers Homer, the Illiad and The Odyssey introduce the reader to two characters that are both depicted as heroes - Achilles and Odysseus. Both heroes are myth...
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Life Lesson Real Life
1,281 wordsBoth a Teacher and Entertainer One of the most difficult tasks as a parent is to teach your child lifes lessons. Many have tried, and many have failed. But over the ages most successful ideas have come in a form of story or tale. Aesop's Fables, nursery rhymes, and other tales of caution are used even today to teach this common knowledge one must have. In the Greek civilization, thousands of years ago, many children were taught through these fun and interesting stories. The Odyssey is one of the...
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Marry His Mother Kill His Father
1,076 wordsAncient civilizations pass on their contributions to society through oral traditions now written down. They felt the best way to continue their livelihood was to create fabulous stories that encompassed the general ideal of the people. These stories were used as tools for teaching societal standards, displaying consequences, and modeling expectations. Today new look back at these most famous stories and try to derive a consensus of how the people of the past thought and believed. The main charac...
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Skylla And Kharybdis Western Literature Odysseus
1,068 wordsIf there is any possibility that a comparison could be made with the famous journeys of Odysseus and Aeneas, it must be known that Aeneas is actually a hero in search of his own soul while Odysseus is a hero trying to find his old life and in a sense, his old soul. The Aeneid is very much of a spiritual quest, which makes it unique in ancient literature and in contrast with the Odyssey. Only Virgil admits to the possibility that a character can change, grow, and develop. In the story? s earlier ...
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Vladimir Nabokov Epic Poem
1,320 wordsLolita, As Viewed by Homer Homers Odyssey is the story of one mans epic journey to return home and reestablish the proper order in his life. Throughout Odysseus journey, he encounters many obstacles that he must overcome in order to reach his destination. Homer describes Odysseus as... that man skilled in all ways of contending, the wanderer, harried for years on end (I, 2 - 3). With this in mind, I think if Homer were asked to comment on Lolita he would be able to relate many similarities betwe...
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