iii. When they reach palace, suitors only reluctantly give them food, and Antinous goes out of his way to insult Odysseus…
iv. Penelope hears the bard sing a song about the Greek’s suffering on their return from Troy, making her even more miserable…
Xenia, the Greek term for the Laws of Hospitality, The custom in classical Greece and other ancient cultures that, if a traveler comes to a strange town, he can ask for food, shelter, and gifts to help him on his journey. In Greek tradition, the host was considered responsible for his guest's comfort and safety, and a breach of those laws of hospitality was thought to anger Zeus, God of the gods.…
Is someone considered intelligent if they use cheats and deceptions to weave through adversity? The Odyssey, an epic poem written by Homer around 700 B.C., tells of a man named Odysseus conquering trials and tribulations with both disguises and deceptions. This man was definitely considered intelligent by those he encountered. Odysseus' heroic trait is his mētis, or "cunning intelligence," and his name means ‘trouble’ in Greek (he certainly got into a lot of trouble). In The Odyssey, Homer's Greek audience generally admired Odysseus' clever traits, despite his occasional dishonesty. Odysseus' skill at making up false stories and devising plans as well as his covert disguises are nearly incomparable to any other character in Homer’s epic, giving him an advantage over his adversaries. Odysseus’ Trojan horse scheme, his multiple tricks against Polyphemus the Cyclops, and his concealment as a beggar to escape the suitors demonstrate this advantage over his numerous opponents as he uses his cunning intelligence and innovative disguise.…
The author of a Why I Am a Muslim: An American Odyssey discusses their viewpoint as an American Muslim female in the article. Asma Gull Hasan is an American born child of Pakistani immigrants who grew up in California and was attending liberal college courses during the Oklahoma City bombing, she uses these experiences in the article. Hasan opens the article with a hypothetical question, encouraging readers to think of the stereotypes placed on Muslims. The author points out the racial diversity of Muslims in America with useful statistics. The author shows an understanding of Muslims are capable of terrorism, however points out that the religion in based on peace and not war. The author expresses their opinion on the next step to progress in America, open conversations and education. Also discussed is media bias and the understandable affect it has on American’s perceptions of the religious group.…
It is all about literature by imagination. If a story is as good as reality then it is a great story. A true fiction story can take you places without ever leaving, it gives you an experience where you can read and can’t stop.…
In the Odyssey By Homer, excerpt B, “Odysseus and the Cyclops”, shows the value ingenuity. Odysseus and his crew meet a Cyclops and giant with one eye, on their way back from the Trojan war. The Cyclops takes Odysseus’s men and eats them one at a time. Odysseus thinks of a plan. He tells the Cyclops that his name is nobody, so if he tries to attack the Cyclops, the Cyclops will say “nobody is attacking me”. Odysseus gives the Cyclops a glass of wine, making the Cyclops drunk. The Cyclops falls asleep and Odysseus and his men are able blind the Cyclops by taking a large branch and heating it. From there they all make back to the ship.…
So far in the Odyssey, men have played the role of strong and determined characters. In most cases, they try to show the courageous side of their personality. For example, young Telemakhos boldly decided to leave Ithaka and search for news of his father, knowing the dangers that were in store for him. Odysseus, obviously, showed great determination as he battled the God of Sea Poseidon after he left Kalypso¡¯s island. All of this leads us to believe that men in Ancient Greek are supposed to conceal their feelings and be tough. Yet in book eight, we see Odysseus break down and cry during Demodokos¡¯ songs. Some people might take this as a sign of weakness on Odysseus¡¯ part. But I think it just shows that Odysseus is only human. He has many roles in this book. Not only do we see him moved to tears, but we also see him make mistakes, get into tricky situations, and lose his temper.…
Albert Einstein once said ”We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” The Odyssey written by Homer and translated by Robert Fagles resembles this quote by how Odysseus only thinks about the first thing that pops up in his mind. He is very good at planning war attacks, but when it comes to society and talking to others he is not very advanced. He has made some good choices, but even those have some bad consequences. Odysseus needs to learn how to talk and act before he gets into some serious trouble for not only himself, but for his family too. In The Odyssey Odysseus heads off to war to fight the Trojans which lasted 10 years, but after everyone else was heading home he got captured by a very attractive…
The teacher can invite students to anticipate the storyline, then read the story to the students, stopping at significant points to ask for predictions of the story. Another method would be to ask students to restate the story from examining the pictures. Covering word parts with sticky notes and asking the children to predict what word is under the sticky note can also help students with language deficiencies (Tankersley, 2016).…
A characteristics of an epic hero demonstrated in Homer epic poems was the interference of supernatural beings either as allies or enemies. Ancient Greeks society believed in gods and goddesses who live above Mount Olympus and watch over mortals below. The Greeks believed that these gods and goddesses interfered with life below Olympus. This is seen in both Homers poems the Iliad and the Odyssey, where the gods interfered throughout the stories. In the Iliad, the gods interfered in both side of the war, by favoring who they were going to help. When Agamemnon did not return Chryseis, her father a Trojan high priest turned to Apollo for help. In turn, Apollo sent a plague throughout the Greek army. When Hector took Achilles armor from Patroclus,…
The world changes every day. The governments, technology, medicine, the internet, etc. Why is that? It’s all because of people. The choices are all made by humans whether for better or worse, will predict the rest of the future. There are people that have a bigger influence, a greater power to make these choices like governments, unions, presidents, dictators, queens, and kings. In the epic poem “The Odyssey” a long lost King, Odysseus, has been changing these choices to regain power after his long treacherous voyage home from war.…
The third step of the Odyssey is meeting the mentor, Odysseus does this when he meets and is helped by Athena. Athena, the Goddess of wisdom, and becomes Odysseus mentor. She help Odysseus, even though she is not supposed to. Athena helps Odysseus by pleading with the gods so that he could go home. She tells him how to get through certain dangerous situations and leads him to King Alcinous.…
Within Books IX-XII of Homer’s epic poem “The Odyssey,” the main character, King Odysseus of Ithaca, describes his life following the Trojan War. After leaving Troy victorious, Odysseus cannot return to Greece quickly because Poseidon, God of the Sea, promises to make Odysseus suffer, preventing a speedy trip home. Following a decade of adventure and woe, Odysseus narrates his experience to King Alcinous of the Phaecians, as a guest in Alcinous’ palace. As Odysseus explains the previous ten years in extensive detail, he reveals a variety of encounters with peculiar lands and strange people, including a handful of Gods. Most notably, Odysseus and his men sail to a seemingly uninhabited and wild island, only to become prisoners of a Cyclops named Polyphemus. In order to escape, Odysseus must blind Polyphemus. Unfortunately for Odysseus, Polyphemus is the son of Poseidon, and this violence against the family of Poseidon further compromises Odysseus’ ability to return.…
In chapter 11, Equality begins to refer to himself as “I” rather than “we”. He never explains why he began call himself this until chapter 12, rather this whole chapter is full of descriptive words, or what could be called a form of poetry. He states that he discovered “I” whilst reading the books in the house him and Liberty come across. “It was when I read the first of the books I found in my house that I saw the word ‘I’. And when I understood this word, the book fell from my hands, and I wept, I who had never known tears. I wept in deliverance and in pity for all mankind.” (98). Equality has now become an individual, only dependent on himself and cares only for those he chooses to care for. In chapter 12, Equality gives himself the name Prometheus.…