Poseidon

To modernize the Odyssey, I believe that we should have a new, creative movie with a whole different setting and time period. My modern movie proposal is one that includes minorities and a new main character to give the viewers a new adventure to experience that still ties in with the book. The title of this movie is The Underwater Voyage because my movie is focused on the main character’s journey back to her home. This new character is named Odisia, which I hope closely resembles the original…

Throughout the Odyssey, hospitality was shown as an important aspect. It shared many instances where strangers treated strangers like family. As the story focused on the travels of Telemachus and Odysseus, I noticed many times where people treated them well and welcomed them with gifts. Compared to modern times, hospitality was very useful within society, people were treated with kindness and generosity because of the fear towards the gods, they did this through welcoming one another into each…

Trust and Distrust in Odyssey 10.1-79 As Odysseus strives to complete and fulfill his homecoming throughout the Odyssey, he must continually face the question of which of his skills and strengths from war may be applied to the adventures and domestic affairs which he encounters. In Odyssey 10.1-79, when Odysseus and his crew encounter Aeolus, their homecoming is compromised largely by Odysseus’ miscalculation in deciding to rely on concealment of information from his allies and human effort,…

be a Minotaur, and what a Minotaur is. So basically a Minotaur is half bull, half man. Sounds pretty awesome right? Well, you might find him not so awesome after telling you this. He was originally supposed to be a sacrifice from the sea god Poseidon to King Mino. He lived underground in a maze called the Labyrinth. And each year 7 boys and 7 girls were…

Many people know about Greek mythology and its epic stories about gods and heroes. A well-known character in one of the stories is Odysseus, the main character in the book “The Odyssey”. Many people debate if Odysseus is a hero or just a selfish king that only looks out for himself. The people that claim he is not a hero overlook many of his skills and heroic achievements. I believe Odysseus is a hero and will explain why. He is a loving father and husband and is away from his home for twenty…

After the darkness turned to light of the dazzling gold sun, my eyes squinted at the beams of brightness and confusion washed over my mind like a wave crashing violently into the shore.The enormous rock from under me made my veins run cold with the sun beating sun rays into my skin, the waves of the dark wine ocean slowly swam into the grainy sand.As I slowly sit up, the aloe green trees that hang low brush against my head and my crew and ship a.re nowhere to be seen. In a blink of an eye, the…

When Scylla and Charybdis tried to attack Odysseus and his men in the sea, Odysseus knew he had to sacrifice 6 of his men in order to get home. He still yet takes the chance of getting eaten up by Scylla and Charybdis. He is calling out to Poseidon, asking out what he wants from Odysseus. He replies in saying all he has left is his life. A giant wave comes by and as Odysseus ducks underneath it, he gets attacked by he sea. He ends up on an island, still alive, knowing he had made…

Gender’s Effect on the Realms of The Odyssey In Robert Fagles ' translation of Homer’s The Odyssey, much of the plot centers around interactions between mortal humans and immortal gods. Odysseus is repeatedly visited and kidnapped by immortal women, and these interactions inform the plot and society immensely through their strong influence over his journey. The main tension for the female characters comes from the difference in power between gods and goddesses, as well as the difference in…

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…

In, The Odyssey, by Homer the character Odysseus displays the characteristics of curiousity, deceitfulness, and determination. Throughout the entire story Odysseus is exploring the cyclops belongings, that eventually gets him in trouble. An example of this is when Odysseus goes into the Cyclop’s cave, “I brought along, and victuals in a bag, for in my bones I knew some towering brute would be upon us soon [...] We climbed, then, briskly to the cave. But Cyclops had gone afield, to pasture his…