Characters in the Odyssey

In ancient Greece, hospitality it is an unspoken rule of their culture. This theme of respect for both host and guest is carried throughout Homer’s The Odyssey. Hospitality was the glue that held Greece together, seeing as it (in retrospect) maintained order among the Greeks from different regions. The Greeks used the term “Xenia” as a way to describe the generosity or courtesy shown to strangers, no matter the condition, and creating a relationship between guest and host. It is postulated…

Many will say just laws, the morality of the people, or a strong military. I believe that the answer lies at the top with the character of the leaders. Great nations continue to stay great only if their leaders display strong character and leadership. Homer's poem The Odyssey presents Telemachus as a possible successor to the great king of Ithaca, Odysseus. Telemachus’ character develops throughout the story, leading one to wonder if he has the capability to take over as king over Ithaca. I…

In the epic, The Odyssey written by Homer, the main character Odysseus shows many characteristics of a bad leader. Bad leaders let their arrogance get in the way of protecting their followers. After Odysseus and his crew escape the Cyclops’ cave, he is filled with pride , and becomes very arrogant. Because of this he idiotically shouts “‘Cyclops, if any one asks you who it was that put your eye out and spoiled your beauty, say it was the valiant warrior Odysseus, son of Laertes, who lives in…

remind us that our past is real.” - Cormac McCarthy, American novelist While often deemed ugly and flawed, scars really are a testament to what one has been through and serve as proof to healing and growth. Only brought up nineteen books into Homer’s Odyssey, the scar on Odysseus’ leg is an extremely important factor that reveals many of the themes of the second half of the epic. Hoping to gather information about her lost husband, Penelope, Odysseus’ faithful wife, offers for one of her maids…

that all throughout history, women have not shared equal rights as men. Even in the 21st century women are not taken as serious as men, but are beginning to expand their power and fight for more respect. In both Hesiod’s Theogony, and Homers The Odyssey; both men chose to represents women in Greek society in a degrading way. Unlike Euripides play Medea that shows a different kind of representation of women in Greek society. In Hesiod, homer, and Euripides writings they have some similarities,…

(This is the second half of the essay.) Secondly, as redundantly said a plethora of times before, the man of the hour was a very selfish and ungrateful leader. Throughout The Odyssey, and the film also named The Odyssey directed by Andrei Konchalovsky, depicted Odysseus constantly fighting and arguing with the gods over the littlest things. When did these things occur? Whenever Odysseus did not get what he wanted or whenever things or situations did not go exactly his way. Constantly, Odysseus…

The Odyssey and Hecuba In the Odyssey, when Odysseus takes revenge on the suitors it is expected and revered as honorable and just. However, in Euripides’s Hecuba, her revenge is portrayed as savage and dishonorable. Both characters achieve their revenge through plotting murder, but where the former sees the restoration of his oikos and the salvation of his reputation, the latter relinquishes the remnants of her reputation and is doomed to a worse fate than she was already suffering as a slave.…

continues this comparison as she “beg[i]n[s] to cry, ” doing so “stormily.” The diction Fitzgerald uses alludes to the sea-based monsters. Even her name, Daisy Fay, is reminiscent of the “flower[y]” island of the sirens in the source of the myth—The Odyssey (Homer 12.158–9). The use of figurative language lays the groundwork for Daisy’s transformation to a…

readings that I could’ve chosen, I chose three readings, which are the Odyssey, Gilgamesh, and The Shadow of The Wind. In all of the stories, I’ve concluded that each of the main characters take a dangerous journey to their final destination. In the odyssey, Odysseus finds his home. In Gilgamesh story, Gilgamesh tries to find immortality. In The Shadow of The Wind, Daniel tries to find the rest of the Carax books. In the Odyssey, it was mainly about how Odysseus goes on a trip with his crew…

Both The Epic of Gilgamesh and The Odyssey are epic poems that portray protagonists’ journeys. While reading both epics, a reader can observe characteristics and situations that parallel one another in both of the poems. Although there are differences between the two characters and their voyages, there are similarities among them that ultimately lead them to discover their true purpose. Throughout the epics, both protagonists’ perspectives on the meaning of life change based on the obstacles and…