Odysseus is then eager to get home but he provokes the wrath of Poseidon, god of the sea, and is punished with fog and flat winds. ... Athena made Odysseus an old man in appearance so as to not be recognized in his home. ... The competition is won if anyone can string Odysseus" old bow and shoot an arrow through the holes on the ax heads. Against the ridicule of the men Odysseus as an old man succeeds. ...
Odysseus appears throughout the story to be an easily seduced man. ... In Greek Mythology the Seirenes are known as women who lure in men of the sea so that they do not make it home. ... Their songs had profound control over every man's actions. ... "Son of Laertes, versatile Odysseus, after these years with me, you still desire your old home? even so, I wish you well, If you could see it all before you go- all the adversity you face at sea- you would stay here, and guard this house, and be immortal ( P. 87 L. 212-218)." ...
For many years, Odysseus wanders the seas enduring many hardships. ... Come my old friend, stand by my side and watch me in action, learn how Mentor son of Alcimus the Courageous repays past kindness in the thick of battle," (335-336). ... Secondly, Odysseus" physical prowess helps create this resourceful man. ... Also his readiness to engage in combat against even monsters and Immortals shows a man of great physical prowess. ... Odysseus" quest for self-knowledge also created this resourceful man. ...
He has enjoyed all his experiences as a sailor who travels the seas, and he considers himself a symbol for everyone who wanders and roams the earth. ... Telemachus will do his work of governing the island while Ulysses will do his work of traveling the seas: "He works his work, I mine." ... Ulysses encourages his men to make use of their old age because "'tis not too late to seek a newer world." ... The men themselves on the other hand feel they are getting to old; they are too weak in their old age. ... The poem shows a man's devotion to "traveling the world" and keeping an open ...
The goddess Circe addresses this problem in book XXII, when Odysseus has to pass the sea monster Skylla. ... The translated text states: At this the man of randing mind, Odysseus, cried: "So hard beset! ... (XIII, 480-92) Although ready for battle at the moment of quote, he instead returns to his hall under the disguise of an old man. ... "The Odyssey" is a tale of a man who longs for home after a ten yearlong campaign and nine years at sea. ... For some, the Odyssey is just a book about a man overcoming adversity, nothing more, nothing less. ...
This also shows that Odysseus was a sensitive man who was very homesick, and whenever he heard anything about his past life or his friends he would have most likely been touched. ... Odysseus shows the quality of beauty when Athena changed Odysseus from an old beggar to a hero. ... Odysseus displays leadership when Charybdis who was a giant hole in the sea that swallowed and vomited the sea three times a day. ... He resembled Jesus a little bit when Jesus and his disciples were in a ferocious storm on the Sea of Galilee, Jesus comforted them and quieted the storm. ...
Athena disguises him as an old beggar to help him get past the suitors and when he gets to Penelope, she turns Odysseus back into himself and even makes him more handsome. ... When the gods intervene and tell Calypso that Odysseus must leave, she attempts to lure and distract him by offering him marriage to her and immortality, "If you could see it all, before you go-all the adversity you face at sea-you would stay here, and guard this house, and be immortal-though you wanted her forever, that bride for whom you pine each day. ... Other female characters, which like Calypso represent man&...
And if again one of the gods shall wreck me on the wine-dark sea, I will be patient still, bearing within my breast a heart well-tried with trouble; for in times past much have I borne and much have toiled, in waves and war; to that, let this be added." ... Campbell explains, "In order to found something new, one has to leave the old and go in quest of the seed idea, a germinal idea that will have the potentiality of bringing forth that new thing." ... He awakens, now understanding that he had to become nauseous with worldly power in order that the Siddhartha the pleasure-monger and Siddha...
One at a time, each suitor takes on the challenge; however, fails upon achieving it except Odysseus, who "entered his own home, like a miserable beggar, an old man leaning upon a staff, and clothed in rags" (218). ... As they began to sail by the island of these two creatures, "The men were terrified, the oars flew out of their hands and fell in the sea dragging down the ship's sides" (154). ... Likewise, Odysseus "walked the whole length of the ship, pausing by each man, and coaxing them not to lose heart," reassuring them that they will survive (154). ...
His journey from Troy to Ithaca should have only taken a matter of weeks, but Poseidon, the god of the sea, is angry at Odysseus for taking credit for brilliant creation of the Trojan horse; and then boasting about it. ... Odysseus even prayed to the god Apollo before he started to take down the suitors, which the old Odysseus would've never done. ... In the beginning, he is a very brash and reckless man who has a lot of hubris, but by the end Odysseus shows wisdom, care, and very little, if any, hubris. ...
