In The Odyssey, the intermediary part of Odysseus’s journey is his visit to the Underworld, which is a significant part of the midlife crisis archetype of the Odyssey. This visit represents when a person will start of his confrontation and acceptance of death. Homer uses these conversations with ghosts to show how Odysseus’s glory-seeking is something he has to let go at his age. My creative piece hones in specifically on the theme of glory by exploring his conversations with the dead specifically Akhilleus, Anticleia, and Orion. I depict Odysseus at the fork of a road, where he has the choice to either continue his glory-seeking or go back to his family. Before he makes this decision, he gets words of advice from different ghosts. First,
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Odysseus also then meets Akhilleus, an example of a person who chose a glory-seeking life. This was a famous hero that many people idolized including Odysseus. Odysseus tries to console Akhilleus by reminding him of his glory he attained when he was alive. However, Akhilleus says: “Let me hear no smooth talk of death from you, Odysseus, light of councils. Better, I say to break sod as a farm hand for some poor country man, on iron , a man compared to the immortals, says that he would much rather be a poor farmer, Homer is trying to indicate that glory is not worth it to sacrifice your life for. Akhilleus wants Odysseus to stop trying to become a hero or getting fame, but instead settle down and take care of his family. Akhilleus also, then wants to know if his son is making a name for himself or glory-seeking. Homer puts this part in because, in this archetype, this glory-seeking is necessary for this whole journey to start. If a boy never goes and glory-seeks, he will never become a man and will not go through this journey and come to grips with death. In my poetry, Akhilleus’ section serves the purpose of telling Odysseus to not glory-seek through example. This section also adds the fact that glory-seeking
Odysseus also then meets Akhilleus, an example of a person who chose a glory-seeking life. This was a famous hero that many people idolized including Odysseus. Odysseus tries to console Akhilleus by reminding him of his glory he attained when he was alive. However, Akhilleus says: “Let me hear no smooth talk of death from you, Odysseus, light of councils. Better, I say to break sod as a farm hand for some poor country man, on iron , a man compared to the immortals, says that he would much rather be a poor farmer, Homer is trying to indicate that glory is not worth it to sacrifice your life for. Akhilleus wants Odysseus to stop trying to become a hero or getting fame, but instead settle down and take care of his family. Akhilleus also, then wants to know if his son is making a name for himself or glory-seeking. Homer puts this part in because, in this archetype, this glory-seeking is necessary for this whole journey to start. If a boy never goes and glory-seeks, he will never become a man and will not go through this journey and come to grips with death. In my poetry, Akhilleus’ section serves the purpose of telling Odysseus to not glory-seek through example. This section also adds the fact that glory-seeking