It was sometimes questioned whether or not the stranger was perhaps a god in disguise, and if not treated accordingly, one would be punished. ... Having an uninvited stranger in your home is not something that is joyously welcome, usually. ... With the gods always watching, many thought that any stranger was, "a gift from Zeus, " and therefore, one could never be too sure of who exactly the stranger is and where he came from. ... It was always treated as a test on disguise, now, to turn down any stranger in fear of punishment could potentially lead to more punishment. In Greek mythology it is ...

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If you are unable to host the strangers, it is your duty to "send them to someone who could host them well". ... Eumaios saying this shows that he is a good man and will give as much as he possibly can to any stranger including Odysseus. ... Throughout Telemachos" coming of age, his character welcomes strangers with kindness and generosity, which he and his people highly benefit from this. ... Although Athena appears as a beggar, Telemachos warmly greets her with a kind welcome in the first book of the epic, "Greetings, stranger! ... This reinforces the theme of hospitality, because in Greek m...

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Hospitality and Its Perversion According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the word "hospitality" is defined as "offering a pleasant or sustaining environment for guests." Each country and culture possesses different standards of hospitality. For example, people in Uzbekistan practice hospitality by welcoming guests and inviting them to eat, drink, and stay longer. If a guest is given a cup filled with a beverage, this means that the host is telling the guest to hurry up, drink this full cup, and leave. Therefore, in order to show hospitality, the hosts in Uzbekistan offer their guests ...

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Next, she begins to question her son, wondering why he his manners have gone astray and why he is permitting the stranger to be so abused by the suitors. Could she be analyzing the sudden, questionable relationship between her son and the stranger? ... This is a very strange thing for a queen to request of a stranger, but shows how Penelope is just trying to lure Odysseus into revealing himself. ...

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As Odysseus was standing in his house, in the shape of a stranger, he realizes that the people who are very close to him did not recognize who he was, but his dog Argos, does recognize his master. ... The stranger, Odysseus was old, just like the dog. ...

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The episode that I decided to pick from The Odyssey as my example of tragedy is the story of Agamemnon's death at the hands of his wife, Clytemnestra, and Aegisthus and his son Orestes avenging his death by killing his mother and Aegisthus. The story is actually told to Telemachus from Menelaus when...

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Hugo A Vargas Jr September 16, 2003 Dr. William Bogard Antiquity and Modernity Of Gods and Men "Divine Subjectivity in "The Odyssey- Throughout the centuries, religion has served human societies as a form of justification to the eventful world around them "a way to bestow meaning upon t...

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I- Title: The Odyssey II- Historical Background: -Myths are traditional stories, usually of unknown origin, that were handed down from the earliest times. The Odyssey is a Greek epic myth supposedly written by Homer, a famed blind poet, who also wrote the Iliad. The Odyssey complements the poem Iliad (Ilium, which means Troy) that tells about the events that occurred in a period of 49 days in the final year of the Trojan War. Meanwhile, the Odyssey is an account of the 10-year journey of Odysseus (Ulysses; a Greek hero) back to his homeland- Ithaca- after the fall of Troy. This epic ...

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Telemakhos in The Odyssey In the epic The Odyssey, there are many themes that come into play in the development. The first one is the hospitality, loyalty, power, motifs, disguises, and journeys to gain wisdom. Many of the main characters help to put these into play. The main characters are Odysse...

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As the name indicates, the Mock-Epic is a literary form that ridicules the "classical epics." It does so by using characteristics of the classical epic; the invocation of a deity, a regular statement of theme, the division of the work into books and cantos, ostentatious speeches, battles and superna...

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An "epic hero" can be defined as a person who fights for a noble cause. He strives with extensive wit, courage, power, perseverance, and strength that are almost superhuman. The epic hero undergoes a series of phases throughout his journey to fight for this cause. This includes the call, challenges,...

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Throughout Homer's, "The Odyssey," there are many different types of power exhibited by different characters. It's normal for people to hold power over others, however, taking the time period this epic was written in, into consideration, and paying close attention to the power of the different chara...

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