The two classic poems are also the two most famous and most beloved epic narratives in the world. ... The Odyssey and the Iliad are both epic poems, in the both figurative and definitive sense of the word. An epic poem, by definition, is a long poem that tells a story, often those of heroes embarking on adventures. ... Primarily because of Odysseus' Horse maneuver, among other beneficial exploits of Odysseus, the Greeks were victorious in the war. ... Epic poems, such as the Odyssey, were never written down in their time. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

His clever use of different literary devices makes the poem simple to comprehend and gives a deeper understanding on some events in Greek mythology. ... Then when Zeus disguised as a huge swan has ended his sexual act with Yeats mentions that that was the point at which deadly problems were created for the Trojans, like their being attacked by Odysseus from the broken wall in the Trojan Horse; death of their king Agamemnon in the tower on the burning roof of Troy. ... The mixture of aggressiveness and sorrowness creates a mysterious tone that flows through the poem. ... It's sonnet fo...

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• Grade Level: High School

It's true that Aeneas' wanderings in the beginning of the poem are reminiscent of the same perils that Odysseus faced on his journey home to Ithaca, such as Aeneas' encounter with the Harpies (3:245) and the Cyclopes (3:760). Aeneas then struggles to safely colonize the Trojans in Italy upon his arrival which mirrors Odysseus' rocky homecoming and slaughter of Penelope's suitors. ... However, as Anchises describes "the glory that awaits the Trojan race," (6:896) it becomes clear that this poem is anything but a piracy of Homer's epic. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The story is actually told to Telemachus from Menelaus when he visits while searching for any news or whereabouts of his father Odysseus. ... Although this is a short story that is only told verbally to Telemachus, it resonates powerfully to the overall theme of the poem, The Odyssey, about fate, betrayal and loyalty. The moral of the story is also a great contrast to that of Odysseus and his own situation with his own wife Penelope. ...

• Word Count: 1403
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School