Telemachus

fits the traits accordingly as any other. Batman for instance is a hero to ALMOST everyone. He fights bad guys and even innocent civilians. So Odysseus shouldn't be exempt from that title even if he did bad things like blind Polyphemus, kill Telemachus and suitors. But he did save the Greeks in the Trojan War and it was his idea to make the Trojan Horse. He remained loyal to his wife Penelope and never gave up on returning to Ithaca. Okay we have that but what is the definition of hero,…

own people . . . and afterwards [they] will repay [him] in bronze and gold” (289). Nevertheless, Odysseus is bloodthirsty for vengeance intending to slaughter them all. What results is a deadly battle, one where many men are horribly butchered. Telemachus, Odysseus’ son, is struck twice during the fight. The battle escalates when the suitors equip weapons forcing Odysseus to realize the “peril of the situation” (291) he created. The suitors are described as a “formidable body” (293) and Odysseus…

Yes, she is an important reason to why Odysseus wants to come home, and yes, her beauty adds drama to the story by attracting the mob of suitors -- and helps add to Telemachus’ coming of age story. However, all Penelope does in the epic poem is cry, get pushed around by her own son, and weave a burial shroud for Laertes, her very much alive father-in-law. She shows a great amount of cleverness, from stalling the suitors’…

the story of a man named Odysseus who is the Ithacan King. After fighting in the trojan war for 10 years, he gets lost and can’t seem to get back home after many many years of trying. Back at his home land, he has a wife named Penelope and son, Telemachus. Penelope is fighting struggles of her own as she fights off suitors who use her husband’s law of hospitality to come into their house, mistreat it, and try to win Penelope over so they may become king. Raising a child alone, running a kingdom…

residents themselves might sometime be the wayfarers. So, hospitality is a two-way road. Lack of hospitality has affected Odysseus in a larger extent. He was being very badly treated by the suitors when he returned Ithaka in the disguise of a beggar. Telemachus and Penelope cannot dislodge them neither can they get any help from their community because suitors where the strongest group in the area. We can notice the similarity in Lotus, the place which is even worse than any battlefield, as felt…

great trouble. As Telemachus pointed out to Athena disguised as Mentes “all of them are suitors of my mother, and they ravage the household. She neither refuses the hateful marriage nor can she get rid of them once and for all.” (Homer, 230- 232). Penelope is not able to banish the suitors from her home because that would be violating and dishonoring the rule of hospitality, which is one of the most sacred laws set by the gods at that time in Greek culture. Both Penelope and Telemachus…

the father of Antinoos, is enraged at the killing of his son. He declares revenge and him along with other men travel to Laertes’s home, wanting to kill Odysseus. This leads to the resurrection, where the hero is tested one last time. Odysseus, Telemachus, and Laertes, with the help of Athena, “struck them with sword and spear” (303). Odysseus defeats his last enemy and can now live wisely and peacefully with no threats or danger. He kills the suitor’s families because he needs to protect his…

In The Odyssey by homer, the character Odysseus is a sad/depressed character motivated by going home to see his wife and kid. He was sad,sad because he has spent all this time without his family and his family without even knowing whether he is alive or not, not knowing whether to move on or not, h feels alone even though he has his men with him or women he still feels traped inside something he feels he wont ever be able to get out of when he is almost home something gets in his way and brings…

another greek goddess casted a spell causing him to age into a very old and weak man. He had to over come an obtacle that only then will he be able to turn young and strong. He returned to his house and only one person realized who he was, his son telemachus. His son organized a test that only then will that man get to marry Penelope.…

In “ The Odyssey” by Homer odysseus go to fight in the Trojan war and makes a decade long journey back home to Ithaca to find suitors trying to take over Ithaca and marry his wife. The gods were angered because odysseus's journey home took longer than expected. In the “ Hero's Journey” by Joseph Campbell supports the idea of odysseus is a brave hero. Three reasons to support that is supernatural aid which was the help from the gods. The call to adventure that is when he goes to Troy. The…