A Greek Hero: Cyclops
When the Cyclops passed out, Odysseus and his men shoved the hot smoldering spear into his one big eye. The Cyclops yelled and screamed as blood ran down his body, he had been blinded. This is just one of the stories that Odysseus and his men are involved with in the story,....

Apocalypses in Greek Myths
To the closed minded reader, the different counts of apocalypses in epic myths seem to all be identical to each other. In the examples of Homer's Odyssey, Genesis, and Gilgamesh, you would have a routine disobedience from a mortal human level against a higher God power. It seems to be that when the ....

Compare the treatment of the Gods in the Iliad and the Odyssey
The Gods in both the Iliad and the Odyssey are important figures. This essay will concentrate on Zeus, Poseidon and Athene who feature in both texts. Reasons of space prevent full exploration of the whole divine machinery. The role of Zeus in the Iliad is of the all-powerful figure, the king of all....

Comparing The Aneid and The Odyssey
Virgil's epic, The Aeneid, consciously draws from themes, imagery and plot from the great work of The Odyssey by Homer. While the similarities are important and practically alike, it is clear that Virgil borrowed from Homer only to emphasize on the themes and techniques employed by his predecessor i....

Greek Poetry & Poets
Ancient Greek Poets and Poetry At the beginning of Greek literature stand the two monumental works of Homer, the Iliad and the Odyssey. Though dates of composition vary, these works were fixed around 800 BC. The other great poet of the preclassical period was Hesiod. His two surviving works are Wo....

Heroes: A Comparitive Analysis of the Odyssey
Most people view heroes as the stereotypically perfect type of people that commit many amazing acts of bravery, constantly have cunning use of the mind and have a major impact on the world. However, Peter Gibbon states in Heroes for Our Age, that heroes should not be regarded as such, but her....

Homer's Odyssey, Book 9
The Duality of Odysseus: an Odyssey of the Mind As William Makepeace Thackeray once said, bravery never goes out of fashion. This theme is evident both in modern day life and ancient literature. As America found out this past August, men will go to all ends to prove their masculinity. Willi....

Homer's Portrayal of Women in a Patriarchal Society (The Odyssey)
Homers The Odyssey presents an unconventional, and rebellious portrayal of women for the eighth century BCE, patriarchal society in which it was written. Homer presents the female characters as dominant figures, as rebels against the patriarchal society, and as mentors. Homer presents wome....

Homers The Odyssey: The Hospitality Code
During Ancient Greek times there were several great warriors, one of these warriors was Odysseus. Odysseus traveled for 10 years trying to get home after the battle of Toy. There were many obstacles on his way, but there was also kindness from others along the way. This kindness he received from ....

Myth in Homer by Lowell Edmunds
In the beginning of his article, Lowell Edmunds spends a brief amount of time "establishing the category of myth" or in other words, defining myth. He deems this a necessary start to a chapter written on a subject that had previously been held in no small amount of uncertainty. He traces t....

Odysseus
Heroism is when a hero or heroine has achieved extraordinary exploits or shown exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger. In The Odyssey, Odysseus symbolized the quality of heroism throughout the journey. He faced many dangers during his journey, where he demonstrated this heroism. The fi....

Odysseus 's Qualities of a Hero
In The Odyssey, Odysseus displays many distinguishing qualities as he deals with strange beings of all kinds and with various cultures.His actions distinguished his characteristics as he attends to the dangerous situations. He expresses himself as being brave, intelligent, and self-determined ....

Odysseus A Bad Leader
Although heroes are clever, determined, and skilled, their leadership abilities exhibit occasional flaws. However, these flaws do not undercut their heroic accomplishments. A great example of a flawed hero is Odysseus. In the Odyssey, Homer portrays Odysseus as a strong and courageous man who, alon....

Odysseus as a Hero
Many men, including myself, face hardships throughout the course of your life that have to be overcome to move on. However not many men face the same hardships that a man named Odysseus encounters on his journey home from war. The story of Odysseuss journeys is told in the books of the Odyssey w....

Odysseus vs. Martin Luther King Jr.
There are many heroes in the world, but none of them are the same. Heroes are people that come in all shapes or sizes that does something to help others around them. Heroes are very smart people that use there brain to figure out the problems. Some are heroes use strength and power to solve their ....

Odysseus: Epic Hero?
The question has been raised as to whether or not Odysseus, the hero of Homers The Odyssey, is an epic hero. An epic Hero portrays many classic properties, including being very strong and courageous. Odysseus is an epic hero, because he portrays many of these and other traits, such as having a goa....

Odysseus' Character
Order and chaos have a strong relationship as demonstrated through the experiences of Odysseus, his wife Penelope and many others who surrounded them, and out of each chaotic situation emerged order. To begin describing the relationship between order and chaos, mentioning Odysseus strengths and we....

Odysseus' Expired Guests
The many episodes to the struggle of Odysseus on his quest to return home, present a myriad of societies which he encounters along the journey, each of which possess its own distinctive attribute, deeming it a unique civilization. Through Odysseus adventures in these different social worlds, the ....

Odysseus' Journey throughout the Odyssey
Odysseus Journey Home In Homers The Odyssey, the main goal of Odysseus journey is to return home safely to his wife and son, and regain the power of his kingdom that he had been swept away from twenty years earlier. During his incredibly strenuous journey, Odysseus faces many issues that, c....

Odyssey
Books I-IV are referred to as the Telemachy--the opening story of Odysseus' son Telemakhos--which prepares us for what's to come. The Telemachy serves a dramatic purpose by implying that the son has a essential role in the overthrow of the brazen suitors, a part for which he is not yet ready. Athena....

Odyssey
In The Odyssey, this guest-host relationship was shown in all of its forms throughout the book. There are three basic forms that the Law of Hospitality can be expressed in. Both the guest and host can benefit, or be unaffected by the visit. Another common situation that can result from a guest-host ....

Rape Of the Lock as a mock heroic
In the mock-epic, the high heroic style works not to dignify the subject but rather to expose and ridicule it. Therefore, the basic irony of the style supports the substance of the poem's satire, which attacks the misguided values of a society that takes small matters for serious ones while failing ....

Surreptitious Odysseus
When 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....

The Cinematography of Death
The Cinematography of Death When we go to a theater to watch a movie, especially when the film is particularly entertaining, we feel as though we want more. Possibly a sequel, or possibly some more information as to what exactly happens at the end, closure. In most cases we ask the same question....

The Iliad
The Iliad by Homer Translated by Robert Fagles Andy Bolton February 23, 2006 The Iliad is an epic attributed to being written by Homer. Homer wrote The Iliad as an outside source in a third person omniscient perspective. In a poetic manner, the author t....

The Last of the Mohicans as a Mixture of Genres
James Fenimore Cooper's The last of the Mohicans is often seen as a simple adventure story within the historical frame of the French and Indian war. Only if we analyze the novel in a closer way, we will realize that it goes beyond this label and that its sources are many and varied, giving the work ....

The Odyssey by Homer
In Mycenaean times, the people of Mycenae believed that multiple deities influenced many aspects of their lives, such as acceptable social conducts, the concept of heroism, the relationships between men and women and their outlook on predestination. The finding of the first four books of The Odyssey....

The Odyssey written by Homer - Vengeance is a Theme
Vengeance is Theme Vengeance is presented throughout major key events in The Odyssey written by Homer. It is the main theme of this epic poem and shows how three people live and fight in order to make their revenge. For every conflict in the poem, it is because of a characters thirst for venge....

The Odyssey: Fantasy vs. Actuality
Fantasy vs. Actuality Although the Ancient world of Greece seems like something from our imagination, it is closer to reality than suggested. The Odyssey is a classic epic poem written by Homer that tells about the travels of Odysseus after his conquest in Troy. The main character, Odysseus, has....

The Odyssey: Odysseus Cunning Abilities
The Odyssey: Odysseus Cunning Abilities. The Odyssey by Homer is a story of human struggles. It is a story of a man and his struggles on his journey homeward. The man is Odysseus, and his struggles are unfortunate events that are of god and men creations. Odysseus overcomes his obstacles with ....

The Power Within
In Our Time is a collection of stories that involve ..., relationships between men and women, bonding between members of the same sex, love, development and adaptation, maturity, and responsibility that captures the spirit of the First World War (Spark Notes). Hemingway has a unique way of bein....

Ulysses mimics Homer's Odyssey - James Joyce
It is no secret that James Joyce's novel Ulysses mimics Homer's Odyssey. Joyce planned for the novel to be a mock heroic epic; he created characters that resembled Homer's, included Homer's major themes like the quest for a father and the intervention of gods, there are some similar situations in bo....

Women of the Odyssey
Women in the Odyssey may not have had legal rights but they had power and control. They played many roles in this epic poem. They were the backbone in many situations. We will examine women of the Odyssey, who they were and the roles they played in this epic poem by Homer. Penelope is the mother of....

Women of Troy
In The Women of Troy, the Greeks take the idea, To the winner goes the spoils, too far. First, once the Greeks have defeated the Trojans and conquered the city of Troy, the Greeks decide to take the widows of the Trojan warriors as their own wives. Agamemnon takes Cassandra, Polyxena is gi....

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