Scylla

One instance of Odysseus feeling guilty for his men in the epic poem was when Odysseus lead his men into death, which everyone besides Odysseus was unaware of. Odysseus is told that if he leads his men to Scylla, six of his men will die, but Odysseus will live. Odysseus is also told that…

Odysseus made showed good leadership when he chose to go and fight the Greeks. Even though Odysseus just had his first child Telemachus and Odysseus put his personal desire of staying home with his newborn. Odysseus gave himself to the welfare of his country and chose to protect his country from Greeks. While having trouble getting inside of Troy’s kingdom. Odysseus was very smart and he created a giant horse as a gift for Troy and Odysseus hid his whole army inside. He made it look like they…

Directions: Use complete sentences to answer the questions. Example: Odysseus is an epic hero because he is brave, clever, and strong. Character Archetype: Explain what type of character Circe is. Circe is a goddess and she seems to be an antagonist but later becomes a mentor and guides Odysseus home. Conflict: Explain what type of conflict Circe’s supernatural powers cause Odysseus. She makes Odysseus's men not want to leave the hall of Circe and she turns them into sheep. Allies: Explain…

are three major conflicts in The Odyssey. Such as man vs nature, man vs himself, and man vs society. However, for the majority of the epic, man vs nature is a reoccurring conflict that Odysseus faces. It states in book 12: The Sirens; Scylla and Charybdis “Then Scylla made her strike, whisking six of my best men from the ship. I happened to glance aft at ship and oarsmen and caught…

lead the gods to establish punishments to show Odysseus how to be modest and have humility. Three significant events that resulted in Odysseus becoming humble was plundering the Land of the Cicones, going up against Polyphemus, and the attacking of Scylla and Charybdis. Firstly, another incident which resulted in Odysseus becoming self-aware about his deadly sin was when he arrived in the Land of the Cyclops and went up against Polyphemus. To begin with,…

The second example is, “Then Scylla made her strike whisking six of my best men from the ship” (book 12, line 187-188). Before Odysseus left for Scylla, Circe told Odysseus not to go to Scylla because she would take them, and Odysseus would risk six more of his men's lives. Even with knowing the circumstances, Odysseus still put his men in danger. He made his crew go through Scylla. Odysseus had a total of six men die, and he was not phased by it. Odysseus…

to sail for Scylla, a six-headed sea serpent, rather than Charybdis, a giant whirlpool, In the book it says: " Odysseus chooses to sail for Scylla, a six-headed sea serpent, rather than Charybdis, a giant whirlpool. He did this because he knew that if he went to Charybdis, the whole ship would be destroyed. However, if he went towards Scylla, six men would die. A sacrifice the brave Odysseus decided to make. She takes from every ship six men..... , Odysseus chooses to sail for Scylla, a…

Two significant women in the Odyssey that demonstrate the power that Homer gives women, are Scylla and the Sirens. Scylla is a monster that is very powerful. It is said that, “no ship’s company can claimed to have passed her without loss and grief; she takes from every ship, one man for every gullet,” (lines 692 - 694). Scylla is obviously very powerful and she is definitely no man’s property. Scylla also has an evil persona because of this power. She has the power to overthrow any ship…

and Scylla. His brothers were Astraeus and Perses. Pallas took part in the Titanomachy, which was a great war between the titans and the Olympian…

In The Odyssey, Homer writes of Odysseus, a good leader. Odysseus does make mistakes, for example when he leaves Ismarus he says, “I sacked the city, killed the men” and then he takes the riches and wives as plunder (9. 46-47). In this situation Odysseus acts similar to a pirate and goes against the Greek value of order. Also, when Eurylochus and the crew asks to land on the island of the Sun God’s cattle Odysseus says, “I’m one against all, the upper hand is yours” even though this island is…