Polyphemus

Human revenge was an old theme in the literature of Greece and it was probably one of the earliest actions to be staged there. Thus, ancient Greeks viewed the concept of revenge as a form of justice. They believed that if horrid wrongdoing was done upon them, they had the right to return the favor in whatever means they found just. In Greek mythology, individuals would demand revenge if they felt humiliated, offended and betrayed. The issue of revenge takes place in both “Medea” by Euripides and…

The Odyssey: How Book 9 really happened Oh, silly Odysseus. Bragging, and Bragging about how he defeated the primitive Cyclops Polyphemus. Well, that isn’t fair, to hear only one side of the story. This is how it really happened. We, the Cyclopes, are known to be peaceful, unlike the barbaric men. They go to war, and don’t even trust themselves. They need laws, and rules. Bah! They wouldn’t need laws if they were naturally kind, but they go to wars, and they last for years. A woman, that is what…

Compare how Homer and Zemeckis highlight the ways in which key characters survive through the challenges of their life. Entertaining survival genre texts like playwright Homer’s Greek mock-epic mythological poem, the Odyssey and director Robert Zemeckis’s American epic film, Cast Away portray the support mechanisms that even Herculean individuals rely on in every society. Noting that Homer starts the Odyssey in media res after his previous poem, the Iliad while Zemeckis starts from the…

In the book Odyssey written by Homer many different themes are used to help show the reader the struggles and conflicts the Odysseus must face on his long journey home. These themes demonstrate how a character can change over a period of time, however at times it seems as if Odysseus’s desire to return home is purposely delayed due to his personal actions and choices. The themes that are shown in the Odyssey, when closely analyzed, help paint a picture for the reader on how Odysseus’s journey…

On the Vogon ship, we're shown the Vogons and the baton of this fleet, Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz. The Vogons are adamant and abhorrent creatures. For instance, their home planet has admirable adorned crabs that the Vogons adore smashing to bits. It also has admirable gazelle-type creatures that the Vogons sit on for fun, even admitting that break the backs of the gazelle creatures. But the Vogons get even worse: they're bureaucrats in the Galactic Civil Service. And they abhorrence hitchhikers.…

Odysseus has a multitude of traits for him to be qualified as a true hero. In the classic novel The Odyssey written by Homer, translated by Robert Fitzgerald, the reader experiences Odysseus’s journey back to his home after the Trojan War. Odysseus experiences many obstacles and encounters many mythical creatures and Greek gods and goddesses who help and hinder his journey home. Odysseus is considered a hero because he exhibits many characteristic of the “Archetype of a Hero”. The main two…

In Homer’s The Odyssey, Odysseus is a celebrated king and hero who is tragically lost at sea for 20 years, tirelessly defeating every obstacle him and his crew stumble upon in attempt to get back home to his wife and son in his kingdom of Ithaca. Although Odysseus faces many temptations along his journey, he doesn’t stray from his goal to return home, by always keeping his family in mind. Despite being written centuries ago, this novel holds strong connections to modern day, and our education…

giant known as Polyphemus was considered to be a cyclops, meaning he had one eye in the middle of his forehead. The cyclopses, like Polyphemus, were known to be giants that lived in south western caves and mountains of Sicily with their families. This group was also known to have eaten human beings. Due to them eating human beings is why Polyphemus became known. Polyphemus became known because while he was in south western Sicily Odysseus, as well as his companions, encountered Polyphemus. The…

Methods Study Area East Harbor is a 291-ha back-barrier salt marsh and coastal lagoon located within the Cape Cod National Seashore (CCNS), N.Truro, Massachusetts (Thiet et al. 2014a). East Harbor was artificially isolated from Cape Cod Bay in 1868 when the original 300-m wide inlet was diked due to the construction of a causeway for use by trains and automobiles (Portnoy et al. 2005). In 1894, a drainage system was installed that allowed freshwater to escape the system (Portnoy et al. 2006),…

The Limulus polyphemus has a primitive blood. According to Bang & Levin (n.d.) the Atlantic horseshoe crab blood carries oxygen and has a special pigment that is a protein called hemocyanin. Homo sapien blood has a very similar protein in it called hemoglobin that makes the blood red from iron in the blood. Hemocynanin has copper molecules in it causing the Atlantic horseshoe crab to have blue blood. The hemocytes (blood cells) in the blue blood have a special clotting aspect. The hemocytes…