The odyssey is the continuation of the Iliad in which the Trojan war took place. ... ***This all takes place because Poseidon is mad with Odysseus b/c he killed this son the Cyclops**** - Mean while in Ithaca, many suitors are trying to marry Penelope and take over this estate, thinking he is dead... Zeus refuses to give her this consent because Poseidon has the right to be mad, after all Odysseus did kill Poseidon's son... - Telemachus gives notice to the suitors that he will hold an assembly the next day and order them to leave Odysseus estate... CHARACTERS Odysseus - The protagon...

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Odysseus, the hero of The Odyssey, was born into royalty and ruled the city-state of Ithaca when he was older. ... Odysseus encompassed this quality and proved it throughout the story of The Odyssey. ... This killed the entire crew with the exception of Odysseus, who was now left to fend for himself in the roaring sea. ... If Odysseus had returned to his kingdom unaware of this fact, he would have been attacked or possibly killed by these men. ... After he had achieved the task to win Penelope, Odysseus, still in disguise, planed to kill all of his wife's suitors. ...

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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 suitors marvel at his speech, which is remarkably similar to Odysseus" crafty speech. ... The suitors plan to kill Telemachus because they know that when Telemachus returns he will be a man and not the boy they knew before. ... We recall in book I of Telemachus" had no means of ridding his house of the suitors, the suitors saw his words as empty threats, and they continued to disrupt his household. ... ...

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Clytemnestra then states that she has killed him to avenge Iphigenia , and then was joined by her lover Aegisthus . ... The ancient gods and goddesses played a key role in the lives of heroes and ensured justice; this confirmed through Athena's role in Odysseus' journey home in The Odyssey. Athena's fundamental role in The Odyssey was to assist and ensure the success of Odysseus' homecoming, and guarantee that Ithaca remained peaceful and stable (24.584-585). ... In many occurrences, in The Odyssey, Athena changed Odysseus' appearance, either to disguise him or make h...

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Odysseus and Achilles In Homer's epic poems "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey", Achilles and Odysseus are two characters that greatly encompass the human nature idealized by ancient Greeks. ... and finally professes to Odysseus that "iron is what you"re made of" (355). ... Odysseus also shows how having a "glorying spirit" can bring loss. ... For example, as he discovers the women of Ithaka to be servicing the suitors that raid his home, rather than kill them, Odysseus remembers his loss with the Kyklops and says to himself "Down; be steady. ... When he and his crew reach the great Kyklop...

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