Homer

Heroic glory occupies a very crucial place in the Indo-European epic tradition, because the Greek society is a shame culture, in which being honoured is one of the primary purposes of people’s lives. Hence, the concept of kleos formed an essential part of the bardic tradition which helped the people to maintain the heroic stature…

In Homer’s The Odyssey, man y people change in result of the Trojan War. One man learns to respect the god s and another to stay close to family because family and friends are greater then any monetary value. Telemachus’s adventures and experiences cause him to mature to realize his potential. Telemachus was left alone…

In the epic the Odyssey by Homer (translated by Robert Fitzgerald) one of the most descriptive and best written passages in the entire epic is The Slaying of the Suitors (book 23 lines1-62). This is a good passage for many reasons, one of these is that it is a part of the story that has…

Immortal Men of the Pages: A Study of Homer’s Odysseus and Shakespeare’s Prospero             The places of Homer and Shakespeare in the history of the world can no longer be debated.  Their collection of written works has echoed through the times to influence literary movements until the present day.  Enshrined in their immortal pages are…

When an single feels powerless to undertake a state of affairs. one is persuaded to move against one’s will. one experiences the importance of power ; when one is able to exert one’s will and experience what one does is right. power comes to the bow once more. All human relationships have implied power. good…

Freud wrote in The Future of an Illusion that the idea of God has four functions: to exorcise the terrors of nature; to reconcile humanity to the cruelty of fate; to compensate humanity for the sufferings and privations of life; and to punish those, who fail to obey civilization’s laws. In Homer’s The Odyssey and…

The Odyssey is one of merely a few heroic poems still in being today. An heroic poem is a long narrative verse form which focuses on the lives and battles of a great hero or heroes. Homer used many literary techniques to do his poesy more to the full understood. He was really versed in…

            Greek battles, whether true or fictional, are considered one of the most noble and standard. Aside from land or properties, Greek battles occur for honor. Greek warriors fight to defend and exert their reputation and pride. A Greek warrior could not simply accept defeat. To die for honor is what most of them believe….

Women Portrayed in Homers The Odyssey Women were very important to the Greeks, and they showed this value in many ways. In The Odyssey Homer shows us the different ways women were looked upon through female characters, such as Penelope, Naussica, and Anticlia. With Penelope, a faithful and loving wife to Odysseus, Homer reveals to…

Homer:His Life and His WorksGreeks had used writing since c. 1400 BC, but it was not until the late 8th century BC that their literature was first written down. Greek literature began in Ionia with the brilliant epics of Homer, the Iliad and the Odyssey. These mature products of a long tradition of oral poetry…