The women cleverness is mistaken for being seductress and conniving because women are not supposed to be as tough and smart as men. The depiction of women in The Odyssey displayes the negative protrayel and thoughts of women at the time. Even Telemachus who was raised by women his whole life speaks to his mother as though he believes he is superior to her. “So mother go back to your quarters tend to your own tasks‚ the distaff and the loom‚ and keep the women working hard as will. As for giving
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the story isn’t just about Odysseus: there are many other characters including his son Telemachus who shows great courage in the face of danger. We see an example of this courage in the second book of The Odyssey‚ A Hero’s Son Awakens. Telemachus overhears an argument that the Greek’s are having about the fate of the community since Odysseus has not come back. Most people think Odysseus has died‚ but Telemachus still believes that his father is alive. He stands up and says‚ “Eurymachus‚ and noble
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Athena depicts the true hero. Throughout the epic Athena has always been tagging along among both Telemachus’ and Odysseus’ journeys. Aside from helping Odysseus and Telemachus she also helped Penelope as well. .On these journeys she has shown many heroic traits which does make her the true hero of The Odyssey. Athena embodies the character trait of loyalty. Athena is always seen assisting both Telemachus and Odysseus on their voyages‚ and is the main reason why both went through their coming of age
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The Odyssey‚ revered to be one of the great works of ancient Greek tradition has a lot to teach us even in the modern world. Odysseus‚ his son Telemachus and Penelope all have relationships with the gods‚ some of these relationships seem strange at first but if we take a deeper look into them we can see that there is often an underlying message being taught. I wish to explore these messages and also the archetypal qualities the aforementioned characters possess to answer one question: what does this
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including the original quest narrative of facing and overcoming multiple obstacles to obtain the reward in the end‚ whether the reward reflects a growth in self‚ realisation or a rare possession. In both texts‚ the characters Tristan from ‘Stardust’ and Telemachus from ‘The Odyssey’ undertake a hero’s journey which sees their transitioning from being a boy to becoming a man‚ and it is proven that the society which the hero lives‚ dictates the representation of the hero. The cultural context of ‘The Odyssey’
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loyal to Telemachus. Thank the gods. Anyways here’s what happened. Odysseus‚ still disguised as a beggar comes into the dining hall where all of the suitors were and showed them off. Here’s what happened. Penelope instructs suitors that whoever could shoot through all 12 axe handles at once they could marry her. Odysseus‚ still disguised as a beggar shoots and makes all the 12 handles. Once he completes that he reveals himself to the suitors as Odysseus. Odysseus and his squad‚ Telemachus‚ Eumaeus
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is their family is determines how they should act and what they are like. The Odyssey Shows many examples of these ideas in the text‚ by making the characters experience these situations. Hospitality is shown as valued in The Odyssey by making Telemachus and Odysseus go from island to island meeting strangers‚ that take them in no matter who they
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Book Review: The Odyssey by Homer Written by a blind man‚ Melesigenes better known as Homer‚ and translated by Alexander Pope‚ the Odyssey of Homer is a poem about the life of the king of Ithaca‚ Ulysses‚ who leaves to fight in the Trojan War‚ but he doesn’t return until 20 years. According to Professor P. Landow‚ Ulysses is a great athlete and great warrior‚ heroic‚ courageous‚ eloquent‚ and masterful‚ and at the same time‚ he I pious (Landow). In those twenty years trying to get back home‚ he
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The first example is the house of Menelaus. Telemachus and Peisistratus come to Lacedaemon. “And so they came to the rolling lands of Lacedaemon‚ deep in the hills‚ and drove up to the palace of the illustrious Menelaus” (The Odyssey). After Telemachus and Peisistratus reached Menelaus’s house‚ one of his servants‚ Eteoneus‚ told Menelaus who had arrived. Once Menelaus had heard this‚ he ordered his servants to unyoke the horses and bring them to the feast. “They led the sweating horses from
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Odysseus’s home in Ithaca to visit Odysseus’s son‚ Telemachus. Many suitors were there‚ trying to win the hand in marriage of Penelope‚ Telemachus’s mother and Odysseus’s wife. These many suitors had eaten Telemachus out of house and home. Athena arrives in the form of Mentor‚ a Taphian chief. Very generously‚ Telemachus invites Athena in. After they introduce themselves and Telemachus explains how the suitors have been living off of him‚ Athena puts Telemachus in his
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