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. ... Odysseus, the main character, was intelligent, bold, and had an excellent awareness and form of thought. ... Another example of his bravery is that he went to the Hades, a place feared by just about everyone. ... After all these good traits, not all of Odysseus" qualities are desirable. ...

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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. ... Odysseus, the main character, was intelligent, bold, and had an excellent awareness and form of thought. ... Another example of his bravery is that he went to the Hades, a place feared by just about everyone. ... After all these good traits, not all of Odysseus" qualities are desirable. ...

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If you were to base Odysseus' character simply on the words of Nestor alone, he would be the combination of all things that describe a hero: cunning, brave, strategic and intellectual. ... Even Zeus affirms Odysseus' character by stating that he, "excels all men in wisdom, in offerings too, ". (Odyssey 1. ... Not all of the characters in The Odyssey see Odysseus as the noble man that his friends do. ... He had an impact on all those around him, and it showed in the words each character had to offer in about him. ...

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In the Odyssey Homer actually tells the reader very little about the physical appearance of the women. ... The effect is that these men are only thinking about her beauty and they don't care about what could happen to them when Odysseus returns. ... She has twelve feet, all hanging in the air, and six necks, very long ones, and on each is a terrifying head, with three row of teeth in it crowded close together, filled with dark death" (Odyssey, 12: 86-92). ... Kalypso brings out a manly weakness in Odysseus; one that all men fall victim to. ... There is a sense of a much stronger characte...

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In his two most famous books, The Iliad and The Odyssey, those principles are seen in situations and characters. The Greeks in consider Homer's two epics as the highest cultural achievement of their people, the defining moment in Greek culture, which set the basic Greek character in stone. ... The Odyssey is the story of the homecoming of another Greek hero Odysseus. ... It talks about all the difficulties he faced over the course of ten years. ... He composed the Odyssey and the Iliad in long lines of six beats each called Dactylic Hexameter, which the ancients thought suited 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. ... - Meanwhile in Ithica the suitors hear about Telemachus's journey, and prepa...

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"The Odyssey," by Homer, follows the journey of Odysseus after a ten year war campaign in Troy. ... He's developed a sense of doubt about everything, including himself. ... The imagery of a man covered in blood like this is powerful, and fits perfectly to a war-torn character like him. ... This is a vicious and cruel way to die for all of them. ... For some, the Odyssey is just a book about a man overcoming adversity, nothing more, nothing less. ...

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The language of Telemachus changes in the same way as his character does. ... Telemachus learns about speaking and doing, talking and keeping silent and he also learns about the Gods from Menelaus. ... So I shall change all of this for you, since I am able to, and of all those gifts that lie stored away in my house I will give you the one which is most splendid and esteemed at the highest value. ... The wanderings of Telemachus, often called the Telemachy for obvious reasons, enhance the Odyssey using a technique, which is also used in the Iliad. ... It also serves as a purpose to ...

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She uses this power in the story "The Odyssey" in the beginning of the story she shows up as a mentor. ... So one might think that she might end up marrying one of the characters in the story. ... Then he told them both about his long dreadful journey home. ... Telem tells Penelope that this beggar has been traveling with Odysseus and can give her information about him Penelope and the beggar meet up one night to talk about Odysseus. ... The plan is to take all their weapons and kill them all. ...

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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. ...

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In the intricate and well-developed plot of The Odyssey, Homer harmonized several subjects. ... These all partake a immense role in the way the story is set up, stemming from the purpose of each character's journey, their personal challenges, and the difficulties that surround them. ... There, they stayed for about one month, and departed, in sight of the long-awaited Ithaca. ... What Odysseus was about to encounter next would be a very difficult task. ... Once he was recognized, Telemachos asked Nestor about his father. ...

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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. ... To Achilles" face he claims, "I hate you most of all the warlords loved by the gods. ... Odysseus even asks the fierce Achilles, "Have you no heart at all to fight the gutting fire form the fast trim ships? ... And he is also patient about how he reveals his identity to the Phaiakians, making sure that he is not seen as a braggart. ... All of these qualities combined illustrate qualities that the Gr...

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