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. ... Minor themes: Self-interest: THE SUITORS DO NOT LOVE PENELOPE BTU ARE JUST INTERESTED IN CONTROLLING WHAT SHE "OWNS". ... CHARACTERS Odysseus - The protagonist of t...

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Well Heracles was such a diverse character "it was impossible to write a unified epic about him" (Aristotle, Poetics 8). Another quality that played a major role in Heracles character was his generally good nature. ... "Thus we find his exploits covering the whole of the Greek world and his legends and cult flourishing in areas of Greek colonization, such as Asia Minor and Italy (where as Hercules he passed into the Roman state religion) (Classical Mythology pp. 539). ...

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They used limestone in Italy and Sicily, marble in the Greek islands and Asia Minor, and limestone covered with marble on the Greek mainland. ... Columns in the Ionic style, which began in Ionia (Asia Minor) and the Greek islands, are more slender, more narrowly fluted, and spaced farther apart than Doric columns. ...

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The hero Aeneas was already known to Greco-Roman legend and myth, having been a character in the Iliad, composed in the 8th century BC. ... He is an omniscient narrator (he has access to every character's mind), he frequently gives insight into the thoughts and feelings of even minor characters, gods and mortals alike. ... Setting place is the Mediterranean, including the north coast of Asia Minor, Carthage, and Italy. ... The many dreams and prophecies of various characters reveal a veiled future to mortals and are the epic's strongest form of foreshadowing. ...

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"Know Thyself ": The Role of Apollo in Greek Life and Literature The figure of Apollo has been supremely influential in Greek life and literature since the beginning of Greek civilization, and has resonated throughout history to both modern religion and psychology. The derivation of the name "Apol...

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