The elders note that, "...she is fearfully like the immortal goddess to look at" (Iliad, 3:151). ... (Odyssey, 5:180). ... (Odyssey, 6:15). ... She dissolves quarrels, even among men, when she favors them" (Odyssey, 7:73-4). ... (Odyssey, 22:460). ...
Odysseus and Achilles In Homer's epic poems "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey", Achilles and Odysseus are two characters that greatly encompass the human nature idealized by ancient Greeks. ... Moreover, in his crippled state, he still manages to throw the discus the farthest in the Phaiakian games, having all the men "note the prowess that is in [him]" (295). Indeed, men do note both Odysseus" and the mighty Achilles" physical prowess. ...
