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. ... Odysseus proves he is an epic hero throughout the Odyssey, and especially shows his intelligence, lack of super powers, and extreme bravery. ... Odysseus is definitely intelligent, and proved so extensively in the Odyssey. ... Odysseus is definitely worthy of the title of epic hero. ...

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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. These heroes were the ones who saved people. ...

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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. These heroes were the ones who saved people. ...

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In his two most famous books, The Iliad and The Odyssey, those principles are seen in situations and characters. ... This departure leads to the defeat of the Greeks and the killing of Agamemnon by Trojan hero Hector. ... The Odyssey is the story of the homecoming of another Greek hero Odysseus. ... He composed the Odyssey and the Iliad in long lines of six beats each called Dactylic Hexameter, which the ancients thought suited the formality of epic poetry. ...

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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. ... (Book IV P.115 Lines 159-166) From this we can assume that the Phaiakians didn't know that they were interacting with Odysseus the hero of the Trojan War yet treated him as welcoming as possible like they would do with anyone else. ... (Book IV P.66 Lines 31-34) On the other hand Homer's Odyssey also portrays the abuse of the guest...

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Homer's great epic poems, The Iliad and The Odyssey, tell different parts of a single epic cycle about Greek military expedition to the distant city of Troy, the war with the Trojans, and the return of the heroes to their cities and kingdoms. ... It goes back to the basic understanding that you are a hero by fighting, killing and winning in the war. ... At the heart of The Iliad is a celebration of heroes, men who rely on their own abilities to win battles and strive for the honor that result from victories. Although savage at times, Achilles is the great hero of the Achaeans, a man o...

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Homer's great epic poems, The Iliad and The Odyssey, tell different parts of a single epic cycle about Greek military expedition to the distant city of Troy, the war with the Trojans, and the return of the heroes to their cities and kingdoms. ... It goes back to the basic understanding that you are a hero by fighting, killing and winning in the war. ... At the heart of The Iliad is a celebration of heroes, men who rely on their own abilities to win battles and strive for the honor that result from victories. Although savage at times, Achilles is the great hero of the Achaeans, a man o...

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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. ... She retrieves a large heroic bow that was given to Odysseus by a hero he fought with. ...

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"The Odyssey," by Homer, follows the journey of Odysseus after a ten year war campaign in Troy. ... "The Odyssey" is a tale of a man who longs for home after a ten yearlong campaign and nine years at sea. ... For some, the Odyssey is just a book about a man overcoming adversity, nothing more, nothing less. ... A more in-depth look at this epic reveals that it's more than a tale of fancy, reveals that it is more about a scarred hero trying to leave the war mindset he gained beneath the great walls of Troy, and take up the civilized mind of a king, a husband, and a father....

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While these are valued standpoints, I contend Homer is rather trying to allow us, the audience, to come closer into the minds of the heroes by showing you how they would react to the retelling of their ordeals. ... She is the wife of Hektor, who was a "hero who fell in front of his city, where he was defending both the community and his children". ... Homer intertwines the divine once again in that Athena also showed empathy in the outset of the Odyssey. ... Without this extreme compassion for others, Odysseus" labors were inadequate to have the The Odyssey written, but now that he sees the...

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The odyssey is the continuation of the Iliad in which the Trojan war took place. ... When the war was over and they had won Helen back, many of those brave warriors died and never went back home, Yet Odysseus didn't die but stayed there longer SECTION 1 - Starts off with the narrator bragging about Odysseus, the main character of the Odyssey "the man skill in all ways" - Odysseus is in the island of Ogygia, trapped by the goddess Calypso who is in love with him and doesn't let him go home. ... CHARACTERS Odysseus - The protagonist of the Odyssey. Odysseus fought among the ot...

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He is famous for writing both The Iliad and The Odyssey. ... The true man and hero of The Iliad is Hector. ... One if his stories, The Odyssey, taught there was something much more important than battles, and death. ...

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In The Odyssey, Odysseus and Telemachus embark on parallel heroic journeys to unite their family. The Online Oxford Dictionary provides the following definition of a hero: "A person, typically a man, who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities.... Despite their moments of weakness and in part because of the involvement of the gods, Odysseus and Telemachus will rebound from weakness to satisfy the requisite characteristics of a hero. In fulfilling the first requirement of a hero, Odysseus demonstrates his courage by escaping Calypso, battling the...

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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. ...

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