Odsum: A Short Story

I knew he was coming.I could feel it, he was almost here. He needed me to turn his sailors back to humans after I turned them to animals. He is finally here after twenty minutes of waiting. I must prepare myself for him, I put on my most extravagant outfit including jewelry as I walk I take the appearance of a beautiful young maiden. "Hello?" Odysseus calls, "go-go-go places women" I whisper pushing them into place , speed-walking to the doorway and draping myself against it sexily."Come all mighty Odysseus and join me," he follows me as I walk towards a table with many a food and my potionus drink. " I am Circe, you must be very hungry and thirsty after that long trek up here." I pause seeing his face flash an emotion I couldn't quite catch

“Two days after we had set sail from the island of the cyclopes, a terrible storm blew my ships off course. The heavy gales swung us back and forth like a pendulum, and the waves nearly tore the ships in two. Like this we suffered for four days before we finally saw a sliver of land. We had arrived at Fídi, wooded island of the snakes. The island was immediately noticed due to the sturdy poplar and fir trees that lined its shore.

When people think of a hero, they think of a tall, handsome, loyal, brave, and a type of man that could do no wrong. The “hero” that is portrayed in the Odyssey is a man named Odysseus. This “hero” may be tall and handsome, but he is often arrogant, disrespectful, conceited, and rude. Odysseus consists of positive and negative characteristics that is shown in the text by Homer. These characteristics impact the characters day to day, or in the book’s case, the quests. In the Odyssey, Homer values the characteristics hospitality and cunning, but he objects bad leadership.

In homer's Odyssey the main character Odysseus is a person who only tries to help himself. Although he earns the trust of his men while in Troy, he loses it on his perilous journey home. Many times in the epic he manipulates others, commits foolish acts and is full of hubris. He tries to take shortcuts and as a result of this is men are killed and his boats destroyed. He plays with the lives of his men and he is punished for it. Odysseus is not a hero because, he is foolish, lacks faithfulness and is consumed by his Hubris and selfishness.

One of the major themes of Homer’s Odyssey is the importance of cunning over strength. This also happens to be the case with Odysseus and his long ten year journey home from fighting in Troy. Odysseus uses his intelligence over strength to ‘fight’ through tough times and bring himself home to Ithaca. Odysseus uses his intelligence when he has his men tie him down while passing the Sirens, so he himself will be able to hear their beautiful song, but not be entranced by their singing. He also uses cunning to escape from the Cyclops’ cave without being harmed. He then uses his cunning by storing away all of the armory, shields, and knives from the suitors so he is able to kill them easily.

the Chimor kingdom, which all political power went to the ruler’s successor, except for his

There once was a land, green and lush with mountains that reached to the sky and seas full of fish. Upon that land there was a kingdom headed by a good king who didn’t tax too much and didn’t execute too many people. The kingdom flourished under his rule. The king, despite what you may believe, the king cared not for his subjects but also cared not for himself (which is why the kingdom prospered) and when he died no heir was left to the throne.

Everyone has many different personalities, but the two that Odysseus holds makes up who he is. In the epic poem, The Odyssey by Homer Odysseus a very fearful man goes on a very long journey through ups and downs. Throughout his voyage he has brilliant ideas and plans along with some mad chaos.

Do gods and goddesses need to intervene for Odysseus or anyone? The gods and goddesses in the Odyssesy intervene often like a human parent on a child's life. The immortals intervened when sending Odysseus home, quenching the wrath of Poseidon, and settling the suitors' xenia abuse on Odysseus' house. Maybe it is the hamartia of humanity to have the gods and goddesses to show our own hubris.

Imagine being a king or queen in the medieval period being able to rule the kingdom with a iron fist. Imagine all the stresses that come with that. You have a unknown disease (later known as Black Death) mysteriously killing half of your kingdom. You have the stresses of other kingdoms coming to strike you at any moment. What would a king need in these stressful times?

Kingdoms in this era were subject to imperial claims (other than by the emperor), making the role of emperor not absolute and in constant struggle to maintain control over, through negotiations or confrontations.5

Everyone has a little hate in their hearts for something no matter who they are, but it’s when they get powerful enough to do something about it that problems start to form. People who hold powers above others tend to be more greedy and hateful. This is true in modern times and in the past. In Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, Both the Capulets and the Montagues were powerful, wealthy families who hated each other and held grudges over each other because of that power. They wanted to keep the other house from gaining power over them.

Amid the ancient and medieval age, we see that a leader or a group played the important role as the leader of a chain. When comparing and contrasting the way a king’s or group’s role is played in the ancient age and medieval age, we find differences, particularly when it comes to how they rule the kingdom. But we also find similarities in the way they treated their community and the power they hold. Thus, the king or group was considered the most important voice that brought about change in laws, social order, and government.

A long, long, time ago there was a pharaoh who ruled the lands of Egypt. His name was Abasi, he was the oldest out of his brothers and sisters. Abasi was always used to bossing people around even when he was a young boy. When he was a teenager people would throw parades for him because of how much his people loved him. His father saw him as a great leader and made him pharaoh when he was 18 years old. Abasi grew older, and with each year he wanted more power and land. As time went on, people would cower at the mention of his name. At first he was so kind and everyone loved him and everything he did. The kids would line outside where he lived and wait for hours and hours just to see him. When he first became pharaoh, he didn’t need power and land he wanted what's best for his people but now he wants what's best for him. He would send workers after workers to go and find more land to conquer. The workers would die from being dehydrated or overworked. They were losing supplies of food, water, and other necessities, they had to do something. So, the workers came up with an idea to get rid of Abasi. They would trick Abasi by telling him that they found a magical jungle that had gold, plenty of food and water, and many other riches. Then the workers would leave him stranded in the middle of nowhere.

“Alright, I will,” I shouted back. I walked steadily, looking around and thought of our past house back inside the Kingdom. There wasn’t much to look at around where we lived now. There were plains and fields of dry grass with all our dwarf houses and patches of farms. When we lived inside of the Kingdom there were lots to see. We lived the closest to the Palace, where the Emperor lived. From my old room, you could see the entire Palace, including its beautiful gardens and statues of past Emperors.