Odysseus's adventure in Homer's epic, "The Odyssey," follows him on a journey where he meets an array of new people while traveling to new land. ... The theme of the voyager traveling in far-off land was very common in Greek mythology. ... This value was so important that it was actually a way of classifying mortals and even gods as good or bad; those who practice good Xenia being "good" and those who do not, as "bad". ... Those who practiced bad Xenia were often punished. Two characters who represent the "good" and "bad" Xenia are Telemachus...

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He was a great soldier at war, but that did not seem to gain him any respect in his home land. ... An epic hero would be respected by all in his home land. ... To children, it could be someone that flies, or that "beats the bad buy". ...

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King Priam wanted to defeat the enemy at the shores where they would land. ... Instead of reaching Troy the Greeks land at Mysia and after a battle received directions to Troy from the king. This could be more or less true but according to Strauss it shows how bad the navigation system was in the old days. ... Where the Greeks land exactly is not made clear by Homer but according to Strauss some places might have been the west side of Bronze Age bay, the harbor at Besik bay, the Trojan Harbor (Strauss, 58). ... Strauss also analyzes the different class structures in the Bronze Age, like who ha...

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After leaving Troy Odysseus attacks the land of the Cicones. ... Afterwards Odysseus and his crew land on the island of the Cyclops. ... He gave Odysseus a bag full of the bad winds that would keep them from their home of Ithaca. ...

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As a reader, you know that either something very good or something very bad is going to happen based on even the smallest of choices made throughout the poem. ... Yet again another similar situation, the land of the Lotus-Eaters, Odysseus' men are given a small task and asked to provide surveillance but are forcibly drug back to their ship because they are became addicted to the Lotus. ... Odysseus was fascinated by this mysterious land where no crops have ever been planted, goats were plentiful, and grapes grew from the earth. ... With every single decision that is made, there always wi...

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As a reader, you know that either something very good or something very bad is going to happen based on even the smallest of choices made throughout the poem. ... Yet again another similar situation, the land of the Lotus-Eaters, Odysseus' men are given a small task and asked to provide surveillance but are forcibly drug back to their ship because they are became addicted to the Lotus. ... Odysseus was fascinated by this mysterious land where no crops have ever been planted, goats were plentiful, and grapes grew from the earth. ... With every single decision that is made, there always wi...

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He has one more task at hand to complete which is to reclaim his home and land. ... With the help of the goddess he sets off to reclaim his land. ... Trying to warn Amphinomous was a bad move on Odysseus's part because there was a chance that Amphinomous could have figured out that the beggar was Odysseus and warned the other suitors but Odysseus is lucky that Amphinous did not heed his warning. ... He had to put up with the suitors bad behavior toward him and his home so he deserved the victory he got. ...

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Odysseus was aware that both men and gods would help him and he said "Oh hear me now, although before though didst not hear me, when I was wrecked, what time the great Land-shaker wrecked me. ... He knew that when he reached the land of the Phaecians that they would feel sorry for him and would try to help him. ... While Odysseus was in the underworld, he became acquainted with Tiresias who told him not to kill the Sun's kine because it would bring him and his crew bad luck. ... As when the welcome land appears to swimmers, whose sturdy ship Poseidon wrecked at sea, confounded by the wind...

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A True Vet It isn't hard to explain why Odysseus is such a good character. He is a very realistic one. Vietnam was a war that lasted close to fifteen years and many men lost their lives there. Some of those men who survived have never been the same since they have come home. Homer knew what it felt...

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He gave Odysseus a bag full of the bad winds that would keep them from their home of Ithaca. ... When they landed on the island of Hyperion, bad winds prevented them from leaving. ... Did he not offer you generous sacrifices in the land of the horse-taming Trojans?" ...

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When Hera was pregnant Zeus swallowed Hera and he said he had a very bad headache so he sent Hermes, the messenger god, and then all of a sudden Athena appeared out of his forehead, and she was dressed from head to toe with armor. ... Later on, in book 18 Athena decided that it is time for Odysseus to come home to his land and family. ...

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War is traumatizing. It can be responsible for destroying individuals, families and civilizations. "The Odyssey," by Homer, follows the journey of Odysseus after a ten year war campaign in Troy. Transitioning from the battlefield to civilian life can be difficult for a soldier, laden with anxiety an...

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Destiny still ordains that he shall see his loved ones' reach his high-roofed house, his native land at last... "it's Olympian Zeus himself who hands our fortunes out to each of us in turn, to the good and bad however Zeus prefers..." ...

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In result if the gods were happy with you, your name would grow with great bounds across the land and many great stories would be told of you. ... No matter how bad it gets the Christian god is always doing it because he has a greater and better plan for us, just as the Greeks believe about their gods. ...

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