Scylla

In the epic poem "the Odyssey", Odysseus, the king of Ithica is sailing home from the Trojan war, when he is swept off course by Zeus. Along his way home, he stops at multiple islands for provisions, and encounters a different setting on each one. Odysseus shows his strengths and weaknesses along the way and shows a different one each time they encounter something. The first island Odysseus and his men encounter is home to the Lotus-Eaters. These are people who live on the island and eat lotus…

Throughout each story, every hero’s journey follows a pattern towards succession. This twelve step journey has been conducted by Joseph Campbell, after studying the methods used in endless stories towards a hero’s success. One epic showing this is The Odyssey, written by Homer, with the ancient greek hero, Odysseus, following his bumpy path towards home after leaving to fight the Trojan war. While, in the film, Moana, the hero Moana overcomes her obstacles to acquire the heart of Te Fiti to help…

home. To begin with, Odysseus was courageous enough to risk his own life and go through much struggle/ pain so his shipmates would not have to, he always put them first. In addition, he did not permit anything from getting in his way from Cyclopes to Scylla. Moreover, Odysseus endangered his cover to participate in Penelope’s challenge to win her back. This together reveals Homer’s underlying message... the act of being fearless and having courage is essential to achieve anything. In this case,…

According to eighth step of the Hero’s Journey, a character will be at a moment where he is at rock bottom. The test or challenge could possibly result in the death of the hero. Each 12 cities Odysseus traveled to had a different challenge, but Scylla and Charybdis was his toughest…

Through cannibalistic islanders, one-eyed giants, and being held captive by Greek goddesses, Odysseus’ voyage teaches readers quite a bit about Greek values and beliefs. The Odyssey was said to have originated around three thousand years ago as an oral epic recited by the blind poet, Homer. Since then, the poem has been recited and built upon, and even deemed a poetic masterpiece. Archetypes make the world feel united; they create a sense of relation between different ethnicities, cultures, and…

I am going to show you how the Odyssey and the Epic of Gilgamesh similar. Both of the stories possess multiple similarities like the character's conflict, goal, consequences of their actions, and their relationship with their family and city. They share a common theme which is temptation. Odysseus never gave up on his family and land. He was just so tempted to go home and be his family so he continued to fight, but doing so will have multiple consequences. If he continued to fight to make it…

In Greek art, Scylla is typically depicted as a giant woman with long tentacles or a tail instead of legs. The monster’s most identifiable characteristic, however, are dog heads that sprout from her abdominal region. While a number of fragments from the ship, Scylla and the sailors have been identified "no fragments of the Skylla torso have as yet been recognised." This depiction of Odysseus’…

Once they have passed the Sirens’ island, Odysseus and his men must navigate the straits between Scylla and Charybdis. Scylla is a six-headed monster who, when ships pass, swallows one sailor for each head. Charybdis is an enormous whirlpool that threatens to swallow the entire ship. Odysseus fails to tell the crew about Scylla and Charybdis in an attempt to ease the fear presented to them. As they approach the pass between the two mountainous rocks, he stays…

crew makes him unable to control them. Odysseus’s arrogance leads to the death of his crew. For example, while Odysseus and his crew are approaching Scylla, Odysseus knows that six of the crew members paddling will die. However, he says, “I told them nothing, as they could do nothing”(ln 620-621). Odysseus is implying that, as they approach Scylla, she will devour six crew members alive. Nevertheless, he refuses to tell them because he thinks they cannot do anything to prevent their deaths.…

himself so they opened a bag that had magical winds which set them many steps back from the finish of the long journey home. Not only this, but he decided to keep the fact that much of the crew had their final moments upon them as they approached Scylla. He pulled his crew out of many rough situations, such as an incident where the crew was intoxicated due to special lotus flowers, but he was also the reason they were pulled into most of those situations in the first…