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Hospitality Is Shown Good And Bad Odysseus
1,260 wordsA story centered on homecoming and traveling, The Odyssey by Homer, set in Ancient Greece, has key themes, which include hospitality and the treatment of travelers and strangers. These reoccurring themes are depicted often as Odysseus and Telemakhos show up at the doorsteps of his various hosts, and these themes prove how inhospitable the suitors are. The difference between good and bad is clearly drawn in the Odyssey, good people are hospitable, they hope for Odysseus' return, and are kind to O...
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Young And Blind Homeric Man Telemakhos
619 wordsA Homeric man can be defined as someone who journeys to different lands and is also skilled in battle and council. We have read the previous books in which Athena aids Telemakhos with his first step towards maturity. Book 18 offers us another view of his transformation from a boy to a man. Telemakhos conversations with the suitors and Penelope reveal his acknowledgement of his present situation and new responsibilities. The following will examine the ways in which Telemakhos actions and speech c...
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Epic Hero Taking Advantage
1,096 wordsIn the Odyssey, Odysseus was portrayed as an epic hero determined to get back to his homeland, Ithaca. Through out his journeys his crew and him were presented with many challenges and disasters that delayed his return home. While he was gone suitors were coming to his home everyday to try to win over Penelope and become the king of Ithaca. The suitors took advantage of everything they could while Odysseus was gone. Everyday the suitors returned to his home and dined and feasted at Odysseus expe...
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Extended Metaphor Wife Penelope
1,388 wordsThe epic, The Odyssey, by Homer, depicts the journey of the hero Odysseus as he faces the greatest of obstacles to evolve into a man, preeminent over that of other mortals. In both power and prowess he is unsurpassed, comparable even to the gods themselves at times. In a particular passage within the epic, the powerful nature of this master mariner and soldier is exceptionally portrayed, positioned before the revealing of Odysseus true identity and his slaughtering of the voracious suitors. Such...
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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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Penelope Was Smart Waiting For Her Husband Odysseus
1,474 wordsOdyssey The 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 loya...
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Eyed Goddess Athena Grey Eyed Goddess Athena Odysseus
2,033 words? 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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