Many of the characters were adapted from The Odyssey; Sirens, a one-eyed man, Penelope, and Lotus-eaters to name a few. ... The Odyssey the main character's name is Odysseus and in the film it is Ulysses. ... , talks about a man of sorrow and how his life has not been the luckiest. ... The song emphasizes "I've seen trouble all my day." ... The prophet character in the Odyssey was Teiresias, whom Odysseus asked in the underworld when he needed information on how to get home again. ...

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The Greeks perceived the gods as servers of justice and order, protectors, guides of their city-states, and the cause of all events. ... The downfall of the house of Agamemnon began when Cassandra begun to ramble prophecies about a curse on the house and indicates that "a great evil is plotted in this house" (Oresteia.1103). ... Athena functioned in the Odyssey to inspire and educate the main characters through personal intervention as she acts on their behalf, as she took part in the slaughter of the suitors and ended the conflict between Odysseus and the suitors' families. ...

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The Odyssey and its hero Odysseus are superior examples of the epic genre and the epic hero because they demonstrate most, if not all, of the epic conventions. ... Never giving up is not just an action, it is a quality in character that defines someone's personality. Odysseus encompassed this quality and proved it throughout the story of The Odyssey. ... Instead of feeling defeated and turning back, Odysseus thinks about the problem logically and steers around the whirlpool, losing only six men to Scylla. ... Athena helped him once more by running panic through the crowd of men so t...

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