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    parts of a Hero’s Journey that allow Odysseus to grow as a hero. The Hero’s Journey commences with the Separation that every hero must go through to begin their journey. According to Greek mythology, Odysseus is called to Troy to fight alongside Menelaus in retrieving Queen Helen back from the love-struck Paris. This Call propels his separation from his home island, Ithaca, and beautiful wife Penelope for 20 years. Odysseus doesn’t really want to depart and go to war, but he knows that he needs…

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    Aphrodite: A Masterpiece of Love Aphrodite was the goddess of love, desire, and beauty. Known as Venus to the Romans, she also goes by many other names: Acidalia, Cytherea, Pandemos, and Cerigo (godchecker.com). She possessed a magical girdle that attracted people and filled their thoughts with desire. The goddess of love had many people worshiping her because they believed she would bring them love from the people were attracted to (talesbeyondbelief.com). The seductive nature of Aphrodite…

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    wisdom and warfare, offers success in battle. Aphrodite, goddess of love, offers the most beautiful wife in the world. Paris chooses Aphrodite, however she states that the most beautiful wife is Helen, daughter of Zeus, who is already married to King Menelaus of Sparta. Paris then wins Helen heart and eloped back to Troy, which starts a war. Greek cities banded together including Argos, Athens, Corinth, Arcadia,…

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    suffering is by inserting themselves into mortal affairs; Aphrodite “…snatched Paris away…wrapped him in swirls of mist and set him down in his bedroom…” (Homer, Iliad 3.439-441). If Aphrodite did not intervene, then Paris would have been killed by Menelaus, and he would have suffered tremendously. Aphrodite helped Paris by giving him a chance to redeem himself as a worthy warrior on the battlefield: the most important thing in Homeric culture. Another way the Greek gods help the good that are…

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    When reading about the ancient heroes we see a close connection between them and their gods either through divine interference or protection. In his essay “The Gods of the Aeneid” Robert Coleman states, “Devine interventions were a traditional staple of epic, conferring status upon the human events portrayed, and evoking the world where gods and men were closer to one another (Coleman 143).” We see this play out not only in the “Aeneid,” but “Gilgamesh” and the “Iliad” as well with each poet…

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    Edith Hamilton’s Mythology gives the story of the Trojan War told as it is in the Iliad, Achilles’ quest to acquire fame and immortality from his heroics in the great Trojan War, but in the end he succumbs to his arrogance and its consequences. The film Troy shows a glamorized version of the story we know about the war. It tells the story of Achilles’ journey and transformation from a hero who wants fame and glory for his actions to a man who only wants to find love. Achilles is a hero…

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    him in the battlefield "to urge men onto slaughter each other." Groaning and "the voice of triumph" were heard as the "earth steamed with blood." The war continued when Athena persuaded Pandarus, a Trojan, to "break the truce and shoot an arrow at Menelaus." Athena was on the side of the Greeks during the Trojan War.(Hamilton 264) When Diomedes reached Hector he saw Ares too. Ares was fighting for Hector. At the sight of Ares, Diomedes told the Greeks to fall back. Hera went to Olympus and asked…

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    Another god, Athena, called him “glorious Achilles’ faithful friend.” (17:625, Homer) He was a formidable, efficient warrior and a gentle, compassionate human being. Menelaus organized a defense of his body while in combat and the Achaean soldiers fought tirelessly to prevent Patroklos’ corpse from being captured by the Trojans. Menelaus spoke greatly of Patroklos to the soldiers, “Remember poor Patroklos, each of you, His warmth of heart. He had a way of being Kind to all in life. Now destiny…

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    herald as it causes Odysseus’ call to adventure. As a former suitor of Helen, Odysseus is a part of a pact made between the other suitors to “defend [Helen] from all injury and avenge her cause if necessary” (Bulfinch). With this pact in mind, King Menelaus “[calls] upon his brother chieftains of Greece to fulfil their pledge” (Bulfinch) and sends Palamedes to Ithaca to recruit Odysseus. Odysseus, however, “[is] very happy in his wife and child” (Bulfinch) and feels “a sense of duty [and]…

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    Ever wonder what it’s like to meet yourself from someone else’s perspective? Everyone has a different way of seeing and describing one person. One can see this in how characters’ change over time through the works of different authors. A great example of this is Penelope from Greek mythology. Many different authors have examined the character of Penelope and presented her character in different ways. Originally from Homer’s Odyssey, Penelope has been perceived in many different ways, including…

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