Beginning when Paris, the son of king Priam of Troy, stole Helen the wife of king Menelaus. ... Athena tells Telemachus that she thinks his father is still alive... - Telemachus believe what Athena tells him about his father and is eager to look for him although he is not 100 sure or fully convinced that his father is alive. ... Odysseus is the husband of Penelope and the father of Telemachus. ... Telemachus - Odysseus's son. ...

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It will be told with Clytemnestra being the main protagonist and her son, Orestes, being the antagonist of the story. ... He runs bath and sees his father's dead body. ... By breaking her oath and betraying her own husband, this was the fate she was given, death by her own son. ... He son avenges his father by killing her and he in result has an ill fate of his own through his act of revenge. ... Ironically she meets her death by the hands of her own child and son. ...

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Already here we see how Tantalus is betraying himself by killing his own son and gets his justice from the gods who let him starve. ... Thyestes takes revenge by cursing Atreus, and then flees with his one remaining son Aegisthus. Atreus had two sons called Agamemnon and Menelaus. ... Clytaemnestra has also betrayed Agamemnon with her new lover, whom is none other than Aegisthus, the surviving son of Thyestes. ... Aigeus is childless and wants to become a father, but some god would have it so. ...

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Telemachus, Odysseus" son, also benefits from the hospitality of others as he struggles to maintain order in his father's household while still conducting himself as an honorable leader in Ithaca. ... Numerous themes in The Odyssey are conveyed through the character of Telemachus, however, Odysseus" son especially represents the cultural importance of hospitality. In Odysseus" absence, Telemachos courageously travels on a journey of his own, hoping to inquire any news of is father's location. ... Although the generosity that Telemachos receives from others exemplifies the cultural im...

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Throughout the first five books of the Odyssey we hear little of Odysseus the hero of the poem, instead we focus of his son Telemachus and his journey to seek information of his father. ... He is considered mature in age however due to his fathers absence and the chaotic life he has led over the past three years due to the suitors invading his household, his growth into a mature man has been held back. ... Telemachus is to journey across the sea to find news of his father. ... So he spoke, and Telemachus, the hallowed prince, smiled as he caught his father's eye, but avoided the eyes of ...

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My hero would be my father, who has always been strong, courage's, and so brave. ... They're both the sons of divine mothers. ... "The son of Peleus in the line of Zeus" as "strong, swift, and godlike" (Homer 141, 132). ... Thetis did not forget her son's requests. ... Achilles and Patroclus were both great warriors and formed a very strong friendship from the time that both of their fathers sent them to King of the Centaurs to be educated. ...

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Telemachus, Odysseus's beloved son, and Penelope, his beautiful loyal wife, likewise display this valuable characteristic. ... In order to maintain her faithfulness to Odysseus, she tricks the suitors by saying that she would pick one of them to marry once she finished a burial shroud for Laertes, her father-in-law. ... Telemachus also displays perseverance by going on voyages to discover the truth about his father, which also act as a sort of coming-of-age tale. ... His homecoming would be pointless if he has an unfaithful wife and a careless son. ... His son, Telemachus also went on voy...

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The poor man did not even know about this plan and was shocked when my mother had greeted him as his future son-in-law. ... "Father!... "Father what have you done? ... Father, please wake up!... My father is now gone. ...

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On the other hand, Fontenrose (107) is asserting that, since the family has been reduced to father and children, the taboo against the killing of one's own mother is avoided. According to Fontenrose, the imagery of the animal single parent means that the father is the head of the family and the mother is technically placed outside the family. The father takes up a nurturing role and cares deeply about the welfare of the children. ... Cilissa strongly contend to the fact that Orestes is her son and not the son of Clytemnestra. ... This gives Orestes the room to revenge the death of his fat...

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"Sing, goddess, the anger of Peleus' son Achilles/ and its devastation" (Homer 1.1-2). ... This is apparent in the beginning of book 1 when Agamemnon refuses to return Chryseis to her father Chryses, priest of Apollo. ... "Son of Telamon, seed of Zeus, Aias, lord of the people:/ All that you have said seems spoken after my own mind./ Yet still the heart in me swells up in anger, when I remember/ The disgrace that he wrought upon me before the Argives,/ The son of Atreus, as if I were some dishonored vagabond"(Homer, 9.644-648). ... "Give me your armor to wear on my shoulde...

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"And next I saw Amphitrion's true wife, Alkmene, mother, as all men know, of lionish Heracles, conceived when she lay close in Zeus's arms; and Megare, high-hearted Kreons's daughter, wife of Amphitrion's unweary son" (Homer p.333). ... "Dismiss your mother from the house, or make her marry the man her father names and she prefers" (Homer p.209). Menelaos's daughter has no choice as to who she will marry, and Penelope's son has the ability to make his mother leave the house. ... A son has more power in this society than his own mother. ... Like men, the gods are a...

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Agamemnon is infuriated that he must return Chryseis to her father in order to end a plague sent by Apollo against the king and his people. ... Thetis, the goddess of the sea and Achilles' mother, has been able to convince Zeus to avenge her son because she came to the aid of the king of the gods in the past. ... Since that time, Zeus has always been partial to her and easily agrees to help her son. ... In contrast, Hector is eager to return there, even though Andromache, his wife, pleads with him to stay behind with her and their infant son, Astyanax. ... Thetis, afraid f...

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For this reason, Virgil has drawn comparisons to his patron's success with that of his protagonist, Aeneas, who has been portrayed to be an excellent warrior and fatherly figure, as the consistent use of the stock epithet "Father Aeneas" attests to. According to Roman mythology, Augustus Caesar was a descendant of Aeneas, from the stock of the sky-father Jupiter himself. ... His son, Pallas, is the "only source of joy" for the old man. ... Even the dictator Mezentius is shown to be heartbroken at the loss of his son Lausus and Virgil makes it quite clear that he is imp...

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It is believed that Hector is the 1st born son of King Priam and Queen Hecabe of Troy. Since Priam is a descendant of Zeus, this divine lineage is passed down to all his sons. ... In Hector's speech about his son Astynax, the reader gains invaluable insight into what it means to be a hero: Zeus, and you other gods, grant that this boy of mine may be, like me, pre-eminent in Troy; as strong and brave as I; a mighty king of Ilium. May people say, when he comes back from battle, "Here is a better man than his father." ... Hector, being an honourable man, tells her that it is ...

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This epic also portrays the voyage of Telemachus in the search of his father, Odysseus. ... • Circe- a beautiful sorceress • Anticlea- mother of Odysseus • King Alcinous- king of the Phaeacians; ruled with his wife, Queen Acretes • Eurycleia- Odysseus" maid since childhood • Teiresias- a dead prophet who lived in the underworld • Calypso- a nymph who took care of Odysseus for 7 years • Polyphemus- a Cyclops; son of Poseidon • Menelaus- husband of Helen; King of Sparta; brother of Agamemnon • Nausicaa- daughter of Alcinous and Quee...

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His undying loyalty to Troy, his beloved country; his efforts to maintain peace in his homeland; his boundless counter-attacks on the Achaean army; and his focus on his wife and only son all demonstrate his integrity. ... Homer focuses on the selfless love Hector has for his wife, Andromache, and for his son, Astyanax. ... Hector also shows concern for his son, praying to the gods and saying "Zeus, all you immortals! Grant that this boy, my son, may be as I am, pre-eminent among the Trojans, great in strength, as am I, and rule strongly over Troy; and someday let them say of him: 'H...

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Priam is secretly guided by the gods to Achilles to request his son's body in exchange for a great ransom. ... He is the son of Peleus, King of the Mymidons, and Thetis the sea goddess; he and his fellow Myrmidons come to Troy as part of the Greek force led by King Agamemnon. ... Achilles's rage does not subside until king Priam of Troy, Hector's sorrowful father, eventually comes to Achilles' camp in peace. He comes to beg Achilles to let him have back the body of his son. ... Another man in this poem resembles Achilles is Agamemnon, who is the leader of the Greek army and...

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Thetis pleads her son's case to Zeus, who agrees to punish the Greeks, and hence to restore Achilleus's honor. ... The father weighs his choices, and decides upon the best course of action. ... During the course of the great battles that constitute the bulk of the Iliad, the gods repeatedly confront each other over the fate of their mortal sons in the battlefield. For example, when Ares's son is slain, the war-god is aflame with fury, and seeks to revenge his son's death despite his knowledge of certain and deadly grave punishment from Zeus. If not for Athena, who holds...

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She was at a time to be married to Zeus, but because it was told that Thetis would bare a son greater than his father, Zeus decided to marry someone else. ... "I"m coming to your hut and taking Briseis, your own beautiful prize, so that you will see just how much stronger I am than you, and the next person will wince at the thought of opposing me as an equal (Homer 194)," is what Agamemnon said to Achilles after he was told that he had to give Chryseis back to her father. ... "Hectors"death means your (Homer 104), " is what Thetis tells her son after hearing about his thoughts about fighting i...

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He is a caring father and husband, good warrior and good image of his country, Homer actually seem to have sympathy towards Hector's character. ... The Olympian has raised him to be a pain to the Trojans and to big-hearted Priam and his sons.... Philates is also shown, when Hector rejects Helen's offer to sit with her and talk, I see Hector's profound feeling of loyalty: he rejects her offer and he prefers to go visit his wife Andromache and his infant son maybe for the last time. ... He ignored his fathers and mothers plea who warned him that he is not equal to Achilles and w...

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Perseus begins with a sorrow tone as Apollo tells the King of Argos that his daughter's son would later kill him. ... Their son is named Perseus. Her father was furious when he found out she was pregnant and out of anger puts Danae in a chest and sends her out to sea. ... The old man turns out to be Perseus' father. ...

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Priam cries, "Come then inside the wall, my child, so that you can rescue the Trojans and the women of Troy, neither win the high glory for Peleus" son [Achilles]," (22.56-58). ... Priam is Hector's father, along with being the king of Troy. ... Not only will Hector let Troy down, but he will also be letting his father down. ... Besides ruining the city, many people, including Hector's father, brothers, and sisters, are likely to be wounded or killed. It is because of these consequences that it would seem that Hector should have listened to his father's advice. ...

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He was born to a goddess mother and a mortal father, and after his mother submerged him in the river Styx, he was invulnerable, except for his ankle. ... To show how steadfast Socrates was in his beliefs he states to the jury, When my sons grow up, I would ask you, O my friends, to punish them; and I would have you trouble them, as I have troubled you, if they seem to care about riches, or anything more than about virtue; or if they pretend to be something when they are really nothing, -- then reprove them, as I have reproved you, for not caring about that for which they ought to car...

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Achilles did not want his body to go back to the Trojans or his family, but Achilles ended up taking pity on Hector's father and gives the body back. ... In Iraq's defense, Creon regretted sentencing Antigone to death because chaos broke out in his own home when his son and wife died as a result of Antigone's death. ... Aeneas sought revenge from Turnus for killing his ally's son, Pallus. ...

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Through the treacherous paths Odysseus travels, it's the hope of seeing Penelope and his son Telemachus will bring him his strength and wisdom. ... The son, Telemachus, whom loved his father even thou he has never seen him. ...

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