The first known poems in the classical epic tradition were the two Homeric epics: The Iliad and The Odyssey. Although the authorship of The Iliad and The Odyssey are traditionally attributed to Homer, both poems were actually formed through the oral tradition (Beye 3). ... Even if Homer was the initial narrator of both epics, The Iliad and The Odyssey would have undergone many changes with each recitation (7). ... Satan is a traditional hero as his qualities reflect the attributes valued in his society; however, Milton also suggests that these modern heroes should be questioned. ... In ancien...

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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. ... The wanderings of Telemachus, often called the Telemachy for obvious reasons, enhance the Odyssey using a technique, which is also used in the Iliad. ... Therefore this is a technique used by Homer to introduce us to Odysseus without actually presenting the hero himself while at the same time the stories show Odysseus" brilliance. It also serves as a purpose to link the Iliad and the Odyssey together by emp...

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While these are valued standpoints, I contend Homer is rather trying to allow us, the audience, to come closer into the minds of the heroes by showing you how they would react to the retelling of their ordeals. ... She is the wife of Hektor, who was a "hero who fell in front of his city, where he was defending both the community and his children". ... Homer intertwines the divine once again in that Athena also showed empathy in the outset of the Odyssey. ... Without this extreme compassion for others, Odysseus" labors were inadequate to have the The Odyssey written, but now that he sees the...

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The odyssey is the continuation of the Iliad in which the Trojan war took place. ... 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. ... CHARACTERS Odysseus - The protagonist of the Odyssey. Odysseus fought among the ot...

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