Human Choices Revealed In Homer's The Odyssey
The Greeks most important values and ideas to their culture is a deeper meaning, rising above, problem-solving, intellectuality. The Greece civilization could have created their own empire, but instead of creating that empire, the Greeks decided it would be a clever idea to fight with one another. The Greeks had struggled with hardship such as external forces that would threaten human life. The internal human choices caused suffering as well with unhappiness. Additionally, the gods had already made their choices and they did not care how it affected the civilizations on earth. Thus, the Greek individuals had to just face what the gods decided.
While reading, Homer from The Odyssey, it explained how Homer had told tales of the Greeks’ siege …show more content…
When the game is played in a foreign country, then that is when the game becomes more aggressive. In the quote, when it says that he will cut the ground out from under his feet, it is showing that in Greece, there was a deeper meaning even games. By challenging one another, they continuously want one to try to win, but that is when they become increasingly competitive. Thus, resulting in cutting the ground out from one’s feet to win a game. In Homer from The Odyssey, it explained how Odysseus returned home after the Trojan war. On his way home, all his men die, but Odysseus because of his intelligence. By analyzing the text, the meaning of rising above: “of all of the men, to wit, the quarrel between Odysseus and Achilles, and the fierce words that they heaped on one another as they sat together at a banquet” (Homer from The Odyssey 73). Meaning, that by rising above and moving forward, it allowed for improvements to occur. The Greeks believed that by rising above, it could allow for an expansion and self-improvement. While reading Plato: from “Apology”, it explained how the Greeks believed in rising above, “Nothing can harm a good man either in life or after death, and his fortunes are not a matter of indifference to the gods.” (Platos: from “Apology" 125). Meaning, that by
While reading, Homer from The Odyssey, it explained how Homer had told tales of the Greeks’ siege …show more content…
When the game is played in a foreign country, then that is when the game becomes more aggressive. In the quote, when it says that he will cut the ground out from under his feet, it is showing that in Greece, there was a deeper meaning even games. By challenging one another, they continuously want one to try to win, but that is when they become increasingly competitive. Thus, resulting in cutting the ground out from one’s feet to win a game. In Homer from The Odyssey, it explained how Odysseus returned home after the Trojan war. On his way home, all his men die, but Odysseus because of his intelligence. By analyzing the text, the meaning of rising above: “of all of the men, to wit, the quarrel between Odysseus and Achilles, and the fierce words that they heaped on one another as they sat together at a banquet” (Homer from The Odyssey 73). Meaning, that by rising above and moving forward, it allowed for improvements to occur. The Greeks believed that by rising above, it could allow for an expansion and self-improvement. While reading Plato: from “Apology”, it explained how the Greeks believed in rising above, “Nothing can harm a good man either in life or after death, and his fortunes are not a matter of indifference to the gods.” (Platos: from “Apology" 125). Meaning, that by