The Odyssey ~ Background Information * The novel covers a 10 year period. * The novel was written approximately in 720 B.C. * The novel takes place in 1230 B.C. ~ during the Bronze age. * The Iliad (written first) and The Odyssey are based on historical events that took place about 1230 B.C. * Both novels are considered epic poems * The Odyssey is defined as a journey. This is the story of Odysseus’ journey back home after the Trojan War. From The Odyssey‚ Homer chose the
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own way. What most people don’t already know is that the Romans borrowed much of their ideas from the Greeks‚ such as‚ Gods‚ Culture and most importantly Literature. For example‚ almost everyone knows the popular Gods of Greek mythology‚ like Zeus‚ Poseidon‚ Hades‚ Hermes‚ but what they may not know is the Roman equivalent to those Gods are Jupiter‚ Neptune‚ Pluto‚ and Mercury. In Greece‚ the gods and goddess are based on human personality traits such as Love‚ Honor‚ and Hatred‚ while in Rome the deities
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The book I had chosen for my book project was Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan. The main character in this book was Percy Jackson his father is Poseidon the god of the sea and his mother is a normal human. In the book he discovers more of his abilities he inherited from his father and he learns to like his half-brother Tyson. Tyson is also a son of Poseidon‚ but instead of a human he is a Cyclops. He is younger than Percy and embarrasses Percy all the time. Although he is not smart he is incredibly
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Osiris or of Ptah” (Minotaur MythOrTruthCom). His parents were Queen Pasiphae and King Minos of Crete. Minos asked Poseidon‚ the god of the sea to send him a bull‚ which he promised to give up as an offering but when he saw the beautiful bull come out of the sea‚ he wanted it for himself. He gave up one of the best animals from his herd in order to keep the bull. This made Poseidon mad so he had Mino’s wife Pasiphae fall in love with the bull. She had an architect make a fake cow for her so she could
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Olympus 1. The twelve Olympian gods lived on Olympus. 2. Mount Olympus is the mountain on which the 12 gods built their home and were summoned by Zeus. 3. Mount Olympus is on the Greeks tallest mountain named mount Olympus for the gods home. 4. Poseidon- Greek god of the sea who was one of the most powerful of all of the gods in Greek mythology. He was one of the 12 Olympian gods and goddesses who held court on Mount Olympus. 5. Hephaestus- huh-fes’-tuhs Aphrodite- af-roh-dy’-tee Psyche- sy’-kee
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Throughout the epic of The Odyssey of Homer‚ Odysseus‚ the main protagonist‚ receives help‚ and is frowned upon by the gods. There are many gods‚ and goddesses who play significant roles in Odysseus’ journey back to his homeland of Ithaca. Athena‚ the gray-eyed goddess‚ or the daughter of Zeus‚ is the most predominant goddess in the epic. One of Athena’s roles is to act as a guardian towards Telemachus. In the beginning‚ Athena travels to Ithaca in the guise of Mentes‚ and states to Telemachus
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Years ago before the Trojan war‚ gods and goddesses of ancient Greece started to establish themselves after gods Zeus‚ Poseidon‚ and Hades overthrew the Titans. Zeus‚ Hades‚ and Poseidon divided the earth among themselves and Zeus ruled the earth along with his family and other his and goddesses who all live in Mountain Olympus. The Olympians would always pick fights with one another which usually led to the manipulation of mortals. The Trojan war had started because of the Olympians constant jealousy
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Heroism is being a leader and a helper for other people’s well being. Like spider man‚ a fictional hero‚ he was once bullied and he understood how it felt to need someone to help. But once he got his superpowers and he started saving people’s lives‚ he understood even more how important it is to help other people. He shows great heroism because he is not afraid‚ he is daring‚ and cares about the safety of his community. Of course‚ Odysseus isn’t your friendly neighborhood spider man. Odysseus is
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over which mankind had no control. The ancient Greek philosopher Homer (c. 900 BC) consistently refers to Poseidon‚ the god of the sea‚ by the Greek terms for “earth-shaker” or “earth-enfolder”. From Homer’s writings scholars believe that Homer viewed earthquakes as the work of Poseidon‚ who ruled the waters surrounding the flat disk that was the world. Earthquakes occurred when Poseidon chose to disturb the water surrounding the disk (Liner 1997). The belief that disasters such as earthquakes
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told to his family generation ago by a priest during a family members visit to Egypt. It is said that there was a powerful and advances civilization located to the west of the “Pillars of Hercules”. The nation had been established by Poseidon‚ God of the Sea. Poseidon was the father of five sets of twins on the island. Atlas‚ the firstborn‚ had the surrounding ocean named after him and received one of ten sections of the island and then named it Atlantis. The civilization got to be very greedy and
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