This journey initiated by Athena is to spark Telemachus" growth into a mature man. ... This journey is Telemachus" "rites of passage" where after completing it he has learnt how to act as a man. ... When the Poem begins, Telemachus is around twenty years old. ... He has not developed the skills of a man and as a result is seen by others as a boy and treated as such. ... Telemachus is to journey across the sea to find news of his father. ...

• Word Count: 1835
• Approx Pages: 7
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• Grade Level: High School

Odysseus, the hero of The Odyssey, was born into royalty and ruled the city-state of Ithaca when he was older. ... Odysseus was an extremely determined man who would let nothing stop him from reaching his goal. ... None of the men are able to accomplish this feat because Odysseus was the only man strong enough to bend to bow. ... Zeus agreed and Calypso, a sea nymph, released Odysseus who had been with her for eight years. ... Poseidon stirred up a fierce storm that destroyed the hero's raft while at sea. ...

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Cupid and Psyche is a tale of an elegant young woman, Psyche, in whom no man would love, only see. ... 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. ... During the discus throw, Perseus hits an old man in the stands and it kills him. The old man turns out to be Perseus' father. ... Hercules was known as the strongest and bravest man to ever live. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Zeus agrees to assist the Trojans in their attack on the Achaians, thus showing Agamemnon that Achilles is a indispensable man, who would be the pivot to succeed in battle. ... Achilles has pity on the old man, and returns the body. ... However, the real story centers on one awesome fighter, man, and hero-that man is Achilles. ... 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. ... Another man in this poem resembles Achilles is Agamemnon, who is the leader of the Greek army an...

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Poseidon was the Ruler of the Sea and gave the first horse to man. ... He was portrayed as a man with less serene features, a thick beard, and disorderly hair. ... "He was first depicted as a bearded man, of mature age, with brow generally crowned with ivy. ... "He was depicted as a young man of realized beauty, with a vigorous body, a broad chest and thin hips. ... Artemis was the daughter of Zeus and Leto and twins with Apollo, although she was one day older than he was. ...

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- So Athena disguises herself as Odysseus's old friend Mentes and goes to Telemachus, Odysseus's son who was a young boy when Odysseus left and now a young man. ... - Athena visits Telemachus again but this time disguised as a mentor, who is another old friend of Odysseus. ... - Proteus another man there in Sparta told Telemachus. ... She often appears in disguise as Mentor, an old friend of Odysseus. Poseidon - God of the sea. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Also, a hero is to be born of high status, he receives which from his mother Thetis, the sea goddess. ... When first born, Thetis, the sea goddess, tried to make Achilles an immortal in anyway she could. ... He was a mortal man who favored by all immortal gods. ... Even with the discussions of how Achilles will receive his honor from the Greeks young and old, he did not change his mind. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Evander, for example, is a man whose simple, peaceful existence suggests he is a character who the audience will want to sympathise with. His son, Pallas, is the "only source of joy" for the old man. ... Aeneas' hatred of war instils "great tides of grief" in his heart; this metaphor is especially fitting in a society which relies upon the sea for transport and food, and expresses the pain felt by Aeneas and his followers when they realise that they must fight against a people they wish to attain an alliance with. ... Virgil implies that man reverts to a primal, savage...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The whole series tells us about a twelve-year-old dyslexic ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) boy, Percy Jackson. ... The second book, The Sea of Monsters, is based on Odysseus' story, The Odyssey. ... This online essay was written by tigerdolphin in WriteWork.com (retrieved 01:42 PM, June 11, 2014, from http://www.writework.com/essay/essay-whether-willy-loman-death-sales-man-truly-tragic-her). ...

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Then Night alone produced Doom, Fate, Death, Sleep, Dreams, Nemesis, and others that come to man out of darkness. ... From the sea foam where his genitales fell came Aphrodite. ... These individuals were the first metaphysicians on earth, searching for the reality hidden behind appearances Greek Philosophers Homer, the blind poet Homer was a blind Greek poet, to whom are ascribed the two greatest epics known to man: The Iliad and the Odyssey. ... Aristophanes, the greatest of comic playwrights Aristophanes introduced the coarse type of comedy known as "old comedy". ...

• Word Count: 2001
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School