In Homer's The Odyssey, Odysseus portrays the perfect Homeric hero in possessing all the defining traits of an admirable hero and leader. ... His personal flaws and errors in his transgressions that bring about the tribulations in the Odyssey epic depict a human being instead of a god, making his many heroic successes and triumphs even more admirable. ... The Odyssey continues to exemplify his heroic traits in the epic of his homecoming. ... Her father, Alcinous, the king of the Phaeacians, in turn, becomes a tremendous benefactor to Odysseus and his epic quest to return home to Ithaca...

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Homer's Odyssey In the world we live in today, everyone admires different types of heroes. However, in Homers world, he created The Odyssey, where he created all the noble heroes to have most of the same characteristics and attributes. ...

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Homer's Odyssey In the world we live in today, everyone admires different types of heroes. However, in Homers world, he created The Odyssey, where he created all the noble heroes to have most of the same characteristics and attributes. ...

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In The Odyssey all the survivors of the Trojan War had returned home except Odysseus. ... Odysseus home was Ithaca and he was always trying to get back home from where he sailed. ... In both epics the heroes were away from home and in the end they both returned to their home heroes. ... In the Odyssey home and wandering were a couple of the main themes. Odysseus was always away from his home and was always trying to get back home. ...

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Homer's epic poem The Odyssey was written after his Iliad which told the tales of the Trojan War. This Odyssey told of the wanderings of a prominent warrior and ruler, Odysseus. Odysseus fought in the Trojan War and, after the Greeks claimed their victory at Troy, began his prolonged journey home. ... At times throughout The Odyssey Odysseus didn't think about the consequences of his actions and depended on guidance from the gods to help lead him in the right direction. ... He believed it was all right to doubt himself because he knew that Athena would always be there to brush the do...

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Homer's epic poem The Odyssey was written after his Iliad which told the tales of the Trojan War. This Odyssey told of the wanderings of a prominent warrior and ruler, Odysseus. Odysseus fought in the Trojan War and, after the Greeks claimed their victory at Troy, began his prolonged journey home. ... At times throughout The Odyssey Odysseus didn't think about the consequences of his actions and depended on guidance from the gods to help lead him in the right direction. ... He believed it was all right to doubt himself because he knew that Athena would always be there to brush the do...

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She was the goddess who went to her father, Zeus, and pleaded for Odysseus" return home. ... She was even willing to give him immortality if he would stay with her instead of plotting his journey home. ... She then became his advocate, and petitioned his release so that he may return home. Athena saved him numerous times throughout his journey and ensured his journey home. ... Therefore, the deities in both Gilgamesh and The Odyssey are both a curse and a blessing to the heroes....

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Homer's Odyssey is the story of Odysseus an epic mythological Greek hero of the ancient world. In the Odyssey, Odysseus tries to find his self and in doing so becomes an arrogant, boastful, prideful, warrior king who is lost at sea for twenty years. ...

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In Homer's epic story The Odyssey, there were many major themes. ... The editors of The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces states that "The Odyssey was not successful in resolving the problem of violence." ... Odysseus left home to go to war in Troy. ... "You yellow dogs, you thought I"d never make it home from the land of Troy. ... All the violence and death that occurred in The Odyssey was under full control by the gods of Olympus. ...

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Odysseus's adventure in Homer's epic, "The Odyssey," follows him on a journey where he meets an array of new people while traveling to new land. ... Telemachus shows respect through his hospitality towards Athena when he, "took her right hand" and brought her into his home (I. 28). By doing this he illustrated the second step of Xenia which is to bring the stranger into ones home. ... Xenia, the practice of kindness to guests, which was expected of good Greeks, played an important role in "The Odyssey." ... The importance of Xenia in Greek culture is clearly demonstrated in...

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parallels the The Odyssey in a variety of ways. ... Ulysses Everett Mcgill, parallels Odysseus in The Odyssey. ... Everett is attempting to get back to his home in Ithaca, Mississippi which parallels Ithaca, Greece in The Odyssey. Everett's ex-wife Penny is getting married and Everett is trying to reach home to prevent the marriage. This is similar to Penelope about to be getting married in The Odyssey. ...

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In the textbook version of The Odyssey, Odysseus boasts about how he has defeated the Cyclops. ... In the graphic novel version of The Odyssey, Odysseus says, "Cyclops! ... " In the movie version of The Odyssey, Odysseus boasts about his victory over Poseidon more than the actual victory over the Cyclops. ... Odysseus' strategies to outwitting the Cyclops is portrayed very differently in the movie compared to the graphic novel and the poem, because in the movie he seems like a coward and man that one worries about him being safe to go home. ...

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The concept of Xenia in Homer's Odyssey The concept of "xenia", described in Homer's Odyssey as the guest-host relationship played a dominant part in ancient Greece. ... The Odyssey begins 20 years after Odysseus has left Ithaca. ... The remaining years he attempts to go back home to Ithaca, but his journey becomes quite difficult since Poseidon becomes Odysseus persecutor, just as Athene is firmly established as his protector. ... (Book IV P.66 Lines 31-34) On the other hand Homer's Odyssey also portrays the abuse of the guest-host relationship when it narrates the ...

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Before modern times, Homer, a blind poet, wrote an epic poem called the Odyssey. The Odyssey is the sequel to another epic by Homer, called the Iliad. ... The Odyssey covers Odysseus's difficult journey back home to Ithaca, which, unfortunately, takes ten more years. ... One of the greatest examples of Odysseus" intelligence isn't even found in the Odyssey. ... Odysseus is definitely intelligent, and proved so extensively in the Odyssey. ...

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Odysseus is a hero of all times thanks to Homer who wrote his story in The Odyssey. ... Homer wrote about the Trojan War, in which Odysseus took part in, in the Iliad, and about Odysseus" long journey home in, The Odyssey. ... In the Odyssey, Homer used a narrative structure to tell his stories. ... In freshman year of high school we read the annotated textbook version of The Odyssey. Lucky for me, I transferred English classes at the semester and I was able to read The Odyssey twice. ...

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Odysseus's Heroic Adventure When The Odyssey was written the Greek poet Homer defines his main character, Odysseus, as a great war hero. As the story progresses, Odysseus is many things other than the average warrior on a long journey home. ... Throughout The Odyssey, Odysseus shows his leadership qualities while he overcomes many obstacles during his journey home. ... In the end however, Odysseus wins back his home and lady after he successfully strings and shoots the bow only he can manipulate. ... Thro...

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and that of Homer's " Odyssey" are similar. ... Many of the characters were adapted from The Odyssey; Sirens, a one-eyed man, Penelope, and Lotus-eaters to name a few. ... The Odyssey the main character's name is Odysseus and in the film it is Ulysses. ... The prophet character in the Odyssey was Teiresias, whom Odysseus asked in the underworld when he needed information on how to get home again. ... They were now on their journey to find a way home. ...

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Odysseus, the hero of The Odyssey, was born into royalty and ruled the city-state of Ithaca when he was older. ... His duty fulfilled, Odysseus could now begin his journey towards his home. ... Odysseus encompassed this quality and proved it throughout the story of The Odyssey. ... At the beginning of The Odyssey, Athena was convincing her father, Zeus, to send a messenger to order Calypso to allow Odysseus to return home. ... After Calypso allowed him to leave, Odysseus built a wooden raft to return home. ...

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Throughout Homer's epic, the Odyssey, Poseidon is often characterized as a destructive and cruel deity. ... If the "many fames- gained by bloodshed and war are closely related to the forces of Poseidon, as implied by Homer, then Odysseus's attempt to escape the clutches of Polyphemos was really his attempt to free himself from the madness that can be brought about by the experience of brutal combat. ... If anyone ever tempted such a chaotic force, it was Odysseus, who after surviving the siege of Troy, instead of counting his blessings and heading straight home, stopped along the way...

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His curiosity, glory-seeking ambitions, and Hubris seem to be especially troublesome to the great king throughout Homer's, The Odyssey. ... Odysseus survived his great odyssey to Ithaka, but he could have been saved a great amount of grieving, if not for his curiousity. Odysseus would like to get home more then anything in the world, yet his glory-seeking ambitions seem to get in the way of his homecoming numerous times throughout the story. ... "Kyklops, if ever mortal man inquire how you were put to shame and blinded, tell him, Odysseus, raider of cities, took your eye: Laertes" so...

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Her goal throughout the story of the Odyssey is to reunite Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, with his home and family, which he hasn't seen or kept in touch with for twenty years. ... Through out the story of the Odyssey, Athena can transform herself into anyone or anything to disguise herself so people don't know she is a goddess. ... She uses this power in the story "The Odyssey" in the beginning of the story she shows up as a mentor. ... So she sent him home, but not quite because she disguised Odysseus as a beggar so he Odysseus was not necessarily home. ... Then he told them both ab...

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Odyssey Essay The Odyssey is an epic story that has been a significant piece of literature since it was first written and will remain so for ages to come. ... He gave Odysseus a bag full of the bad winds that would keep them from their home of Ithaca. ... With the present role in the story of Odyssey, the gods can be seen as an important role in Odysseus life. ... (78) Athens finally got Zeus to let Odysseus go and have him sail home. The catch of it was that Zeus would let Odysseus go home, but at the mercy of his brother, Posiden. ...

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In The Odyssey, the main character Odysseus faces this concept throughout the book as Homer tells it. He only wants to go home. ... That choice cost Odysseus years in getting home thanks to Polyphemus's father Poseidon. Poseidon is angry at Odysseus and keeps the winds so that Odysseus can not get home. ... Athena tells Odysseus, that if his crew eats the cattle of the god Helios then only he would return home but if they didn't then all would return home safe. ...

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The Journey of Odysseus and Telemachos In The Odyssey written by Homer and translated by Richard Lattimore, several themes are made evident, conceived by the nature of the time period, and customs of the Greek people. ... In the intricate and well-developed plot of The Odyssey, Homer harmonized several subjects. ... The story commences when Odysseus, a valiant hero of the Trojan war, journeys back home. ... Storms then blew his ships to Libya and the land of the Lotus-eaters, where the crew was given Lotus fruit from which most lost their entire memories from home. ... At this point, Homer ...

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Suitors, Death Awaits Them The Odyssey is about one man's epic struggle to return to his homeland to deal out a fair death to the suitors who have invaded his son, wife, great hall, and homestead. ... Homer shows us that one of Odysseus's few, but key flaws is the reason to why he postpones the suitors death. Odysseus has a problem with revealing his identity too early, which you will see causes him problems and delays his journey home throughout the story. ... A persons" identity, to Homer, is what makes ones life have purpose. ... Throughout the Odyssey, Odysseus is faced wit...

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