The Odyssey Essay

First with milk and honey, then with sweet wines; And a third time with water…; After these supplications to the spirits; I cut sheeps’ throats over the pit; And the dark blood pooled there.” In Book XI of Odyssey as soon as Odysseus reached the entrance of Hades, he directly…

(beginning on pg.1194) and your Chromebooks to define the following terms as they relate to The Odyssey and literary epics. To apply your new understanding and help embed these terms in your memory, provide a brief example either from the text or from a book/movie/tv show with which you are familiar. Epic- A long narrative poem that recounts the adventures of an epic hero. An example of an epic is the Odyssey because it is a long poem and has an epic hero. Epic Hero- A larger than life…

they are not good guests. This may not have been a prevalent issue in ancient Greek culture because people were supposed to be hospitable, but surely it happened, as shown in The Odyssey. When people are staying somewhere where they aren’t welcome or wanted there will be repercussions regardless of the culture. In The Odyssey there are a few scenes of violence that arise because people overstayed their welcome and were not good guests. In Book IX, Odysseus makes the fatal mistake of assuming…

Odysseus and his men were given a choice, to explore the dangerous island or to row on in hopes of returning to Ithaca. In the book, The Odyssey, written by ancient storyteller Homer, A man is trying to return home to Ithaca from fighting a ten year long war. In book 9 of The Odyssey, Odysseus’ character is one of a complex characters that has developed over the course of his encounter with the monster cyclops Polyphemus to advance the plot of his epic story. Odysseus was on a journey, he…

The Greeks valued xenia, hospitality, and moderation. The Odyssey, an epic though about the turbulent journey of an epic hero named Odysseus, is an excellent illustration of Greek values and thought. In The Odyssey, Odysseus is washed ashore onto the island of Scheria, after eighteen days of drifting over the sea. Nausicaa, the white armed Phaeacian princess, discovers Odysseus, and although…

Family Life as it Exists in The Odyssey In the event that you 've ever been pining to go home, you would understand the yearning for family that Odysseus, Penelope and Telemachus faced in Homer 's " The Odyssey". This is a story that everybody can identify with, as the characters acknowledge the difficulties of managing the world, face to face, separately, yet joined as one in their family profoundly. No obstacles can demoralize them from their definitive objective of reuniting. No enticement…

The stories“The Odyssey” and “In the beginning” are very similar and just as much opposite. “The Odyssey” was written by a greek poet called Homer in the 8th century B.C. “The Odyssey” depicts the journey of the flamboyant hero Odysseus and his 20 year adventure. “The Epic of Gilgamesh”was written in 1000 B.C. by a man named Moses . ‘In the beginning” tells the story of Adam and Eve, and the struggles they endure. The texts have many similarities, they both depict the consequences of giving into…

female characters in the Odyssey is very different from traditional view of women in ancient times. The works of Homer – Odyssey described the role of women in the Dark Age, it is a time where woman held an inferior position in compare to man and their role are basically limited to only childbirth and household duties. The Dark Age society portray woman as man’s servants and the idea of woman cannot accomplish anything without the help of man is common. But in the Odyssey, female character is…

The Hmong Journey and The Odyssey In 1963, the CIA recruited the Hmong people in Laos to fight in the “Secret War” using guerilla tactics in order to halt the spread of communism. But this war would bring the Hmong people much suffering and hardships. In order to escape, the Hmong people would try to immigrate to America, but the many obstacles and hardships would block most of them. Like the Hmong people, a man named Odysseus in a poem called “The Odyssey” by Homor, fights in a bloody war for…

Loyalty is a quality which is found mainly among the bravest and most passionate characters. In the epic poem, The Odyssey by Homer, loyalty is crucial for the husband and wife separated by battle to amass their continuous, prolonged love. Odysseus and Penelope are put through countless trials that truly test their loyalty. Odysseus, having women transfixed upon him, struggles with desire, longing to be both intimate with a woman again and to return home. Penelope, however, faces a very…