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    society conditions and the civilization of that history period. Homer; the authors of The Iliad and The Odyssey; and Vergil; the authors of The Aeneid are two of the greatest writers in ancient western civilization. There are heroes in these three literatures to reflect the society and culture: Achilles‚ Odysseus and Aeneid. The Iliad and the Odyssey are two of the oldest ancient literatures by Homer in around 8th century B.C. (Homer‚ 2012). According to Redfield (1975)‚ “the culture portrayed

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    The Odyssey by Homer encompasses a rather modern idea of women and their role for its time. Homer portrays women as creatures who are strong but are ultimately defeated. It is true that in most stories they are portrayed as being weaker‚ but the women in this poem are oddly strong or have a very strong presence. The three main examples are Calypso‚ Athena‚ and the Lotus Flower. Each of these examples has a predominant presence in The Odyssey making them sturdy objects. At first the goddess Calypso

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    People‚ and whether or not Homer wrote from experience‚ personal knowledge‚ or whether he wrote these splendid works based on loosely constructed cultural myths about the events. Clearly there must be an element of truth in some of what Homer wrote. At the same time it must be acknowledged that much of the story that comes to us in the Iliad is largely fictionalized. How can it not be? Homer was not present at the Trojan War. Instead‚ as it was suggested by Herodotus‚ Homer lived four hundred years

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    Commodification in Ilad

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    Commodificationin the Iliad The Theme of commodification in the Iliad is highly important in the Iliad. Homer was against the idea of making the as a commodity.  Homer’s Iliad is an excellent example of the suppressive role of women at this time. Women were treated merely as property and were used for producing material within the household. They are depicted as being inferior to men both physically and intellectually. The Iliad began with an argument between Achilles and Agamemnon over Briseis

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    The Llaid And The Odyssey

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    Homer Do you think you could compose two great works of art? Well Homer did. He was the composer of the Llaid and the Odyssey. Many places claim to be his birth place. People also think that he didn’t write the Odyssey or the Llaid by his self. The oldest version of the Llaid is inside St. Marks church in Venice‚ a hand written manuscript (James Lloyd 1). The poems were first organized‚ complied‚ and edited under the Athenian Pisistratus. The first printed editions of Homer were in 1488

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    battle of Troy‚ yet we do not truly get to the hero in action until after we are drawn through the story of his son life in the absence of his father in Ithaka. In the first four books‚ we see how Telemachos‚ Odysseus’ son‚ matures and through his eyes Homer shows us the unrest and troubles of Ithaka without Odysseus’ presence. The Telemachy proves its importance to Odyssey showing the audience the characters and setting the scene for the Odysseus’ tale whilst foreshadowing the events in order to heighten

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    language in the epic poem‚ The Odyssey. Throughout this epic‚ Odysseus is on a journey back home to Ithaca. Homer uses figurative language to convey that the Land of the Dead as a terrifying and transformative setting for Odysseus’s development as a hero. In general‚ figurative language helps the reader know how important‚ terrifying‚ or happy the setting is. In this specific poem‚ Homer uses descriptive language to show how repulsive the Land of the Dead is. Odysseus enters the Land of the Dead

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    The Trojan War

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    many interesting artefacts have been found. The story of the Ancient City of Troy is a great one‚ however many people believed it didn’t exist and that Homers Iliad‚ the story of the Trojan War was just some story. This has since been proved untrue as the city of Troy was discovered‚ and the pieces of this amazing puzzle have fallen together. Homer described Troy as an exceptionally large city with large high powerful walls‚ wide streets‚ twisting paths and large houses. Some of the archaeologists

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    Homer's Blindness

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    renowned epic poet Homer. He was supposedly one of the greatest epic poets of all time.The inspiring poet Homer was believed to be blind. It is not definite as to whether he was only partially or wholly blind. Homer was born around 800 BCE. To date‚ seven countries have claimed to be his birthplace‚ some of which include Ios‚ Greece‚ Turkey‚ and on the coast of Asia Minor‚ and many other places along the Mediterranean. Since there have been so many disputes as to whether Homer even existed‚ some

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    Faulkner's Gay Homer

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    Faulkner ’s Gay Homer‚ Once More Faulkner’s Gay Homer‚ Once More‚ written by Judith Caesar discusses the questionable sexuality of Homer Barron in the story “A Rose for Emily”. Judith’s stance on the topic is that Homer is not a homosexual man‚ but is a heterosexual man. She discusses how the times changing affect the meaning of the words “gay” within the text and how it causes the confusion for the reader. At the end of the article‚ she backs her thesis up with strong facts. Judith explains

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