Disadvantages Of Odysseus

Some people would like to have Odysseus as a father, however I’m not one of those people and I don’t understand why would anyone want a father like Odysseus, he not a good father nor a respectable husband, because a good husband won't sleep with two other demi-goddesses (Circe and Calypso), and he wasn’t put in that situation by accident, although polyphemus wanted to eat them as a leader he should've thought of the consequences before he took action, he had to keep in mind that he was poseidon’s

focused in on our main character, Odysseus, and the Greek gods and goddesses that influence him. Odysseus, a former warrior of the Trojan War, has a hard time avoiding trouble and finding his way to his homeland of Ithaca. Although the many gods in the story, the three that influence Odysseus’ adventure the most are Poseidon, Helios, and Athena. To begin, the god that arguably influenced Odysseus the most, Poseidon, the God of Sea. First of all, Poseidon affected Odysseus in a major way by rising a storm

situations. In this poem, Odysseus’ various advantages and disadvantages in leadership are shown by his words and actions towards his crew and his journey home. In Odysseus’s case, the crews need for a strong leader was very prominent because of the harsh situations they were put in. Though being on a journey away from your home and loved ones for 20 years is extremely awful, it doesn’t lessen the responsibility on the leader of the group to help

Greek hero Odysseus and his crew are traveling home to Greece, all the while passing through deadly adventures. With crew in tow, Odysseus landed on numerous islands, barely escaping from them with his life each time. Cursed by the gods, all of their ships were destroyed by Poseidon’s raging waters, causing numerous deaths. Eventually, the journey ends with all the crew members, except Odysseus, dead, slaughtered one by one over a span of twenty years. Out of all his adventures, Odysseus' most difficult

Odyssey, an epic poem by Homer, a man named Odysseus tries to get home to Ithaca after several years away from home. He runs into many gods and goddesses in his lengthy journey home, and they prevent Odysseus from returning to Ithaca. Along his journey, all of his men end up dying, but Odysseus survives. Even though Odysseus is an epic hero and an archetype of manhood with many qualities, he has several flaws also. To begin, an epic hero, like Odysseus, is a hero that is brave and does great things

the Gods and Goddesses playing important roles, and a story involving the re-establishment of a proper leader. “The Odyssey”, by Homer, is an epic because Odysseus (the hero) faces supernatural antagonists, the gods and goddesses play an important role, and Odysseus is being restored as a rightful leader. Throughout the story, Odysseus faces several supernatural antagonists. One of these antagonists is a creature named

wife, a great mother, she is also very wise and intelligent. Most of all her greatest quality is that she is very faithful. Despite many people wanting to marry her and many telling her that her husband's dead she still remains loyal to Odysseus. Although Odysseus has a loyal wife he views women as sluts and men as noble. In order for a man to be considered a good, heroic and strong, men is to have sex with lots of women but if a woman has sex with a lot of men she is a slut and horrible. Medusa is

The Persuasion and Cleverness of Odysseus “Are you flesh and blood, Odysseus, to endure more than a man can? Do you never tire? God, look at you, iron is what you’re made of” (12.162-164). In the epic poem, The Odyssey by Homer, the focus is on the journey of Odysseus, the island of Ithaca’s king, after he defeated the Trojans in a war that spanned ten years. He travels far and wide in an attempt to get home to his wife and son, but is repeatedly blocked from doing so by gods, nymphs, and monsters

“Are you flesh and blood, Odysseus, to endure more than a man can? Do you never tire? God, look at you, iron is what you’re made of” (12.162-164). In the epic poem, The Odyssey by Homer, the focus is on the journey of Odysseus, the island of Ithaca’s king, after he defeated the Trojans in a war that spanned ten years. He travels far and wide in an attempt to get home to his wife and son, but is repeatedly blocked from doing so by gods, nymphs, and monsters alike. He’s a skilled warrior that fears

Odysseus as the Epic Hero in Homer’s The Odyssey A style of work often explored in Greek literature is that of the epic. An expansive poem of a wide scope centered on and regarding the wondrous deeds of the main, heroic figure, on whose actions depend the fate of a nation. The definition of an epic can be used to describe The Odyssey by Homer. In The Odyssey we are introduced to our main character, Odysseus, the former king of Ithaca and a Trojan war hero who has been trapped on an Island by the