Cyclops

Glory and honor. What would this story be without glory and honor. Almost everyone in this book had self pride, The crew, Odysseus, Telemachus, The cyclops, The gods. The list could go on and on. In this story not only is memory a motivation to keep moving but being having honor and glory is to. For example the crew and Odysseus blind the cyclops to prove a point and to honor their men's lives, also to be free. This is an act of honor for all the men dead and alive. Odysseus returns home and is…

One of the many mysteries surrounding the Bermuda triangle is the several missing airplanes and ships, such as Flight 19 and the USS Cyclops, but most of these disappearances can be explained by natural occurrences. The Bermuda Triangle is a geographic area of the North Atlantic Ocean located off the southeast coast of the United States. The enigma of the area is its great controversy. “The enigma is that more ships and planes disappear in this area, in fair weather, more than in any other place…

today’s standards, such as his unending arrogance and need to prove himself, his unfaithfulness to his wife Penelope, and his bloodlust and unjust killings. Throughout the book Odysseus shows these characteristics through his actions. He Insults a Cyclops, he stays with and sleeps with a nymph for seven long years and he slaughters many maids who barely did anything wrong. A hero is humble, faithful and kind, it seems to me that Odysseus is the opposite of that and should not be considered a…

angrily, “Cyclops-/ if any man on the face of the earth should ask you who blinded you, shamed you so-say ODysseus, raider of cities, he gouged out your eye, Laertes’ son who makes his home in Ithaca!” (9.558-562). In response, Polyphemus throws a boulder which nearly hits Odysseus's ship. Odysseus’s announcement of his identity reveals that he values Kleos because he strives for recognition for his accomplishments. However, Odysseus’s excessive desire for glory provokes the rage of the Cyclops,…

In the epic poem, the Odyssey, written by Homer, it tells of the amazing feats performed by Odysseus. He goes on impossible adventures for the average man; He successfully leads his crew through the sea, or does he? Even though Odysseus may show that he is clever, he also shows that he does not listen, is very temperamental, and is untrustworthy; Because of these character traits, he cannot be an effective leader. To begin, Odysseus shows multiple times that he does not listen to his crew.…

is Intelligence. It is Odysseus’s idea to build the Trojan horse and cleverly enter the Trojan walls to defeat them. In the Odyssey “Eyelid and lash were seared; The pierced ball hissed broiling, and the roots popped” (298). When coming across the Cyclops Polyphemus, Odysseus has to outsmart him and decided to take out his eye. This is in order to not kill Polyphemus, but to still allow him to open the door so he and his men can escape. Without…

journey home, him and his crew had to deal with conflicts involving the beast Polyphemus. A cyclops, son of the Greek God Poseidon. A six headed monster, named Scylla, and the whirlpool Charybdis. Sherlock and Odysseus both also have mental advantages. Odysseus is smart by being tactical when in distress. For example, when Odysseus had to find a way out of Polyphemus cave, he made a plan to blind the cyclops without him knowing. Their plan was to make a giant pointed stake, put it in the embers…

seems to show maturity and is not as arrogant as before. A good comparison would be when he is in the cave the Cyclops and the Cyclops asks for Odysseus name, in which Odysseus wittily replied nobody. When the Cyclops’s guard is down then Odysseus blinds him. He and his men are able to escape from captivity of the Cyclops and are safety onshore, then chooses to reveals his identity. The Cyclops, which is revealed later in the text, is the son of Poseidon, hears him and prays to his father that…

When reading The Odyssey, most think of the main character, Odysseus, as a true and epic hero on his adventures. In reality, Odysseus is not as much of a hero as his made out to be. His decisions are cowardly and unwise of him to make. The Greek gods do most of the work during his venture to Ithaca. Plus, Odysseus’ motives are almost entirely for his own self gain. The Odyssey is not a tale about heroism, but about a man who simply is trying to go back home. Odysseus is thought to be a wise man…

He was mentored by Anaxagoras, Protagoras, and Prodicus and was also a close friend to Socrates (Lefkowitz 89). In Aristophanes’ later works, the poet provides the character of Euripides with most likely exaggerated religious views. In The Frogs, Euripides’ character is said to pray to different gods than everyone else, and in Thesmophoriazusae, a woman accuses Euripides of “persuading people that the gods do not exist.” (Lefkowitz 93) While Aristophanes and the comic poets did not say anything…