Penelope

Telemachus now brimming with confidence and courage, sets on a journey to search for his father. * * * After returning home with Telemachus, and killing all the suitors in the mansion, Odysseus finally reunites with his beloved Penelope. “Odysseus! Is it truly you?” Penelope asks. “Yes, it is I, Odysseus.” “This is too much for me to fathom. Is it really you?” “What madness are you spouting, of course it is him,” says the maid Eurycleia. “Oh is it?” “Yes, even I can confirm that he is…

Odysseus was0 impressed by her beauty and he admitted that she was even prettier than his wife Penelope: Then the resourceful Odysseus said to her reply: “Revered goddess, don’t be angry about this. I myself well know that the clever Penelope is less to look upon than you in attractiveness and physique. For she is mortal, and you are an immortal and will never grow old.…

This is when Odysseus tries and gets his son back who then helps him pass Penelope’s test and fight off all the suitors, “...Penelope tests Odysseus to prove he really is her husband”(Homer 613).Tests and Supreme Ordeal according to “Hero’s Journey” by Joseph Campbell, is when “The heroes progress through a series of tests, a set of obstacles that make them stronger, preparing…

Xenia, an ancient Greek concept of hospitality, has been passed down for centuries. In Homer’s The Odyssey, Odysseus tries to find his way back home after the Trojan War. During this journey, Odysseus enters many households, such as Polyphemus’s lair and Calypso's island. In each household, Xenia's may be shown in a positive or negative light, but either way, it is a subject of great cultural importance. While Xenia has long been embedded in Greek society , in The Odyssey, Homer suggests that it…

O Brother Where Art Thou, is the comedic version of Homer’s Greek tragedy the Odyssey, The Odyssey tells the trials and tribulations of a Greek hero who was coming home from a long war that lasted ten years. The name of the war that lasted those long dreaded years was called, the “Trojan War”. “The Trojan War”, was an epic war that lasted ten years between two great nations, the Greeks and the Trojans. The war was started when Paris the son of Troy stolen Helen of Sparta away from her husband,…

This epic poem tells the story of Odysseus, King of Ithaca, hero of the Trojan War, and his adventures to find his way back home. Althroughout the story, Odysseus' power and superiority is emphasized, especially over women. When their ships capsized and they were washed into the kingdom of Circe the sorceress, all but Odysseus was turned into beasts. He even used his manhood to convince the sorceress to turn his men back to being human, and to tell him where he could find Tereseias, the dead…

where women were being cheated poorly is from when Telemachus is talking to the suitors at the beginning of the book. He says, “ You suitors are all pestering my mother to marry you against your will”(II..26). This says that the suitors are forcing Penelope to marry one of them against her will. Which demonstrates how poorly women were treated. From all of these examples anyone can see that the women in the book The Odyssey were treated very poor as they were forced to marry men against…

amongst the pack. For instance, one of the wooers, Amphinomus, was constantly noted as having wisdom, and for sticking up for Odysseus. Homer writes, “more than all the rest his words were pleasing to Penelope, for he was of an understanding mind.” Out of all the wooers he was the one that Penelope cared for the most. So this poses an ethical dilemma. Should Amphinomus be subject to the same penalty as the other men? The moral answer is no. It is unfair for him to have to die. Yet there is still…

Homer’s The Odyssey, a sequel to the Greek epic poem The Iliad, is about Odysseus’ ten year struggle to return home after the Trojan War. While Odysseus was on his way back to Ithaka, his wife Penelope and son Telemakhos forestalled the suitors competing for Penelope's hand and Ithaka's throne. Major themes in The Odyssey include the maturation of Telemakhos, civilized versus uncivilized societies, and loyalty versus disloyalty. These three themes have developed as the epic poem progressed. The…

which is one of many ways, To end a war that lasts too long, 3,650 days. Odysseus, King of Ithaca, has caused the fall of Troy, His wish now is to return to wife, Penelope, and Telemachus, his boy. Who knew it would take the next ten years to make that journey back, With obstacles along the way, he fights to stay on track. Penelope is a loyal wife even though suitors do abound, They gorge on food and wine and such, since Odysseus is not around. In number they are one hundred eight, A…