All of these classes are shown very distinctly in the Odyssey. ... In the Odyssey these meanings are in no way as deep as the meanings portrayed in the Odyssey. ... When Odysseus finally reached home and revealed himself, he slaughtered all the suitors; but still Penelope had doubts about this man who claimed to be Odysseus. ... As one can see, the roles of social class, family and kinship, and marriage all play a major role in the story of the Odyssey. Homer brings these alive in the very detailed lives of his main characters of the story: Odysseus, Penelope, and Telemachus. ...

• Word Count: 1328
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In literary works such as "The Odyssey", "Allegory of the Cave" and "Antigone", and in such forms as "Sculptures", or the Parthenon, we are able to see these how the Greeks developed these new concept words. Odysseus' will to overcome all his obstacles shows arete. ... In "The Odyssey", a man encounters many battles and obstacles throughout the his life, and in the first lines of the story, we are given the knowledge that main character is a man of great importance and excellence. ... Plato's, "Allegory of the Cave" is about three prisoners in a cave who are forced to face the wall...

• Word Count: 664
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

He is famous for writing both The Iliad and The Odyssey. The Iliad is about Achilles and his battle with Agamemnon. ... One if his stories, The Odyssey, taught there was something much more important than battles, and death. ... When the Greeks created their alphabet consisting of fewer characters, this revolutionized Greece. ... His play was about an old legend, but his message was about the aristocrats losing power because of democracy. ...

• Word Count: 1005
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

In Sparta, citizens made up only about 8,000 of the population which was 400,000. ... We can find out about Pythagoras' theorem on right-angled triangles today. ... Most of them inform us about the heroic deeds of mortals or divine beings. ... He composed the "Iliad" and "The Odyssey", which are two famous epic poems. ... Often, it is thought as a kind of a story in the lives of the characters. ...

• Word Count: 2025
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Democracy, classical art and architecture, philosophy, and drama all can trace their lineage to ancient Greece. ... Reading the plays of the classical playwrights give us evidence of women as strong, central characters in Greek tragedies and epics. ... This culture dominated the Greek world from about 1600 to 1100 b.c.e., and was illuminated five hundred years later in Homer's Iliad and the Odyssey, clearly following the oral traditions of ancient societies. ... " Not much is known about this time concerning women or men. ... Not all city-states arrived at the democratic stage like ...

• Word Count: 7196
• Approx Pages: 29
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School