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In five pages Maximus of the Gladiator film is compared with Odysseus of Homer's epic in a five page comparative analysis. There ...

In six pages this paper compares these two classical works in terms of plot, characterization, setting, thematic portrayals of war...

This research report compares Penelope's relationships with that of Odysseus. How the marital relationship comes to fruition and i...

look at the example of Odysseuss wife Penelope. This queen is pictured as not only being desirable, but she is also pictured as be...

could live. It was on the broad shoulders of this classical hero upon which the security of society rested. While the hero walke...

with not only Odysseus but with the other characters as well" (Athena, the Goddess). For example, "At the opening of the book, Ath...

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

wish to take any chances, yet knows he must rest. The place he found to hide is described as follows: "he crept beneath two shoots...

the strongest women in the piece are the goddess Pallas Athena and Penelope, Odysseuss wife. In addition, although her part was sm...

the defeat of Troy and it is about the adventures of Odysseus, king of Ithaca and throughout his travels, the story "provides a pi...

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

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

a distraction, as a goal, as a guide, and as an agent of social recognition (The Odyssey in Transit, 2000). Odysseus is indeed co...

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...

all of the kingdoms riches and power for themselves. The problem is Odysseuss only son, who is the natural successor to the throne...

Greek society was that imposed upon them by either their fathers or purchasers. They would never aspire to privilege or influence...

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...

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

I think of naming, far less telling, / every feat of that rugged man, Odysseus, / but here is something that he dared to do / at T...

journeys, "After leaving his ruined home in a galaxy far, far away, Luke Skywalker began a journey taken by countless other heroes...

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...

but rather it is Poseidon who hates him. Zeus says, "...its the Earth-Shaker, Poseidon, unappeased,/forever fuming against him for...

is presented as an outright competition in the story of their contest for recognition as the patron deity of Athens" (65). In Boo...

her part. What she didnt know was that Zeus was responsible for thwarting her attempts at consummating her relationship with Odys...

Oedipus. He learned that his predecessor and his wifes late husband, King Laius, had been murdered, Oedipus contends that it shou...

In sage debates...To save the state" (Homer Book I). The reader begins to see that Telemachus is not wise enough to be prepared fo...

of his father Ulysses" (Homer I). From this excerpt it is quite obvious that divine intervention is a powerful part of the stor...

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

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

he rolls a huge boulder across the opening to the cave. Polyphemus eats two of Odysseuss men and it is clear that he plans to make...