Calypso

Leadership possesses and indistinct definition, however it is common knowledge that a leader has an immense impact upon the individuals they guide. This impact can be exhibited through their integrity, confidence, or most crucial, their determination. The quality, determination, authorizes a leader as successful, considering it is the factor which stimulates an individual to achieve their ambitions. In The Odyssey, the leader of the expedition, Odysseus, obtains determination for him and his…

Homer's famous epic, The Odyssey, was an amazing story to many people depicting Odysseus’s quest home from the trojan war and what happens on that quest. The story has a lot of symbolism and lessons that are filtered through Odysseus’s journey home. Odysseus shows to be an epic hero because he was given a quest, helped by a helpful companion and enters a supernatural world. Odysseus was also depicted as not being a hero in some parts of the story as well. Odysseus shows to be on a quest…

When his men visited the sorceress Circe, he was offered her bed in exchange for secrets and advice on how to safely return home. Years later, he washed up on the shores of Ogygia, and found the goddess Calypso. He spent seven years on her island, and the hero and immortal maiden become very close over his stay. All while this was happening, Odysseus’ wife Penelope remained faithful to him, even fighting off the courting of hundreds of suitors while Odysseus…

Masks and Motives: Odysseus’s Complex Personality A man far removed from hearth and family for close to twenty years attempts to recover his nostos. It’s an age old tale that has been revised and retold thousands of times, but at its core it is still relatable to life today. Everyone, no matter how young or old, has searched for the place where they feel they belong. In Odysseus’s case, he was trying to find his beloved wife in Ithaka and reclaim his rule over his kingdom. He is renowned as a…

While beauty standards have changed throughout time, beauty consistently emerges in literature from the time of the ancient Greeks to now. Often, villains are ugly while heroes are beautiful, showing that the link between a person’s appearance and their character is consistently reinforced not only by a natural humanistic appreciation of aesthetic and symmetry but also by society. In The Odyssey, the timeless and eternally desired human quality of beauty is blatantly wielded as an active tool…

The Odyssey: Gods and Goddesses In the dauntless and remarkable story of the Odyssey, the Greek gods and goddesses has an enormous influence on Odysseus’s journey back to his beloved wife, Penelope and homeland, Ithaca. The Greek gods and goddesses clearly proved their superiority over the humans with their abilities to drastically change courses effortlessly in Odysseus’s sail home. Throughout his journey back to Ithaca, he encounters many unfortunate obstacles with gods and goddesses like…

times, but these two act like elementary kids who have been put in time out. Both of them face hardships recurrently. Achilles gets disrespected by the leader of the Achaeans during the Trojan War. Odysseus is trapped on the island of the sea goddess Calypso. When Achilles’ prize woman gets stolen, he says to his mother: “For wide-ruling Agamemnon, Atreus’ son, has shamed me, has taken away my prize, appropriated it for his own use.”(The Iliad pg. ln.). He is in the middle of a war and all he is…

story is about Odysseus going on a journey and running into different hardships and running into monsters. He runs into the cyclops Polyphemus. The witch that turns his men into animals, Circe. The goddess that tries to make him her immortal husband, Calypso. He loses the rest of his men to Scylla the snake monster that eats his…

Odysseus learns from Circe, how to be a man by going to bed with her. Which I found this to be odd. I thought he was very loyal to Penelope only. Odysseus learns from Calypso, that each part of his journey back home would teach him something of who he is and he would learn to look for these lessons. While Odysseus is a mighty brave warrior he can be haughty and is arrogant. There are points along Odysseus journey that…

The Odyssey, a high budget made-for-TV adaptation of Homer's epic adventure, is, by television standards, a monumental achievement. By theatrical standards, the special effects are ambitious but not overwhelming. Yet it's hard to deny that it captures the sweeping spirit of Homer's original poem with color and verve. Armand Assante plays Odysseus, flawed hero of the Trojan War. When victory is won, he defies the gods with the sin of pride. Poseidon is angered and punishes him with the curse that…