Perseus And The Odyssey

King Acrisius was king of Argos. He had an amazingly beautiful daughter, but he wished deeply for a son, so he prayed to the gods for them to give him a son. Apollo,the god of culture and prophecy, told him that he will never have a son in all his days and that the son of his daughter will slay him. Acrisius thinks of just killing his daughter,Danae, to prevent his prophecy, but fears of the punishment he will receive from the gods for this act, so he instead locks his daughter in an entirely bronze house and guards it closely. What he did not expect is for the king of the gods Zeus to come directly to his daughter and impregnate her. From this comes a son named Perseus. When Acrisius learns of his daughter's offspring, he puts both Perseus and Danae in a trunk and sets it off into the ocean. By luck or by the will of Zeus Perseus and Danae wash up onto a small island, where a kind hearted fisherman named Dictys takes in the two strangers. They live contently with Dictys until Dictys' brother, King Polydectes, fell in love with Danae. He decides to construe a plot to get rid of her son,Perseus, so that he can have her. The plan he comes is to convince Perseus to go and slay the woman-beast Medusa. He thinks this feat impossible by a mortal man, because any man who lays eyes upon her turns to stone. To aid him on his quest Hermes gives him a sword stronger than that of Medusa's scale. He also told him he would need equipment from the nymphs of the north, who's location was unknown by all except the Gray Women who are ray and live in gray.The three sisters share one eye between them all and

Hades as the shadow, who represents the bad guy, and tries to defeat the hero and prevent him to achieve his goal, appears and massacred the soldiers. While he destroyed them, he also destroyed the fishing boat which led Perseus' family to death. Perseus tries to save his family, but with no success. That event took his life out of balance and led him to his journey, chasing Hades to avenge his family's death.

Odysseus’s wife, Penelope lives back in their town, Ithaka, is being pressured by unwanted suitors. Their son, Telemachos, is visited by the goddess Athene. Athene was quite close with Odysseus, and she tells Telemachos to go looking for his missing father. He travels to Pylos to see the King, Nestor. Nestor takes him in, gives him dinner and then tells him to go see King Menelaos in Sparta. Telemachos does as he’s told and travels to Sparta to see King Menelaos. He tells him that his father Odysseus is alive and is being kept captive on Kalypso’s island. He also tells him that his brother, King Agamemnon, has been murdered by his own wife, Klytamestra, and her lover Aigisthos. But, Agamemnon’s son, Orestes has killed his father’s murderers

Oh Muse, articulate the thrilling battle between Odysseus and Aegeo, Poseidon’s most treacherous beast, when the godlike-mortal was attempting to return to Ithaca. This story beckons your skills to exquisitely illustrate this story of perseverance even in the face of the bleakest conditions. Odysseus, desperately attempting to conjure a method to slay Aegeo, a beast larger than a Leviathan with a plethora of slithering tentacles, dodged a massive swing that destroyed half of the already destroyed mast of his boat. With the mast gone in one successful strike of Aegeo, Odysseus clutched the edge of his boat, awaiting an idea that would save his life. As he swiftly dodged the ravenous monster’s attacks, he noticed something that could save his

Circe had just warned Odysseus about Scylla and Charybdis. The witch knew much, but she did not know about the wicked devil below seawaters. A seer who was banished from the underworld rests in the water, waiting for the day another sailor dares to pass her. Theama was well known to be able to tell your future when you remove the stitches along her mouth. Although, she was well known to play tricks, and only one sailor has ever lived to tell the story. Once Hades banished her, he took away her vision in her main eyes, leaving her seeing through her palms. He also took away her ability to speak. Odysseus knew of the myth, but did not have the slightest idea she was awaiting him. The waters were starting to turn into large waves

Wit is a characteristic few possess in the land of Ithaca. Yet in “The Odyssey,” the strong leader, Odysseus, portrays this characteristic with the help of Athena, the god of war. After a 10- year war with the Trojans, Odysseus spent the next 10 years struggling to get home. Although Odysseus arrived home, he used his wit to overcome many obstacles such as mythical creatures and his own men. Homer tells how Odysseus is a good leader through his wit and intelligence; in

What make the Odyssey a lasting song? Its themes of family, perseverance, and suffering are timeless. Odysseus is a brave and strong character. He perseveres through suffering because he wants to get back to his family. These themes are similar to the ones found in the song “Lose Yourself.” This is the theme song from the movie 8 Mile about a young rapper named Eminem. Eminem wants glory and honor but has to persevere through suffering to take care of his family. Eminem and Odysseus go through personal battles but in different ways.

The main character in this story named Odysseus who was supposed to come home to be with his wife and son after the war against the city of Troy. But instead, when Odysseus insulted the Gods that he don’t need their helps at all and he can do it all by himself. Which made the God of Sea, Poseidon really angry. So he told Odysseus that he will suffer his punishments and also, he would get back home again. That is how the story started, also that is when Odysseus and his crewmen faced many crazy obstacles while on journey back to home, Ithaca.

he epic hero that ventured forth from the regular world into a region of supernatural fascination where he comes across fantastic forces and fights mysterious enemies. This describes Odysseus, the epic hero that faced malicious creatures and life-threatening events, yet exhibited heroic and convenient traits to reach triumph successfully. In the epic of The Odyssey, Homer depicts that Odysseus is an epic hero by confronting his enemies and accomplishing his goal in returning home to his family using the traits of intelligence, and perseverance. In addition, his leadership trait is significantly dignifying him in the case of proving that Odysseus is an epic hero.

Heroes have existed in society for centuries and have been presented in many forms. Whether they were personal idols, literary figures, or real people, heroes represent hope and victory against the evils of the world. People look for heroes in their everyday lives, or often, as characters in tales of extraordinary circumstances. Some of the most renowned literary heroes of all time come from Greek myths. Within these stories about heroic idols, it is common for many main plot points to overlap. Across different genres, locations, languages, and eras the progression of the hero’s journey remains relatively uniform. Generally, it contains three broad components: departure, initiation, and return. The tale of Perseus is a popular tale of an ostracized son of Zeus. Perseus and his mother Danae were nearly killed by Acrisius, Danae’s father, when he sent them out to sea in a chest. They were rescued by a kind fisherman, Dictys, and lived peacefully with him until his brother, Polydectes, decided he wanted Danae for a wife. He tricked Perseus into setting out on a venture to kill the deadly monster Medusa. These events essentially align with the progression of the hero’s journey. Therefore, throughout the myth of Perseus, the character’s quest follows the conventional pattern of the hero’s journey.

Like most demigods, he too had a prophecy to fulfill, he had many obstacles to face and challenges to take on. According to Cartwright, Perseus is the son of Danaë, princess of Argos (“Perseus”) and Zeus the God of the Heavens. His grandfather Acrisius, the father of Danaë, had a prophecy told by Apollo that his grandchild would be the one to kill him. So he took matters into his own hands and locked his daughter in a sunken house made of bronze.

In Greek mythology, it is believed that the Greek gods and goddesses had interactions with the mortals, thus creating demigods. Demigods are offsprings of both a god and a mortal that is given partial or lesser divine status. Perseus was one of them, the son of Zeus, king of the gods, and Danaë, daughter of King Acrisius. From the beginning of his birth, Perseus came across and conquered many obstacles, such as slaying the Gorgon Medusa and rescuing Princess Andromeda from a sea monster. Nonetheless, Perseus died with a favorable ending. Because of his dauntless and noble actions, he was considered a great hero among the Greeks.

After hearing his fate, he decided to lock up Danae. Zeus gives her a boy, by the name of Perseus. After the King found out that his daughter had a son, he exiled her, and put her inside a chest with her son in hope for her death. The fate provide to Danae find a fisherman and stay with him and his wife. The fisherman had a brother, that was later known as King Polydectes.

Ten years after the fall of Troy, the victorious Greek hero Odysseus has still not returned to his native land Ithaca. A band of rowdy suitors, believing Odysseus to be dead, has overrun his palace, courting his faithful—though weakening—wife Penelope, and going through his stock for food. With permission from Zeus, the goddess Athena, Odysseus' greatest immortal ally, appears in disguise and urges Odysseus' son Telemachus to seek news of his father at Pylos and Sparta. However, the suitors, led by Antinous, plan to ambush him upon return.

The Aeneid and The Odyssey are two of the most famous poems written in their time. While there are other poems that are also notable, these two poems are well known for showing strong battles between mythical creatures and strong heroes. Homer and Virgil have written incredible poems that have stood the test of time. The depth of their vision was beyond their time and is still used around the world thousands of years later to show honest, loyal, strong heroes. The Aeneid and The Odyssey both created new worlds with phenomenal themes that will stand the test of time.