Odysseus' and Penelope's marriage increasingly becomes tense as the years go on without Odysseus's return. ... The tension is clear from the start of the epic poem. ... She weeps daily for her thought-to-be dead husband, Odysseus. ... At this moment she realizes his vigilance, a trait similar to Odysseus. ... Odysseus throughout the epic poem is always regarded as not only a strong mortal man, but one with an amazing amount of cunning and quick-thinking who can out-wit any foe that comes across his path along his journeys. ...

• Word Count: 1806
• Approx Pages: 7
• 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...

• Word Count: 416
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The Odyssey is the story of the homecoming of another Greek hero Odysseus. Odysseus was not famous for his strength or bravery, but for his ability to deceive and trick. ... In oral-formulaic traditions, generations of poet performers develop a special poetic language that consists of a number of musical phrases and longer story elements out of which long narrative poems are constructed. ...

• Word Count: 552
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

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

The Iliad is a poem believed to have been written by Homer around 800 B.C. ... The poem portrays the tenth and final year of the war, which started when Paris of Troy fell in love with Helen of Sparta and stole her away from her husband, Menelaus. ... His leadership is at times unsteady, a character flaw and, like many of the other warriors in the poem, may feel a sense of entitlement. ... Had it not been for the intervention of the goddesses Hera and Athena urging Odysseus to persuade them from leaving, the war may have ended that day but not as Agamemnon expected. ... Throughout the poem...

• Word Count: 2432
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

Aias, Odysseus, Agamemnon, and other Greek leaders have similar successes. ... Through his actions and beliefs, Hector shows that he is a proud, dutiful, wise, and honorable man, once of the most noble in the entire poem. ...

• Word Count: 1928
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School