Calypso

Salak realize that their quests aren't to reach a certain destination, but to persevere through tough times. “To appease Helios, Zeus sends down a thunderbolt to sink Odysseus’ ship. Odysseus alone survives. He eventually drifts to Ogygia, home of Calypso, who keeps him on her island for 7 years.”(Homer 398). Just like Odysseus, Salak also realises that her quest was not only to reach a certain destination, but to persevere through tough times. “As Salak continues on her journey, she encounters…

Female Goddesses, such as Calypso tended to dominate male mortals, depicted in, “you would stay where you are, keep house along with me, and let me make you immortal, no matter how anxious you may be to see this wife of yours”. Clearly foreshadows the prodigious amount of control Calypso has over Odysseus subverting the typical patriarchal society where “men had the dominant role in public life”. Calypso kidnaps and “her powers of seduction were enough to keep Odysseus…

therefore not an epic hero. An epic hero must be faithful to his family in order to be qualified to be a hero, or a moral person in general. Odysseus does not meet this expectation considering he cheats on Penelope multiple times, especially with Calypso (5.225-227). At this point, some people may address the fact that Odysseus is only human and needs some momentary…

Annie Johnson April 4,1928, and she was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Maya was called Rita in public, she was given the nickname Maya by her older brother who was calling her “my” or “mine”. Her father Bailey Johnson was a doorman and naval dietician, and her mother Vivian Baxter Johnson worked variously worked as a card dealer and nurse. Shortly after their daughter’s birth they had moved their 2 children to Long Beach, California. Three years later they had been divorced and the 2 children had…

In her prose poem, Jamaica Kincaid wrote Girl for the New Yorker in 1978 which uses a very unique syntax that resembles a long lecture a mother would give her child as well as establishing ethos by using traditions known in Antigua and very feminine lessons, including how to sit like a woman and how to make pills to get rid of child. The lecturing, condescending tone is very reminiscent of a mother, especially when they are giving orders to their child. This is true because she is not only…

Beowulf’s enemies were Grendel, Grendel’s mother, and a fire breathing dragon. Odysseus’ enemies, while returning home, were Circe (witch-goddess), Polyphemus (cyclops, Poseidon’s son), Calypso, and many more. One characteristic that I found to be different was both Beowulf and Odysseus winning at the end. Even though Beowulf wins against Grendel and his mother, he dies while fighting and killing the fire breathing dragon. In my opinion…

Achilles in all his “rage” and Odysseus “the man of twists and turns” are two epic heroes that seem incomparable; although, they do have their differences the two are rather similar. (Iliad pg. 77, ln. 1) (The Odyssey pg. 77, ln. 1) When comparing Achilles and Odysseus it is easy to assume that these two are radically different with only one similarity, they are both men. Despite the one obvious similarity, Achilles and Odysseus and strikingly similar; the same can be said about the two’s…

seasoned veteran cursed by fate so long…” (Homer 79) and inquires why Zeus is so “... dead set against Odysseus?” (79) even after Odysseus has done much for the gods and people. These statements influence Zeus to take action and send Hermes to tell Calypso, Odysseus’s captor, to free Odysseus. Athena’s action displays her caring towards Odysseus, and shows how she values him and is willing to…

In the Odyssey, Homer uses many different hosts to tell the reader what traits a good host must possess. Homer shows several types of hosts throughout the book: hosts who want to eat their guests, hosts who want their guests to eat, hosts who want to talk to their guest, and hosts who want their guest to talk. Most of the hosts seen in this book show themselves to be cruel or bad hosts, by either killing their guests or keeping them against their will. Only a select few show themselves as truly…

Greek Mythology has a plethora of stories and poems about heroes, in all types of situations, to teach all sorts of lessons that are still well known today. Most people can recognize the name Hercules or Oedipus if asked and can remember at least the basics of their stories. However if asked, the average person would not be able to tell you what the most basic difference between such characters is, intrinsically. The difference between a tragic hero versus an epic hero is distinct but not a…