As he meets these new characters, he experiences the different forms of lack of hospitality. ... Telemachus is an example of a character who demonstrates good Xenia, while Cyclops (Polyphemus) fails. Respect is a value inherent in the act of Xenia and one Greek character who displays respect is Telemachus. ... Telemachus, not knowing at the time the stranger was Athena, shows how much he respects others and does not discriminate against strangers. ... Two characters who represent the "good" and "bad" Xenia are Telemachus and Cyclops. ...

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If you are unable to host the strangers, it is your duty to "send them to someone who could host them well". ... Eumaios saying this shows that he is a good man and will give as much as he possibly can to any stranger including Odysseus. ... In these contrasting ways, Odysseus was shown both good and bad hospitality through a variety of characters. ... Throughout Telemachos" coming of age, his character welcomes strangers with kindness and generosity, which he and his people highly benefit from this. ... Hospitality reveals itself as a domineering factor in the way characters act and the way c...

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Having an uninvited stranger in your home is not something that is joyously welcome, usually. ... When the character Telemachus lands his ship in Lacedaemon to visit Menelaus we witness this overzealous hospitality. ... With the gods always watching, many thought that any stranger was, "a gift from Zeus, " and therefore, one could never be too sure of who exactly the stranger is and where he came from. ... Our main character Odysseus has suffered nothing but the cruelest of travels; we listen to his journey and hear of his sorrows and triumphs. ... The Phaeacians are descendants of Poseidon, S...

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Next, she begins to question her son, wondering why he his manners have gone astray and why he is permitting the stranger to be so abused by the suitors. Could she be analyzing the sudden, questionable relationship between her son and the stranger? ... This is a very strange thing for a queen to request of a stranger, but shows how Penelope is just trying to lure Odysseus into revealing himself. ... Also, Penelope's unique, strong character is the reason why Odysseus kept fighting through countless struggles to return to the island of Ithaca. ... This monster does not appear in the charac...

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These types of heroic pieces of literature often include larger then life characters. ... The opening scene in this chapter, tells of a man named Telemachus who has reached Eumaeus's hut, he finds the swineherd talking with a stranger (Odysseus in disguise). As Eumaeus recounts Odysseus's story he suggests that the stranger stay with Telemachus at the palace. ...

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For this very reason, we regard Athene as a vital asset and character to this story. ... With this, we see a further development of Athene's character, as well as a more complex insight into Odysseus and his homecoming. ... The "guardian" side of Athene's character is once again seen when a tremendous wave "swept him forward to the rugged shore, where his skin would have been torn off him and all his bones broken, had not the bright-eyed goddess [Athene] put it into his head to grab hold of a rock with both hands as he was swept in" (82). ... Many times when helping Odysseus along ...

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He offers Odysseus food and drink as the ancient Greeks were supposed to do for any stranger. ... Odysseus tests Eumaeus" true character and finds him to be a compassionate man. ... The average ancient Greek listener perceived the emotions of the characters as being either the cause of downfall or that of glory. ...

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Belmont points out that there is actually another kind of relationship between the two characters in the sense that there are many parallels between these two characters. ... Characters like The Sirens, Circe, and Calypso assert their power by tempting people. ... Each of these characters is derived from the archetype in different ways. ... A character, which has power that is less apparent, is Penelope. ... The stranger is my guest,'" (Homer 11.381-383). ...

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Many of the main characters help to put these into play. The main characters are Odysseus, Penelope, Telemakhos, and Athena. Odysseus, Penelope, and Athena play a role in the development of the character of Telemakhos from a boy into manhood. ... Telemakhos also plays a role in the development of the themes and also these play a big role in the development of "coming of age" in the epic for his character. ... For example, at the beginning of the book, he notices a stranger outside the manor that had traveled in and begins talking to him. ...

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The main consequence of utilizing the style of an epic is, however, not so much to have fun with the epic, but to deflate a subject or characters that by contrast appear exceptionally insignificant. ... These characters symbolize the Meddling Gods and Goddesses that are present in many epics. ... Pope clearly and cleverly portrayed the effects of beauty upon various characters, he attempted to persuade his readers that beauty holds to much sway and its importance is overemphasized. ... / Oh, say, what stranger cause, yet unexplored/ Could make a gentle belle reject a lord?" ... These sylphs ...

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It also involves many high ranking characters as well as taking place in an open and public setting. ... The chorus observes and sees that Clytemnestra is acting a little stranger and more nervous than normal. ...

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He says, "Friends, we're hardly strangers at meeting danger- and this danger is no worse than what we face when the Cyclops penned us up in his vaulted cave with crushing force! ... As we see the hero's journey and epic characteristics merge, we are better able to understand the book and the character of Odysseus....

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IV- Characters: • Odysseus- also known as Ulysses; King of Ithaca; considered as the shrewdest among the warriors; a Greek hero; thinker of the Trojan Horse • Penelope- wife of Odysseus • Athena- Goddess of War, Wisdom, and Handicrafts; a.k.a Minerva in Roman Mythology; favored the Greeks during the Trojan War; daughter of Zeus and Hera. ...

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