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In seven pages this paper considers the injustices of war in a consideration of women's unequal roles represented in the works of ...

In 5 pages this paper examines themes of quest and identity as they are represented in Homer's epic and how they enable Odysseus a...

In five pages this essay considers Odysseus' refusal to transform from mortal to immortal in terms of reasons why this stance was ...

the examples of the main characters, a certain amount of wit and common intelligence is necessary to possess as an essential work ...

story of Odysseus sets him up as a noble man, regardless of what someone may know about Greek codes of conduct. He was a noble man...

is less important than the conversation which takes place, and since the two individuals are from periods in Greek history several...

Calypsos island and has been since the war ended. Athena begins her guidance by getting agreement from the gods (Homer 1.26-27). ...

and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy. Many cities did he visit, and many were the nations with whose manners and c...

home, his palace, his wife, his son, his people. Ogygia Ulysses is trapped on Calypsos island for many years. If it werent for...

episode. Examining the evolution and fundamental importance of Odysseus life brings one to consider the elements of ethics ...

holds the Greeks captive in his cave, into allowing them to escape by first blinding his one eye while he sleeps. However, Odysseu...

journey home to his wife Penelope and son Telemakhos in Ithaka. The gods and goddesses also shape the poem structurally, and are ...

a good person or a bad person, only that he is religious. In another section, much further along in the story, we see Odysseus t...

in the ideal image of a male hero or warrior. In both cultures the people were founded in a patriarchal way of life, seeing man as...

Ithaca and kept him away from his wife Penelope and his son Telemachus. Cast adrift on a ship with only his crewmembers for compa...

Odysseus,/raider of cities gouged out your eye" (Homer 227). As Polyphemus is the son of Poseidon, Odysseus makes a powerful god h...

fathers death, she sets to the task of making a funeral shroud. Every day she spends hours working on it, then when night comes, s...

and the goddess shows this with her actions throughout the narrative. Therefore, examination of the Odyssey demonstrates that the ...

son of Odysseus, wearing a disguise and instills in him the courage to challenge the suitors of his mother. Additionally Athena pe...

In seven pages this paper compares the female protagonists featured in 'The Odyssey' by Homer and Antigone by Sophocles in a cons...

In five pages the importance and symbolism of the shield of Achilles is considered in this examination of Homer's epic....

The Odyssey. In his History, Herodotus (484-425 B.C.) came up with dates for the singer (400 years before my time-and no more than...

and his courage will constantly be tested. Without going into great detail, and there is a large amount of it in this classic, we ...

return home. They are in morning, for they have lost a son. They pray to the gods for his return, but feel that he is dead. They e...

mother, a goddess, to make pleas to Zeus to ensure that Agamemnon will fail in all battles as long as Achilles is not fighting wit...

sees the development of his character because this is the focus of the story and his journey. One reads as Odysseus moves through ...

a phenomenon that depends on the successful integration of mind and character" (Staudinger, Mickler and D?rner, 2007). In order to...

In five pages this epic goddess and hero are examined in terms of their similarities. There are no other sources cited....

and craft are clear throughout the narrative, but such episodes as her deceiving of the suitors are not considered in the same lig...

IN three pages this paper discusses how Homer depicted women in the epic 'The Odyssey' with Penelope being the primary focus of an...