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son Telemakhos, his father Laertes, and even his dog Argos. Throughout his journey in the Odyssey, Odysseus often remarks about t...

that whatever the customs of good behavior, these people are not observing them. In light of this we would assume that the people ...

Odysseus was renowned for both his brain and his brawn. He was also had bravery, and competence at his skills. Odysseus was an a...

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...

An eight page research paper considering the literary concept of the hero's journey in this classic science fiction film by direct...

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

and suicide because life did not work out well enough for a particular character, Anna Karenina. We are also given the strong expe...

his household. The suitors have taken it upon themselves to essentially use Odysseus home as though it was their own, killing live...

In five pages this paper compares and contrasts Virgil's protagonist Aeneas from 'The Aeneid' with Homer's protagonist Odyssey in ...

reacts to the presence of the men by eating two of them, Odysseus attacks and manages to blind Polyphemus by stabbing him in his e...

In five pages and 2 parts Homer's 'The Iliad' is examines in terms of Patroklos' leadership abilities with a contrast and comparis...

reader how "everything well stowed, the wine in jars, and the barley meal, which is the staff of life" which indicates that wine r...

can defeat death too. His first leg of the journey involves descending into a tunnel-like cave composed of nine terrifying leagu...

father. So, by the end of the story what he has done has given him experience and wisdom to deal with a future as a leader. Tel...

And, yet, it has been many years. She wars with her reason which offers her the explanation that she just wants this stranger to b...

beginning, feels like he is in a position of complete helplessness. His father has been gone nearly 20 years and he is forced to d...

debate in terms of wanting a peaceful and inner spiritual life and letting go of his past indiscretions (St. Augustine, Bishop of ...

traits he possesses that is less than admirable, one thing is clear. He exhibits loyalty and trustworthiness. He respects the gods...

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

he will gild her horns as part of the sacrifice (Homer). Such sacrifices were meant as "gifts" to the gods, which were designed to...

home, as though they own everything. One would perhaps expect Penelope, or Telemachus (the man of the house so to speak), to ins...

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...

father and travels great distances until he comes to Italy where he holds games and celebrations for his fathers death. He is told...

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...

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

does provoke Didos suicide one has to question to what extent he would embrace the label of hero. At the same time, besides the in...

spiritual awakening. CHARACTERISTICS OF AN EPIC POEM: Epic poems all share similar characteristics which define them as such. Fo...

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares how women were oppressed by law and society in the Old Testament and in Homer's epi...

This paper consists of five pages and examines how Homer's perspectives on the afterlife as revealed in 'The Odyssey' compare with...