Men In The Odyssey

All throughout history dating all the way back to the start of the ancient Greek era until today’s era, women were dominated and subjugates to the men of their society. For men have always be seen as the go getters and the provider for their family and it was vital that they were seen as strong, courageous and well respected bringing back only fortune, respect and a good legacy to their family name. This is evident in two famous Greek literatures, a Greek poem called “The Odyssey” by Homer and a Greek play called “Oedipus the King” by Sophocles. In these two Greek literatures the men in these stories will be living the life of a Greek man going to through a journey that will seal their fate, a fate that would stay with their names forever and make them
In the Greek poem “Odyssey” by Homer, the protagonist Odysseus is going to a journey where he becomes the famous Odysseus, the “Crafty Odysseus”. He goes to fight the Trojan War beside Achilles “The mightiest of the Achaeans” and the “Son of Atreus, king of men, most glorious Agamemnon” along with the rest of Greece to fight against the Trojans of Troy. Both Achilles and Agamemnon died in the results of the Trojan War, the war that made them all famous and gave them they name they sustain until today holding a legacy that would never fade out. For that exact reason is why they went to fight in the Trojan War they because know this would be a war to go down in the books and be remember forever among the Greeks. It has been said that Achilles’ mother even fore warned him that he could either live a short life filled with fame, respect and fortune if he fights in the Trojan War or he could stay and live a long happy live but no one will know of his name. He went to fight in the war anyway and lived the life his mother warned him of, not fearing death but fearing not living up to his