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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...

growing stronger and more defiant with every passing episode. "...Homer certainly recognizes the notion of intention, and in many...

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

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...

instead decides they should be dinner. According to Odysseus, "He clutched my companions / and caught two in is hands like squirm...

job of delving deeply into the historical and cultural foundation of racial discrimination during the slave trade. Black Odyssey ...

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

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...

to go home. This particular point in the story is approximately halfway through such dangers and journeys and as such it is halfwa...

the moon base known as Clavius (Falsetto 44). In perhaps the most memorable sequence, when Bowman travels "Beyond the Infinite," ...

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

of Dardania, best hope of Troy,/What kept you from us for so long, and where? From what far place, O Hector, have you come, Long, ...

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

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

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

In six pages this paper examines how Telemachus grows and develops throughout the course of Homer's epic. There are no other sour...

In two pages this essay provides a character analysis of Telemachus in an assessement of his maturity. There are no other sources...

In five pages this essay considers the rite of passage Odysseus' son Telemachus takes on the journey to find his father and protec...

and the tales of this one mans adventure. The man is Odysseus and his adventures are legendary. He is not a man searching for the ...

In four pages this paper compares and contrasts how the authors depict private life and public life in these ancient literary work...

This essay consists of six pages and in a comparative heroic analysis of Gilgamesh and Odysseus presents the arguments that despit...

In five pages this research paper contrasts and compares Shakespeare's tragedy with the epic by Homer. Five sources are cited in ...

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 ...

In three pages Homer's Penelope is compared with William Shakespeare's Desdemona in terms of Desdemona's simplicity and naivete in...

In two pages this paper contrasts and compares the depictions of women and the journeys undertaken by Aeneas and Odysseus in these...