The Laws of Gods and Men in the Odyssey The odyssey is one of the most famous ancient epic Greek poems credited to Homer around the 8th century. It is a magnificent novel about a man on a journey to return home while overcoming various hardships to return to his kingdom and to his beloved family. Greek poet, Homer recited his tale about the Trojan War by stating that the war took place in 1250 B.C when Queen Helen of Sparta was kidnapped by Paris, thus King Menelaus, king Agamemnon and Odysseus among many other soldiers embarked to retrieve Queen Helen. The war has been going on for 10 years and after those 10 years the Odyssey begun. The tale began ten years after the Trojan War ended, Odysseus left his newlywed wife Penelope and his infant
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When Odysseus arrived at the underworld, the prophet whom predicts doom to his ship, him and his crew, and that he will return home late and when he does he will find mischief in his house. Odysseus finds his mother in the underworld unable to recognize him unless she drank the dark blood, when she finally recognized him and asks him if he is lost and they try to hold each other in their arms, but are unable since the dead can no longer touch the flesh of the living. This moment in specific is quite emotional, this verse made me revaluate my relationship with my mother due to the fact that Odysseus was helpless when he found his mother too late among the dead. On his journey back Odysseus must sail between Circe’s island the Scylla a sea monster with six heads, and encounter sirens, beautiful maidens who tempt passing mariners to their death by singing beautiful songs. As cunning as Odysseus was, he made sure his men and him were safe so used bee wax to block any sound from their ears and tied him thus being able to hear the tantalizing melodies without jumping to his
When Odysseus arrived at the underworld, the prophet whom predicts doom to his ship, him and his crew, and that he will return home late and when he does he will find mischief in his house. Odysseus finds his mother in the underworld unable to recognize him unless she drank the dark blood, when she finally recognized him and asks him if he is lost and they try to hold each other in their arms, but are unable since the dead can no longer touch the flesh of the living. This moment in specific is quite emotional, this verse made me revaluate my relationship with my mother due to the fact that Odysseus was helpless when he found his mother too late among the dead. On his journey back Odysseus must sail between Circe’s island the Scylla a sea monster with six heads, and encounter sirens, beautiful maidens who tempt passing mariners to their death by singing beautiful songs. As cunning as Odysseus was, he made sure his men and him were safe so used bee wax to block any sound from their ears and tied him thus being able to hear the tantalizing melodies without jumping to his