The Odyssey is Homer’s epic poem translated by Robert Fitzgerald. It is about Odysseus’ 10-year battle to return home after the Trojan war. While Odysseus battles mythical creatures and countenances the wrath of the Gods, his wife Penelope and son Telemachus stave off suitors vying for Penelope’s hand and Ithaca’s position of authority sufficiently long for Odysseus to return. In the Odyssey, Odysseus demonstrates to be a good leader because he gives a prime case of a homeric hero and he exhibits
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Odysseus has the traits of a Homeric leader as he is strong, courageous, noble, confident in his authority, and has a thirst for glory and fame. His view on Life of Pi by Pi’s situation with being stuck in the middle of the Ocean was fair as Pi had the guts to adventure around the ship during a dangerous storm and in return got into difficulty when the ship had sunk leading him to be stuck on a lifeboat with wild animals, like a tiger, for a long time. Pi’s wrong intentions of adventuring during
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One man is he a hero or is a villain Alexander the great is a hero because Alexander the Great is a hero because he was an amazing general who let Greece rule most of the known world and when he conquered places he honored their gods First Alexander is a hero because “Alexander himself with all his army marched on to Egypt and secured the adhesion of all its cities without striking a blow.” which means that he didn’t need to fight just using your intelligence works too! One important fact is that
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Modern day heroes and ancient greek heros have many things in common but they are also very different. Both ancient and modern hero's face challenges and follow the hero's journey, just in different ways. Odysseus was sent to go fight in the trojan war and spent many years of facing challenges to get back home. Wonder woman was sent away from home to go fight evil and crime in the city. Odysseus and wonder woman both have long journeys of fighting. Modern heroes face different challenges than ancient
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heroes who stood out to me were Gilgamesh, and Achilles. Gilgamesh’s greatest fear was death, while Achilles feared his legacy being lost and forgotten. Technically their desires are different, but their journey share many similarities, and in the end, boils down to the same thing. Each man in his own way, both Gilgamesh and Achilles desired immortality above all else. Though immortality takes on very a different meaning for Gilgamesh, as it does for Achilles, every decision as well as all the sacrifices
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During the 700-800 B.C in Greek, oral stories such as The Iliad were often told based on heroic individuals. The Iliad was recited by Homer and translated by Robert Fitzgerald, is about a Greek hero named Akhilleus who quits fighting for the Greek after Lord Agamemnon humiliated his pride and took away his prize, lady Briseis. Akhileus’ anger turn into flame and he plead to his mother, Thetis, to make the Greek be defeated by the Trojan. After several battles, the Greek has lost a great amount of
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encouraged Achilles into chasing him so the Trojans and their allies were able to escape Achilles' deadly pursuit. Only Hector remained outside Troy's wall, but he lost his nerve when he saw Achilles running towards him. Achilles pursued Hector three times around the walls of Troy. Athena appeared, disguised as Deïphobus (Deiphobus), Hector's brother. The goddess lured Hector into confronting Achilles. So Hector stopped in front of Scaean Gates, thinking that he would fight Achilles with his brother
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unified as Trojans. While the Greeks are seen as warriors and loosely unified, independent yet strong as a whole. These differences are represented in the two heroes’ of the story Hektor and Achilles. The hero’s become defined to their allegiances. While Hektor represents this prosperous civilization of Troy. Achilles represents Greece and its customs
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Comparing Endings In ancient Greece plays were a big part of society. They had festivals to celebrate these plays and crown the best at each of these festivals. Many plays were written and, thus, many different types of endings were created for them. Sometimes this would entail a technique known as Deus ex Machina. This would involve a god coming in at the end of the play and settling all of the issues. To act this out they would have the actor come down from a crane like machine. Other playwrights
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The Gods of Hospitality in Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey In Homer’s the Iliad and the Odyssey, much is made of hospitality as a recurring theme. In Ancient Greece the gods demand it. The nature and extent to which society today follows in that tradition has changed in form only, but not in substance. Food, shelter and protection of strangers from cultural norms of today, as the people of Ancient Greece were more inclined to take in strangers worn weary by travel. In the Iliad, the reader sees
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