THE ODYSSEY – Notes I. BOOK 1 A. Odysseus Captive‚ Suitors Invade i. All Greek heroes return home‚ except Odysseus ii. Odysseus held captive on island Ogygia by Calypso‚ who loves him iii. Suitors invade palace in Ithica hoping to marry Queen Penelope iv. Prince Telemachus still a young man and powerless to stop suitors B. Athena Helps‚ Penelope Mourns i. With Zeus’s permission‚ Athena travels to Ithica to help Telemachus ii. Athena disguises herself
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The Odyssey is the product of a society in which the dominant role was played by men. In ancient Greece‚ just as in the whole of the ancient world‚ and in America and Western Europe until the last century‚ women occupied a subservient position. Society was organized and directed by men‚ and all of the most important enterprises were those which men arranged and implemented. Women were valued‚ but they participated in the affairs of the world only when they had the tacit or open approval and permission
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she does not want to destroy her home and family. She constantly weeps for Odysseus and never gives up hope that he is still alive will return someday. Telemachus is another example of loyalty because he stands by his father against the suitors. Eurycleia‚ the old nurse‚ remains loyal to both Penelope and her Odysseus‚ who has been gone for 20 years. Eumaeus‚ the swineherd‚ and Philoetius‚ the cowherd‚ are both loyal to Odysseus. Eumaeus is most hospitable to Odysseus‚ when he is disguised as a beggar
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• Hospitality The major themes in The Odyssey are especially significant because they serve to form the moral and ethical constitution of most of the characters. The reader learns about the characters through the themes. The more complicated a character is‚ the more he or she engages these major themes. Therefore‚ the most complicated character‚ Odysseus‚ appropriately embodies each of the themes to one degree or another. Thinking of hospitality as a major theme in a literary work may seem odd
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Title: The Odyssey Of Homer Author: Henry L. Christ Publisher: Globe Book Company Copyright date: N/A April 26‚ 2012 Main Characters: Odysseus: The main character‚ he is on a journey determined to get back home with his wife and son. Athena: Friend of Odysseus‚ Goddess of wisdom. Ino: A goddess of the sea‚ who pitied Odysseus in the storm. Laertes: Father of Odysseus. Penelope: Wife of Odysseus. Telemachus: Son of Odysseus. Theoclymenus: A prophet‚ who prophesied
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Women in The Odyssey After following an epic that revolved so completely around men‚ The Odyssey has quite a lot of female roles. True‚ the ancient Greeks had a better androgynous balance than other civilizations‚ and this is reflected very clearly in The Odyssey. Femininity has not only a bigger role in this epic‚ but it seems as though it is honored with its own unique power. This is shown in characters like Circe and Athena‚ but also subtextually in the many female weavers throughout the
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his son. Next‚ not only is Odysseus dishonest but disrespectful and bellicose. In lines 1300-1304‚ Odysseus kills all the suitors in cold blood when most of them didn’t commit a crime. Another way he is being disrespectful and violent is when Eurycleia recognizes Odysseus and he threatens to kill her if she reveals his identity. Also Odysseus is disrespectful in lines 501-505‚ Odysseus tells the Cyclops‚ ‘Cyclops‚ if ever mortal inquire how you were put to shame and blinded‚ tell him Odysseus raider
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After the war of Troy‚ Odysseus was lost at sea and Penelope gave up most of her hope after years of waiting for her husband to return home. Later on Suitors came to court her in the castle where Penelope and her son Telemachus lived. There are so many ways that Penelope showed her loyalty to her husband while he was away. One way Penelope shows her loyalty is no matter how the suitors courted her and wanted to marry her she never went with a suiter. Another reason is that she never completely
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The parallel adventure between Telemachus and Odysseus Throughout the first four books of The Odyssey Homer described the way the suitors consume everything in Odysseus’ house and bully Telemachus around rendering immediately as a vulnerable character in comparison to his great father. This gives a sign to the leader that Telemachus being a main character will have to accomplish something. For control of the house‚ Athena sent Odysseus on more adventures and sent Telemachus on his telemachy which
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his son‚ Telemachus‚ have taken revenge upon the suitors and their allies that have pillaged his home during the many years that Odysseus was proclaimed MIA. Odysseus had killed all of the suitors and Homer describes the aftermath as the old nurse Eurycleia had seen her master‚ writing‚ “As she gazed from all the corpses to the bloody man she raised her head to cry over his triumph‚ but felt his grip upon her‚ checking her‚” (Homer‚ 455-458). Homer expressed this moment to be triumphant‚ so it can definitely
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