Amphinomus And Odysseus

“Odysseus is too thoughtless, selfish and deceitful to be a real hero.” How far do you agree with this view?

Throughout the Odyssey, Odysseus experiences many ups and downs throughout his journey home. He is throw into peril and there often seems to be no hope for his return home. While he remains victorious in the end, returning to his wife, son, and father, the poem itself is filled with many darker moments filled with doubt and sadness. Odysseus is the hero of the Odyssey, and in order to exist as a hero he must be relatable. His story cannot be one entirely of triumph, it must include a more human perspective. Triumph cannot come without strife, and heroism cannot come without tribulation. Athena and Odysseus’ experiences as divine and human, respectively, and define whether or not they are heroes. By comparing Odysseus to Athena, it is apparent that what makes Odysseus a hero before anything else is his humanity.

Some may believe a hero is a person who fights evil and saves people. In reality, it is more than than that. A hero is someone who fights for what they believe in, they are courageous, fight for the greater good, and above all, would sacrifice their life to save the lives of many. For example, in The Odyssey, a hotshot is shown in the life of Odysseus. While many believe Odysseus was a great figure and leader, he was far from that. He failed his crew, and for one reason only, he was not the chieftain his men needed.

Ships, open sea, spells, one eyed monsters, and boundless adventure is but some of the many exciting and thrilling features of the book The Odyssey. Favored by the gods, and a great man of war, Odysseus was a man to be looked upon with respect. After the war between the Trojans and Greeks had finally ceased, it was time for Odysseus and his men to return home, yet fate held another plan. “Just as I have come from afar, creating pain for many, men and women across the good green earth, so let his name be Odysseus, the Son of Pain, a name he’ll earn in full.” –The odyssey chapter 19. Odysseus’s grandfather spoke this quote unto him as an infant, describing how one day he would grow as a man enduring many trials and making it through

The protagonist of the epic poem The Odyssey by Homer is Odysseus, who is a man of many qualities. Odysseus's skills and intellect are honed through the hardships he experienced on his very long journey away from home. Through his adventures, Odysseus gained for himself the reputation of a hero who survived shipwrecks, battled monsters, faced the wrath of the mighty gods, and met many people of various foreign lands. On top of other classic epic hero traits, Odysseus proves to be the very definition of a Homeric hero through his portrayal as a character who is faithful, loyal, and mentally capable.

Telemachus, one of the main characters in The Odyssey, is negatively affected by his father, Odysseus. Odysseus is a monster to Telemachus because his absence causes immense troubles for his son everyday. In the novel, Telemachus is left alone to take care of his kingdom, Ithaca. Suitors that are chasing after his mother

Thesis statement: Throughout Odysseus long journey home to Ithaca, he faces numerous challenges, which he overcomes, giving him qualities of an epic hero.

Trouble. Pain-giver. Hated one. These all seem to be phrases used to describe an especially troubled villain, not ones which we would expect to be applied to a known hero such as Odysseus, who endures unimaginable hardship, years of captivity, a shipwreck and bad luck before finally returning home, triumphant. The above adjectives and phrases are exactly what the name “Odysseus” means.

They are kings and queens… royalty. It is important to Itheans that fathers are apart of their sons life because sons must learn their father's traits. Homer, the author of the Odyssey showed he portrayed the idea of continuity between generations by putting odysseus out of his son's life till he was old enough to take care of himself. Once Telemachus was older his father was brought home, Itheans believed that their sons were to take their place in life once they retire, so that it was a repeating loop that way there was always their trait. Because if they did not do this each person's trait would go extinct. Women had no power. Men were owners of land, they had money, jobs, Men had control and power. Yes there was women in power but

I completely agree with your statement about time never stopping, if you aren't right there with it, it will pass you in a heartbeat. Odysseus was gone for twenty years and had to come back to a kingdom that was completely different from his memory, suitors in his house, his son being an adult, having to be disguised as a beggar allowed him to study how his kingdom had changed and how it was affected while he was gone. “I am that father whom your boyhood lacked and suffered pain for lack of me. I am he.” (295, lines 221-222) Odysseus has to come back to a grown son and has to prove to him that his father has really returned, he came back to a completely different place that had gone through many years without him there. This often times occur

Every person has both negative traits and positive traits as part of their character. A quality viewed as negative to one person, may be viewed as more positive to another. The elements of character that show through during conflict are the most important. In The Odyssey, Homer uses both internal and external conflicts to portray Odysseus as an arrogant and scared, yet intelligent and brave character. Through the conflicts with Polyphemus and Scylla, Odysseus is seen as arrogant and afraid.

Odysseus has a problem with his ego. He is an arrogant and cocky person, who thinks he can get away with anything without consequences. Polyphemus and Poseidon show him that this assumption is wrong. Polyphemus is a cyclops and the son of Poseidon. He lives on a far off island where he tends to his goats and lives alone.

Achilles and Odysseus are quite different in the way they view combat and take down their enemies. Achilles seems to rely on his physical prowess, often charging in headfirst into battle using surprise and brute force to overpower his opponent whereas Odysseus has a tendency to use his intelligence and cunning nature in both the battlefield and politics as he stealthily plans the demise of his unsuspecting opponent. “Gnashing his teeth with rage, Achilles leaped from his chariot, made for his enemy, and lunged out at him with his sword” (341). Even when faced with a seemingly invincible assailant, Achilles uses his anger and sheer power to overtake Cycnus and impulsively attacks his unblemished skin in the hopes to end his life. It is Achilles’ agile and finesse in battle that has led to many victories for him. Even though the reasoning for his actions are more simplistic and even quite animalistic in some scenarios, it is this godlike strength and vicious temper that makes him the physical embodiment of a vengeful hero and in the Greeks stories he possesses all of the physical traits a hero should exemplify. “For now Odysseus began to boil with envy and thought up a despicable plan to end his rival” (342). Odysseus is quick and decisive in his actions but he relies on his sly nature to defeat and overwhelm his opponent in battle. Odysseus is valued for his wisdom and fair counsel, he has experience in the real world and this shows in the way he manipulates and even plays

The family room would be for Pelops whom Zeus reestablished to life. However, since his shoulder was missing, having been eaten by Demeter, Demeter gave him an ivory shoulder to supplant it. Pelops turned into a most loved with Poseidon, albeit a couple of human groups needed him. In his wanderings, Pelops came to Arcadia, which was governed by King Oenomaus, who had a delightful little girl, Hippodamia. At the point when suitors came to charm her, Oenomaus would provoke them to a chariot race in which the washout would bite the dust. Furthermore, in light of the fact that Oenomaus had the quickest steeds in Greece Hippodamia's suitors had short lives. Be that as it may, she experienced passionate feelings for Pelops and paid off her dad's

By looking at the epic The Odyssey by Homer, there are a lot of contacts between human and immoral, the relationship between Athena and Odysseus, which make me interesting, also this is important for the story. The relationship between Athena and Odysseus is the key for the story, because Odysseus had received a lot of help from Athena, their relationship is the reason to explain why would an immortal Athena who never interesting or attracted by any male either mortal or immortal, but only a human male, Odysseus, and helps Odysseus in either direct and indirect ways to get back home and take average to all the suitor in order for Odysseus to get back his family and his land.