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Agamemnon on a journey to get the queen back. On the way Agamemnon was joined and assisted by Achilles, Odysseus, Nestor, and Ajax, these were all Greek heros. A fleet of about 1,000 ships joined them too. They went across Aegean sea and landed in Asia Minor, to get back the queen from the Trojans. The people of Greece tried to get the queen from various battles. During these the Trojan prince died, and Achilles. These battles lasted for around ten years until the Greek retreated. When they left…

MY ESSAY Jayden Grady Hopper e12 5 Hero (noun), it means a person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities. When people hear the word "Hero" they usually think of someone like Spider-Man or Batman. Or some may even think of soldiers or police officers. Heck even people like Martin Luther King Jr. and Abraham Lincoln. Well this…

Long ago when the world was callow, two foremost gods, Zeus and Poseidon. Zeus was opulent of all of the gods. Poseidon was jealous of his riches. But let's begin at the dawning. In the previous years, Zeus and Poseidon had a supreme friendship. They would sell land in exchange for currency(Euros). One day Zeus pilfered Poseidon's money, by scamming him on a property in Alexandria, Egypt. Zeus informed Poseidon, that once he gave the money, he will grant the property. Poseidon executed…

As Hercules once said, a true hero isn't measured by the size or strength, but by the strength of his heart. Johnny had a big heart in The outsiders, by S.E. Hinton. He may not have been strong or big but he has a giant heart. I think Cherry is a hero because she changed her side for the greater good. She also stood up for what she believed in by stopping Bob and his friends from hurting Ponyboy and Johnny. She was nice to them at the movie drive in and was being nice to them. Dallas is a…

To be a hero you have to have characteristics of being brave, strong, and willing to risk your life for your friends or family. In The Odyssey, Odysseus has different heroic characteristics like being very strategic, having an emotional side and being a leader. Odysseus and his men are trying to get home to Ithaca. Odysseus has to do some heroic things and lose all the lives of his men as he learns to overcome challenges. Odysseus is a very strategic leader. He knows what to do in tough…

In the story The Odyssey written by Homer, Odysseus and his men must partake in a journey back to their homeland in Ithaca for 10 years, after their victory in the Trojan War. Throughout the story, Odysseus shows many examples of epic hero-like actions. An epic hero is a “larger-than-life figure, usually male, who embodies the ideals of a nation or race,”. Odysseus is an epic hero because he is clever, brave, and a great leader; however Odysseus is also human and therefore, has one major…

Traditionally, we think a hero to be someone who is physically strong but over time evolves into someone who is mentally strong. In both The Odyssey by Homer, a story about a great Greek hero and his journey back home to his wife and son, and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, a story about a boy who has autism and runs away from home and faces many mental roadblocks along the way, heroic traits are displayed. Both of these books show heroes who emerged and…

A hero is someone who is admired for courage and outstanding achievements. In William Golding’s novel, Lord Of the Flies, Ralph is portrayed as a demanding hero, where as in Homer’s The Odyssey, Odysseus is more of an epic hero because he is consistently courageous with what he does. Odysseus is courageous. Courage is when someone meets danger without fear. In The Odyssey, Odysseus shows courageous traits when he had two ways to Ithaca. He had a choice of passing a monster names Sycall who…

People used to make up stories for their own entertainment. Many of the stories were enjoyed, but people seemed to really love Homer’s stories. They started to go off of Homer’s sorties to create their own and that’s what the director of O Brother, Where Art Thou did. Between the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou and the epic poem the Odyssey, there are many similarities and differences. Odysseus and Ulysses have many differences, but they also have many similarities. First of all, they have…

Pangaea was one of the most strongest gods, next to Zeus. Pangaea in actually Zeus’s brother, but Zeus doesn’t like to talk about him. Pangaea was the oldest out of the four brothers. When Zeus became the god of gods, Pangaea had to bow down to his little brother. Nobody likes to talk about Pangaea because he died many centuries ago. Pangaea was the God Of War and was very muscular. Many people feared Pangaea. Even the great and powerful Zeus used to fear him. When Zeus became the lord of the…