Drama‚ escapade‚ and vengeance is all in The Odyssey. (H) This book is written by Homer who is a Greek poet. (Auth) Homer’s effect on Western culture has had a colossal effect on Western culture. (Auth) Homer uses mythical creatures such as The Cyclop’s and Poseidon to illustrate how the Western culture worshiped and feared the gods and the dangerous creatures. (HC) The Odyssey analyzes universal themes such as vengeance throughout the book‚ one example is Poseidon and Odysseus. (TH)
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Character Analysis of Agamemnon Power as prime motivation In The Iliad‚ Homer gives us many characters to examine: Some characters are simple while some are complicated‚ some are heroic‚ some are cowards‚ some are motivated by the desire for kleos and plunder while some are motivated by power. Each warrior goes into battle with different responsibilities‚ obligations and motives depending on rank and class. For example‚ a king has different motivations for going to war than a soldier has.
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Analyse the effectiveness of the tactics used by both sides in the Trojan War. ____________________________________________________________ ___ The Trojan war was a ten year siege on the city of the city of Troy at the hands of the Greek forces led by a psychopathic king‚ Agamemnon. This conflict‚ which took place about 1200 B.C has become one of the most well known Greek mythology events in history. In the 13th century B.C
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Board) Patroclus seems to be one of the only people Achilles respects out of the entire Achaean army. Achilles comes off cold and distant to all the other soldiers‚ but when he is alone with Patroclus he becomes more cheerful and understanding. (Homer) Patroclus knows he is inferior to Achilles and is loyal in his role as a sidekick. This is shown when Patroclus stays loyal to Achilles by following him in his act of refusal to fight for Agamenon against the Trojans. Patroclus’s purpose is to
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which naturally involves large amounts of violence - Hector‚ for example‚ is described as “the greatest joy of Troy and all [its] people‚” and is mourned greatly after his death. (24.830) However‚ Homer depicts him as a “maniac‚” killing great numbers of Achaean soldiers‚
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Imagine being in the face of death everyday for twenty years trying to make it back home to your family‚ this is what Odysseus faced on his journey home in The Odyssey that Homer created. In The Odyssey Homer depicts Odysseus as a prideful yet cunning hero. Odysseus is very prideful when it comes to his family and his battles. Odysseus and his men blind Polythemus the cyclopes and escpae safetly onto the boats. When Odysseus escapes Polythemus he becomes very proud and yells out that he his Odysseus
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related to each other in many ways. “The Epic of Gilgamesh” has an unknown author and was written in 1300 BC. The story is about the adventure that Gilgamesh endures on his search to find immortality. “Odyssey” was written in 800 BCE and the author is Homer. “Odyssey is a story about a man named Odysseus and the tests he endures to get home after the Trojan war separates him from his family‚ because the difficulties he encounters he does not make it home until after 20 long years. These two ancient stories
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Homer’s Odyssey clearly illustrates the characteristics of epic literature and cultural values in ancient Greece‚ especially nostos‚ the protagonist’s long journey home by sea. Throughout the epic‚ Homer utilizes the writing strategy of conflict. This develops the central idea that the journey of the hero teaches him valuable lessons and ultimately transforms him. The use of conflict between Odysseus and monsters‚ as well as human enemies‚ demonstrates that he learns to control his hubris by the
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part of the community‚ and is like a beast or a god. Discuss the character of Achilles in light of this statement. Use plenty of examples‚ details‚ references‚ and quotations in the response. Achilles is a character from one of my favorite books by Homer‚ The Iliad and the Odyssey. He has no care for the authority of King Agamemnon. Achilles says‚ “You shameless‚ cunning man! How is any Greek willing to obey you? I did not come here because the Trojans had injured me. They have never bothered my
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also the subject of Homer’s great epic poem about the Trojan War‚ the Iliad. Rama is Achilles is known as one of the strongest warriors in his time‚ half god and half human. "The son of Peleus in the line of Zeus" as "strong‚ swift‚ and godlike" (Homer 141‚ 132). His mother Thetis‚ had dipped him as a child in the River Styx making him to be immortal everywhere except the heel by which she held him. The only weakness was he’s heel‚ he was a strong fighter and no one was a match for him.
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