Odysseus

Homer. It’s about the 10-year struggle of Odysseus and his journey, which takes place in Greece right after the Trojan War (650 B.C.). In the Odyssey, Homer explores the concept of fate. The God’s control and use their power to influence the outcomes of Odysseus and his family’s life. One of these gods is Athena the goddess of wisdom. Athena helps Odysseus by using her power to get him back to Ithaca and dodging war with the suitors. For 10 years, Odysseus was stranded at sea with his men by…

a massive boulder and fixed it in position as a door. Soon after this, Cyclops and Odysseus have a conversation. Odysseus explains to Cyclops that, the Cyclops is to respect Zeus and other Gods. Then, Cyclops replies to Odysseus saying that Odysseus is a fool for telling him to respects Zeus and other Gods. Also, Cyclops continues to question Odysseus, asking what happened to Odysseus and his men’s ship. Odysseus answer Cyclops telling Cyclops that Earthshaker Poseidon broke the ship apart,…

one’s future. Odysseus, the main protagonist in this epic poem, is known for his mental and physical strength. Odysseus had to leave his newborn son, Telemachus, and beautiful wife Penelope to sail to Troy and fight in the war. The Greeks won the battle against the Trojans, and upon sailing home Odysseus claimed he was greater than any god, which caused his journey to take much longer than expected. While visiting Lotus Eaters, blinding Cyclops, and having affairs with Goddesses, Odysseus was…

In Robert Fitzgerald’s translation of Homer’s, The Odyssey, the women play a crucial role to Odysseus’ journey home. Despite the fact that throughout the poem women are the inferior beings to men, it is with the power of Helen, Penelope, Athena, Kirke, Kalypso, and Nausikaa that Odysseus is able to return home. While each of these women, goddess or not, play a crucial role they are all very different and thus play different roles throughout the poem. While they all have different roles all of…

in the everyday life of the epic hero, Odysseus.’’ In the Odyssey Odysseus goes on a really long and interesting trip because of a god named poseidon . He does not have the ability to be grateful in the beginning but towards the end his bad ways fall apart. He makes an error but learns from his mistakes. In the Odyssey it is evident that the goddess Athena helps odysseus because she tells Hermes to deliver the message to tell Calypso let Odysseus go. She tells Hermes to tell…

The story demonstrates the importance of home. This is revealed when Odysseus shows he is persistent and has temptation on his journey home. When he reaches obstacles he follows a method and beats them every time. His perseverance leads to him finally reaching Ithaca after twenty-years on the seas. Odysseus realizes that if he does not give up hope and he trudges through each hardship at sea he will reach his family. Odysseus’ life experience away from his family will make him think that he is…

seen in characters such as Odysseus’ family, Odysseus’ crew, and even Odysseus’ dog Argos. With the theme of loyalty, these characters are able to flesh out their true purpose in the story. Telemachus and Penelope are the first to show the theme of loyalty just in the first few books of the Odyssey. For example, Telemachus sets off to sea on a quest to find his father, Odysseus, who is presumed dead. This shows the loyalty in Telemachus since he hasn’t seen Odysseus in years yet he still…

the epic poem ,the Odyssey, by Homer relates Odysseus’ heroic journey to his home in Ithaca after the defeat of Troy. His prideful boasting about the victory has the god, Poseidon, pitted against his voyage home, and in Odysseus’ absence, suitors take over his home and threaten his wife, Penélopê, and his son, Telémakhos. In her attempts to bring Odysseus home, Athena urges Telémakhos to begin his own travels in search of his father. During Odysseus’ trial to return to Ithika appearance reveals…

day long you 'll have good luck. Epic heroes manage to escape impossible challenges and defeat terrifying monsters. Odysseus from Homer 's epic poem, The Odyssey, manages to make a difficult journey home with the help of the Goddess Athena. The Gods have a lot to do with his challenges and his successes. Throughout the story several Gods and Goddess interact with the might hero. Odysseus 's journey raises the question, did he reach his might quest through his bravery and intelligence or through…

Odyssey, by Homer. The Odyssey is about an epic hero named Odysseus, king of Ithaca, tries to get back home after the Trojan war, but it takes twenty years to get back to his palace because of Poseidon, the sea god. Poseidon is mad at Odysseus for not giving thanks for shutting up a suitor. In the story, Odysseus uses his cunningness, smartness, Intelligence and bravery over his might to get him out of situations. examples of Odysseus using his traits is; against Polyphemus, and listening to…