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Hospitality in Homer’s The Odyssey

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

Contrasting Views of Homer's Odysseus

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

Lessons of Travel in 'The Odyssey' by Homer

not tell Polyphemus his name, rather indicating to the Cyclops that his name is "Nobody." When Polyphemus friends respond to his c...

Tolstoy, Virgil, and Homer on Happiness and Erotic Love

in the cave by night, it was she, not he, that would have it so" (Homer V). In this we get the impression that while Ulysses may h...

Death Confrontation in Tolstoy, Virgil, and Homer

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

Considering What Makes a Classic with Virgil, Tolstoy, and Homer

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

2 Questions on Great Literature and Its Practical Applications

guiding light for Gilgamesh. It is also important to note that Gilgamesh himself seeks immortality as this is important to the sto...

Spiritual Journey and Spiritual Growth

to return to the cave because its familiar and comfortable? The answer to all these questions is "yes." (Allegory of the Cave, 2...

Masculinity in Early Literary Structure and Narratives

If we look to biology the definition of masculine is related to that of male. The male animal has testicles as opposed to ovaries...

Fate and Odysseus in Homer's 'The Odyssey'

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...

Competition in 'The Odyssey' by Homer

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

Homer and Virgil

men encounter comrades who were killed and left unburied, meaning that their spirits are doomed to wander. The first thing that st...

Moral and Ethical Principles Learned from The Odyssey

Telemachus says: "But come, stay longer, keen as you are to sail, / so you can bathe and rest and lift your spirits, / then go bac...

Women in Odyssey and Lysistrata

also notes that even when she met with her husband near the end she still did not run into his arms, remaining cautious and loyal ...

Behaviorism/Teaching College Students

focused on operant rather classical conditioning (Mergel, 1998). Operant conditioning refers to "voluntary behaviors used in opera...

The Financial Impact on Business as a Result of Labor Laws in France and Greece

in France are high, it is estimated that the cost to the employer on top of the wages is up to 50% in France, to put this in conte...

1940s' Greece

central Macedonia and the Italians took Western Greece (Macedonian Heritage [2], 2005). "After its entry into the war on the side...

Assassination of John F. Kennedy Portrayed in Libra by Don DeLillo

of certain social, political and economic strangulation that decreed all followers must abide by the same doctrines. Post-moderni...

A Greece Overview

During the second millennium B.C.E., these folks invaded the Peninsula (now Greece) and the Aegean islands, effectively displacing...

Exporting Process and Delivery Ex Ship

If we consider the process though which a Greek export company will have to go to ship goods outside of the EU there will be a ran...

Customs, Culture, and Religion of Greece

1941 to 1944 (Greece, 2005). After the end of the war a "protracted civil war" continued between communist rebels and supporters ...

Schizophrenia as Portrayed in A Beautiful Mind

his mind takes off into schizophrenic delusions. It is only towards the end of the movie that the audience realizes most of these...

Attic Red Figure by Antiphon Painter

possesses what is called a Komos, a celebration that consists of drinking and dancing and music (Krannert Art Museum [2], 2006). T...

Comparing Greek Geometric & Archaic Vases

of warriors carrying a round shield and poised between two horses. A long-legged bird stands beneath each horse. Around the centra...

War as Portrayed in The Ramayana

In four pages this paper examines how violence and war are portrayed in such Indian classical epics as The Ramayana. Three source...

White People Portrayed in Works by Frederick Douglass and Mark Twain

In 6 pages this paper examines how white people are portrayed in Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass and Adventures of Huc...

Acculturation as Portrayed in Bread Givers and Black Elk Speaks

A 5 page assessment of the factor of acculturation as it influences these two classic books. Black Elk Speaks, translated by John...

How August Strindberg portrays Naturalism in Three Plays

This paper of 5 pages explores how Strindberg's experimentation is featured in The Father and Miss Julie and Creditors that focuse...

Historic Roles of Women As Portrayed by Dramatists

In five pages the way women have been historically portrayed by dramatists are discussed. Five sources are cited in the bibliogra...

An Analysis of Racial Strife and Homelessness as Portrayed by the Print and News Media

It is with this kind of effective reporting that readers are able to gain significant insight to a problem they may only recognize...