Jaquay Carlton October 8‚2014 World Lit Take-Home Midterm‚ Section 3 1. The term epic refers to a long narrative about a hero or a god. In the epic poem Odyssey‚ the narrative takes the shape because it is written in meter. The Odyssey is an epic poem because it is a long narrative poem‚ and it focuses on an epic subject such as the suffering of Odysseus life‚ as he deals with being absent from his home and family for twenty years. (Why is The Odyssey is an epic poem) 2. In The Odyssey there
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must force them back to the ship. Third‚ at the Cyclops’ cave‚ his men escape being eaten only by Odysseus blinding the one-eyed Polyphemus (son of Poseidon). He does so by claiming that his name is "No One." When Polyphemus screams‚ he says that "No One" is attacking him‚ so his fellow cyclopes do not come to his rescue. As a result‚ Poseidon threatens Odysseus with much suffering and the ultimate loss of his men. Fourth‚ King Aeolus gives Odysseus and his men a place to stay for about a
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the city of Troy has been sacked‚ and Poseidon brings attention to Hecuba crying at the entrance of Troy. Poseidon lists the events unbeknownst to Hecuba‚ including her daughter Polyxena being killed by the Greeks in a sacrifice at Achilles’ tomb‚ Priam and Hecuba’s children are dead‚ and Apollo left Cassandra mad (Apollo made her his prophetess). Then enters Athena‚ who wants to bring joy to the Trojans and give the Greeks a bitter journey home. Poseidon and Athena agree to cause havoc on the Greeks’
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1Rossi Juliann Rossi 02/24/2014 Dr. Motard Noar The Odyssey and Domineering Females In The Odyssey ‚ particularly during the ending of the epic‚ Homer challenges the archetype of male dominance by essentially making Odysseus powerless‚ and instead‚ while it is often disguised‚ gives the female characters all the power and control. This is seen most obviously with Athena who saves Odysseus’ life countless times‚ and also with Penelope who controls not only her husband but also several suitors
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because of his anger. When an author alludes to Poseidon‚ the character is usually portrayed as weathered and old. The character can create mass destruction‚ but also bring peace. The character usually has some correlation or connection to the sea‚ and has some sort of strength such as Poseidon’s trident. He or she is very powerful. The character’s strength is creativity‚ a trident-like weapon‚ and water‚ while the weakness is often women (Poseidon had many
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In Greek mythology Minos (/ˈmaɪnɒs/ or /ˈmaɪnəs/; Greek: Μίνως‚ Minōs) was the first King of Crete‚ son of Zeus and Europa. Every nine years‚ he made King Aegeus pick seven young boys and seven young girls to be sent to Daedalus’s creation‚ the labyrinth‚ to be eaten by the Minotaur. After his death‚ Minos became a judge of the dead in the underworld. The Minoan civilization of Crete has been named after him by the archaeologist Arthur Evans. By his wife‚ Pasiphaë (or some say Crete)‚ he fathered
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PROJECT DEVELOPMENT REPORT 3Goblets Beach Resort Gianne Claudine A. Malabad BH601E I. Identification of the resort A. 3 Goblets Beach Resort‚ Bantayan Island‚ Cebu City‚ Philippines Bantayan Island is a 1st class municipality on Bantayan Island in the province of Cebu‚ Philippines‚ about 80 miles (130 km) from Cebu Cit y. It is the island’s most populous and largest town‚ with a population of 71‚655 people according to the 2007 census. It is also the main and largest island
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I chose Percy Jackson‚ due to the fact that he is like Odysseus. He’s like Odysseus‚ because he’s not morally perfect‚ is considered a hero because he saves olympus and this is what Greeks considered heros. Some of Percy’s most pivotal moments in “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief‚” are; his mom is stolen by the minotaur‚ he meets Annabeth‚ they go to the lotus hotel in Las Vegas‚ they go to the underworld‚ and they meet the gods. When his mom is stolen by a minotaur is a crucial
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from the gods. Another theory says that Medusa was once a mortal woman that Poseidon raped in the temple of Athena. Athena made Medusa suffer because of her jealousy by altering her beauty and isolated her as a Gorgon because of the defiling her temple. Another theory is that Athena punished Medusa because she claimed her beauty surpassed the goddess herself in which caused offence. An additional theory is that Poseidon loved and married Medusa and when blood fell‚ into the salt sea foam‚ it produced
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those gods there are the main 12‚ known as the “Twelve Olympians.” They are Zeus‚ Poseidon‚ Hades‚ Athena‚ Aphrodite‚ Demeter‚ Hephaestus‚ Hermes‚ Apollo‚ Ares‚ Artemis‚ Dionysius. Each of these gods are the gods in mind during the sacrificial offering of food during their feasts. These are also the gods the Greeks believe they must please most because of their importance to their life. Zeus controls the weather‚ Poseidon the seas‚ Hades the underworld‚
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