Similarities Between Odysseus And Erik The Red

Erik the Red was a Norwegian explorer who lived between 950–1000 CE. Then we have Odysseus was a Greek hero from the island of Ithaca. His quest was to go home. Both Eric the Red and Odysseus are both similar and in many ways and are different to each other. Erik the Red was born in 950 BCE. His actual name was Erik Thorvaldson. His father was Thorvald Asvaldson and Erik was the grandson of Osvald. When Eric was about ten years old his father Thorvald was exiled from Norway so, they moved to northern Iceland. Once his father died Erik married a woman. He married a woman named Thjodhild. Both of them moved to Hawkdale. There both of them built a home. He called the home Eriksstead. Here he got into some trouble. Erik the Red …show more content…
Eric the Red had traveled twelve thousand miles during all the trips he took near and in Greenland. In the summer of 986 BCE Erik the red wanted to form a colony in the new land he had discovered. He called the new land Greenland. Erik stated that Greenland had a lot of natural resources. He also said to the people that there is a lot of game in Greenland like whales, seals, bears and fish. To start this new colony, twenty-five ships left for Greenland from Iceland. Of the twenty-five ships, only fourteen ships reached Greenland. Along the way to Greenland, the weather was bad and some of the ships wrecked. On the ships there were household goods and domesticated animals. The ships also transported about four hundred people. The colony was formed in …show more content…
He did not go on a voyage to find new land but, he went on a quest to go home. Coming back from the Trojan War, Athena and Poseidon turn against the Greeks because of the action of a Greek warriors actions against Cassandra in Athena’s temple. This results in storms and other problems against the Greeks along the way home. This resulted in Odysseus and his crew to get off course. The first place they arrive to is the land of the Lotus-Eaters. On this island, people who eat lotus flower become addicted to it. Some of his crew members become addicted to the lotus flower and do not want to leave from this island. Odysseus forces those men back into the ship and they sail on. Next they dock in front of a cave. They enter the cave in search of food. They find food and sheep. They start to eat the food when the Cyclops Polyphemus arrives back home. He sees the men and blocks the exit with a boulder. He eats two of Odysseus’ men. Odysseus makes the Cyclops drunk and then they poke his eye making him blind. They escape riding under the sheep when the Cyclops let the sheep out in the morning. Then they encounter Circe the sorceress. She turned his men into pigs but was not able to change Odysseus into a pig because of a herb Hermes gave to him. She keeps Odysseus for a year and then tells Odysseus to go meet with Tiresias in the land of the dead. He tells him not to harm the oxen of the sun god. The next obstacle they faced was the Sirens