The Odyssey Essay

Homer described the female characters in The Odyssey differently compare to other epic poems. Before, the society were dominant by male and female’s roles were basically limited to only childbirth and household duties. The idea of the woman cannot accomplish anything without the help of man is common. Female characters in The Odyssey is rather distinctive. Female characters in The Odyssey are strong, influential and smart. In The Odyssey, women has the qualities that cannot be found on men. Men…

How is Athena important to the story so far? Why? Athena, the goddess of wisdom, and a major character in The Odyssey, is significant in the story so far by becoming the supporter to both Odysseus and Telemachus. Unlike other gods and goddesses, Athena favors and lavish Odysseus to the point that she became the passionate goddess that plead with her father, Zeus, to help Odysseus out. Due to Odysseus being confined in Ogygia, Calypso’s island, Athena personally made a visit to Ithaca and…

In the “Odyssey”, Homer portrays the women as temptress of men and are below them in the presented hierarchy of this tale. This is portrayed at the very beginning when Telmachus (Odysseus son) tells him mother Penelope “You should go back upstairs and take care of your work, Spinning and weaving, and have the maids do theirs. Speaking is for men, for all men, but for me especially, since I am the master of this house” (page 340). Homer has the women use their beauty and bodies to seduce the men…

epithets, Homer the author of The Odyssey, elaborates on the idea that the Gods hand out fortune and pain to mortals, primarily seen through the help Odysseus receives in his successful odyssey home. The power of Greek Gods and Goddess’ is limitless as their powers are supernatural. Divine intervention is used by Homer to emphasize how Odysseus, without the Gods and Goddess help, would not have made it very far into his journey back home to Ithaka. An example in The Odyssey where divine…

light of torches set beside her, she would unravel all she’d done.” (2:115-117). At last the gears in the head of Penelope were turning, for she was upholding her plan of deceiving the suitors and leading them to believe her desire is marriage. The Odyssey is an epic telling the tale of Odysseus’ life and journey back to the land where he came from. On the way he faces tests of wit and loyalty and in order to reach his homeland safe and soundly, he must prevail. In the epic, Homer portrays the…

In “The Odyssey by Homer, Odysseus, King of Ithaca, goes through several obstacles on his journey home after a long fight in the Trojan War. The “Hero's Journey” by Jason Campbell represents an outline of what Odysseus must go through to deem himself a king and hero. Through the epic, readers learn how important each stage of the Hero's Journey is to Odysseus and his need to become a hero. There are three main events Odysseus goes through to meet requirements of the “Hero's Journey.” These…

Doesn’t it feel like you are on your own hero’s journey? The Odyssey was a story about a man named Odysseus who went to Troy to fight a war,but after the war Odysseus mocked the gods and made the god of the sea Poseidon angry.Poseidon was so mad that he kept Odysseus from returning home to his family and Odysseus went to a whole new world to try and make it home.I think that the Odyssey was a great example of the hero's journey and i will tell you why. In the hero’s journey,stage six is the…

“Oh friends!” A statement straight from The Odyssey, Book XII. By Homer and ancient storyteller talking about a heroic man on his long journey back home. This talks about his strengths, his behavior in the story and what he plays in the story. The hero of Odysseus is a very strong, knowledgeable, smart, protecting captain of a crew that would give life over limb for their beloved captain. Odysseus runs his team more like a family and he prepares for the worst like how he wants to keep them safe…

The Odyssey, an epic story written by Homer, touches on the idea that xenia, hospitality was an essential part of greek life. In the epic a fearlesss, noble man named Odysseus struggles to get back to his homeland “Ithaca,” his wife Penelope, and his son Telemachus. Odysseus ventures to different islands and receives different types of xenia, good and bad. In the epic Homer shows how important xenia is. Homer doesn't directly say that xenia is important however, there are many situations in the…

In the Odyssey, Odysseus shows good leadership throughout his twenty year journey back to Ithaca. There is evidence and details to support why Odysseus shows good leadership in the Odyssey. To prove that Odysseus is a good leader, he shows intelligence which is part of what the Greeks valued. Odysseus is strong willed and he puts his life at risk when trying to save his men from all the dangers throughout the journey. Odysseus uses the Trojan Horse Trick to win the Trojan War and he tricks…