Ithaca

the traits of that of a hero. He had the intelligent idea of the Trojan horse and made the Greeks win the Trojan war. After all, he survived the likes of Poseidon, the cyclops, the lotus eaters etc. And after his courageous journey he returned to Ithaca and restored piece in the island. Odysseus is very clever. According to J.Hunter, ''He was the originator of the trojan horse, the reason which the Greeks were finally able to take the city of Troy itself.'' With Odysseus idea of the trojan…

Reasons one. When Odysseus sets off on his journey to go to war he was a king of all and he helped when he was needed Reason two. soon the war broke out and went to help support the troops, but after the war was done, we were separated from the rest of his men and taken somewhere else and at the time of need his men needed a leader to get away from the Cyclops so he rose to the challenge Reason three. He had been still loyal to one person yet he did things he regretted just to get home like…

in the Trojan War and struggling to get home in a twenty year time span. When Odysseus finally arrives at home and hears about the suitors, him and Telemachus come up with a plan to kill these suitors. He is disguised as an old beggar who lives in Ithaca. Odysseus’s decision was to get Telemachus and two other men are sent to hide all of the weapons in the halls and close all of the doors. Because of this plan, Odysseus reveals himself by shooting the arrow through the hoops, which is a task…

In The Odyssey, Homer shows the transformation of a naïve boy Telemachus undergoing a transition that showed him becoming a man. Telemachus was just an infant when his father Odysseus left Ithaca, their home for a war in Troy. He has grown up without a father figure devoted to his mother and his father’s estate. At the beginning of the book in book 1, the author shows Telemachus as weak, indecisive and hopeless. But as the book goes on and with the guidance of goddess Athena Telemachus is…

creature 2.has six heads 3.Eahc head having a row of shark teeth. 27. Circe and Teiresias both warn Odysseus not to eat helios cattle. 28. These are the most important events. Ithaca goes to war with Troy Odysseus tells wife Penelope she must remarry if he dies or doesn't return before Telemachus has a beard Odysseus must leave Ithaca, wife, and newborn son to go to war Odysseus invents the Trojan horse to sneak into Troy and wins the war with the Trojans Odysseus and his crew try to go home…

Again, though similar in many attributes, each city is home to a vastly different way of identifying, falling along two ends of a spectrum: an emphasis on integration vs. an emphasis on labels. Most respondents in Ithaca and some in Greenfield articulated a desire for an integrated community, whereas a majority of those in Portland, San Luis Obispo, and some in Greenfield expressed the desire to have labels. Brown-Saracino (2015) was able to show how the differences…

also very arrogant, which leads to him angering the Gods and being set back on his journey home. Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, displays his ability to trick his enemies, but also shows that toughness and arrogance can steer you in the wrong direction. Odysseus is very intelligent, which he uses to outsmart his enemies. While Odysseus and his crew are sailing home to Ithaca they encounter a series of difficult events, where Odysseus saves his crew by using his intellectual abilities.…

After 20 years of a treacherous journey to make it back home to Ithaca, Odysseus is questioned by his loyal wife of his identity. In book 23 Homer provides us with a beautiful image of what seems to be a relatively strong bed but in actuality it represents the foundation of Penelope and Odysseus' love. This image reveals several important facts of Odysseus' intentions and Penelope's character throughout the Odyssey. The Odyssey is a tale of Odysseus making his journey home to be with his beloved…

Throughout time, heroes have become notable for many things, although every hero is not flawless. Despite this fact, some epic heroes set a precedent for what your stereotypical hero would look like. In the epic poem The Odyssey by Homer, our main protagonist, Odysseus, is developed and narrated to be an epic hero through his many feats from beginning to end of the epic poem. In his story, the hero of the Trojan War wishes to return home but is denied by Poseidon. Still determined, he departs on…

Circe, Penelopeia, Clytemnestra, and Athena all demonstrate qualities that are nonadherent to the social norms of our society today and in historical civilizations. Athena depicts great vigor and wit while helping the mortals with his or her daily needs. Circe and Clytemnestra illustrate predation and power over men, mortal and not, while Penelopeia conveys both strength and vulnerability with her love to Odysseus and her pure intentions towards his care. From book one of Homer’s The Odyssey,…