2010: Odyssey Two

Odysseus, the fabled hero from The Odyssey, and Che Guevara, the renowned revolutionary, both endure the stages of the hero’s journey of Trials, Allies, and Enemies, the Road Back, and the Supreme Ordeal, however Guevara’s journey gave humanity the strength to fight for one’s values, no matter the consequence. Both of the heroes face the stage of the Trials, Allies, and Enemies. Odysseus faces various tests such as Poseidon drowning him, but thankfully Odysseus makes friends with a mermaid,…

was a hero named Odysseus, from Homer’s Odyssey. He conquered Troy and made a long and dangerous journey to his home. He faced many menacing creatures throughout his adventure, but nothing stood in his way. He is one of the first epic heroes ever to be known of in history. I will prove that Odysseus is an epic hero and how the characteristics that he has, has helped him throughout the challenges and obstacles along his journey home. In Homer’s, Odyssey, Odysseus proves to be and epic hero…

On pages 148-151 of Homer’s The Odyssey, men feel that they are superior to the Cyclopes because their laws and civilization differs. Homer uses anthesis to portray that the mankind’s civilization is far beyond the lawless and unruly way of the Cyclopes. For example, Homer uses the words “savages” versus “men” and also “hospitable” versus “lawless”. Homer illustrates with these anthesis that Cyclopes are not intelligent for the savage way they live. Homer believes that since men are usually…

“The Odyssey”, written by Homer and translated by Robert Fitzgerald, follows King Odysseus of Ithaka on his twenty year journey home from the Trojan War. Throughout the epic poem Odysseus must face many obstacles, some inevitable, and some the result of human mistakes. Odysseus demonstrates his arrogance time and time again, manipulating people to get what he needs to overcome these obstacles with little thought to how much their generosity will cost them. Odysseus uses his end goal to justify…

number of characters in the story are so numerous that it became difficult to keep track of their names, backgrounds, and the roles they play. With such a wide cast of characters, it is not necessarily one person for one archetype ratio. There are two heros in the story. Achilles is main hero for the Greeks and Hector is the main hero for the Trojans. However, it is Achilles who is the main protagonist and central character of The Illiad. The story’s opening lines reflect this as they state…

Odyssey in Relation to Life Telemachus lives around a depressing life without a father, but his journey and experiences prove for some interesting morals. Morals such as normality, a human’s growth, and the ideas of what’s to come next. With that all being said let’s dive straight in. We cannot argue that Telemachus desire is to restore normality because he was never born in a “normal” lifestyle to begin with. Sure, it’s normal for a kid to want his father back from a war, but that still does…

In the epic poem the Odyssey, Homer's main character Odysseus portrays three different roles. Unfortunately, not all of Odysseus’s characteristics are outstanding for a biblical worldview. The reason for this is because the manner in which he handles himself as a military leader, a husband and occasionally a father, is not the manner in which a Christian should handle himself. On the other hand, Odysseus’s relationships that he has with his army, wife and family are one that are mostly carried…

Odysseus was a farmer and a warrior that became a hero of Ithaca during the Trojan war. I think of Ben Bernanke as modern day Odysseus. Ben Bernanke is a economist at the Brookins who Served two terms as Chairman of the Federal Reserve. Ben And Odysseus both were in a journey to getting some place it was called home. Ben’s Journey begins in Troy where Alan Greenspan caused greeks to be in a war against the forces of inflations, for 18 years. Ben was elevated to kingly status because of…

Webster’s dictionary defines the term, “Temptation” as, “a desire to do something, especially something wrong or unwise.” Homer’s the Odyssey highlights the idea of temptation, and how it negatively impacts one’s future. Odysseus, the main protagonist in this epic poem, is known for his mental and physical strength. Odysseus had to leave his newborn son, Telemachus, and beautiful wife Penelope to sail to Troy and fight in the war. The Greeks won the battle against the Trojans, and upon sailing…

More than three thousand years after its composition, Homer’s Odyssey is still celebrated for having captured two of the innumerable stories and poems that were passed on from generation to generation very much in the same way that amber petrifies a bug, preserving an ephemeral memory, a decision which could not have been any more fortunate in such a pivotal time as when those stories had already began to fade away into obscurity as something of the far, distant past. Homer beggins by assuming…