Odysseus: One of the Greatest Epic Heroes An epic encompasses many unique qualities of which are both consistent and concurrent with the authors style and manner of writing. Homer’s The Odyssey is a prime example of an epic with a well-developed epic hero. In this case‚ the hero is the epic’s namesake‚ Odysseus. Odysseus is undoubtedly the hero of this great epic; however‚ some have posed doubts as to whether he is deserving of such a noble and eminent title. Odysseus has the poorest fortune
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The Epic Hero That Was Not The general populous has hailed Odysseus as the epitome of the epic hero for several centuries‚ but to the modern reader‚ he comes off as anything but. While he was extremely driven by one goal‚ getting back home to his family‚ he performed some not-so heroic deeds on his quest and once he arrived back in Ithaca. Odysseus had many affairs and was disloyal to his wife‚ slaughtered hundreds of people in the name of righteousness‚ and above all‚ exemplifies hubris‚ or arrogant
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The agency of Job and Odysseus is controlled by God and the gods. Neither Job nor Odysseus have agency when the gods are against them. The relationship between the divine and human agency is a well-established one in both the ancient Hebrew and ancient Greek cultures. Many acts that could be attributed to human agency are often credited to gods‚ especially human errors or misdeeds. Humans try to forfeit a good deal of their agency to the gods willingly. Nevertheless the gods have no reservations
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Certainly‚ people can argue both ways and support their arguments from evidence in the reading. According to our views‚ Odysseus is definitely one of‚ if not the one‚ ideal hero of the ancient Greek world. There are quite a lot of reasons why this is so. Firstly‚ Odysseus is an ideal hero in both the physical and the spiritual sense. In the physical sense he is a great hero‚ because he overcomes all these extreme dangers; he comes out alive after wondering for ten years and facing the most extremely
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fate of Odysseus? Level 2: In Book VII (7)‚ why do you think Athena wants to mask Odysseus’s identity from the palace of Alcinoos? Level 2: Why doesn’t Odysseus accept/trust the help of the gods other than that of Athena? Level 3: If you were Zeus‚ would you take Athena’s side and allow Odysseus to return home or would you take Poseidon’s side‚ OR would you mediate as Zeus did in the book and explain your thoughts. 1: Athena explains to the gods that Odysseus remains
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Odysseus is not a hero because he let down a lot of people. What a hero is a person that will give everything that they have to save another person from any harm. Such as next a reasons why Odysseus is not a hero is because he was the cause why his own mother died. Odysseus was not a hero because he let his own mother die. When Odysseus was in his return from Troy(adventures)‚ he was away for a long period of time‚but as his mother grew older every day he was making it harder for his mother
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What is a hero? On Dictonary.com it states thats its “ a brave and noble character in an epic poem‚ admired for great achievements or affected by grand events ” Now the real questios is. Is Odysseus a hero? In the Odyssey by Homer‚ it’s an epic poem about a man is stuck in a war for many years. He finally escapes the war to go home but instead is faced with many adventures to come along the way. On his adventures he goes through terrible storms‚ Wicked creatures‚ he also had to face gods and goddesses
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that is Odysseus. But who is Odysseus‚ he was a hero in Homers epic and not only that but was also one of the greatest heroes who fought in the Trojan war. Odysseus was a very smart man because he created a plan that would destroy the city of troy so the Trojan war could end. he encountered many different things on his way back home to Ithaca. Where he left his wife for more than 10 years. Odysseus ruled Ithaca so it was very important for him to go back home with his people. Odysseus had courage
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Odysseus lead a ship full of men ready to fight their way back to Ithaca‚ which is where Odysseus and his men are from. Odysseus and his men sail the seas for about 10 years before Odysseus reaches Ithaca‚ and gets to see his family and town back. His leadership was very admirable throughout their journey. Odysseus is an admirable hero because he display the following traits: loyalty‚ cleverness‚ and strength. First‚ Odysseus’s trait‚ loyalty‚ shows him as a admirable hero. In “The Land of the
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them to the Epic hero Odysseus. They share many similarities such as their patriotism and high Intelligence. However‚ while sharing many similarities they share a key difference. Odysseus is sometimes “Hot Headed”‚ or and lets his emotions play a part in his decisions. Which is definitely not ideal‚ and can get him and his men in trouble at times. My first point of comparison is how patriotic they both are. I base this similarity on
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