The Odyssey Characterisation Homer's, The Odyssey, is and epic journey rich in character and devoting exclusivity to travel, rustics and servants, to low life and dastardly villains. ... The first word of The Odyssey is andra, "the man", which tells us directly that this epic journey of time, travel, and heroics is based simply upon the courage, strength, wisdom and honour of man. ... In the end, his address was both courteous and full of subtlety: (6.145-148) The Odyssey is not, then only a journey of physical endurance for Odysseus; the survival of his heroic stature and his ...

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Just as Athena aided Telemachus, she came to the aid of the Odysseus when Poseidon was attempting to sabotage his return home. Odysseus, after the Trojan War , became conceited and overly zealous on his return home, blinded Poseidon's son Polyphemos . Poseidon took responsibility for creating detours and trials, vowing to do everything in his power to stop Odysseus from returning home to Ithaca. ... In many occurrences, in The Odyssey, Athena changed Odysseus' appearance, either to disguise him or make him look even more daunting than he normally would. ... This notion was recogniz...

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Homer's epic poem The Odyssey was written after his Iliad which told the tales of the Trojan War. This Odyssey told of the wanderings of a prominent warrior and ruler, Odysseus. ... At times throughout The Odyssey Odysseus didn't think about the consequences of his actions and depended on guidance from the gods to help lead him in the right direction. ... As when the welcome land appears to swimmers, whose sturdy ship Poseidon wrecked at sea, confounded by the winds and solid waters; a few escape the sea and swim ashore; swift salt forms crusts at their flesh; they climb the welcome ...

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