Similarities Between The Odyssey And Percy Jackson

Published in the 8th century B.C.E and 1997 respectively, both The Odyssey by Homer and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling are universally known arts of literature. The Hero’s Journey is a commonly used trope incorporated in numerous amounts of tales. This trope involves a hero who goes on a journey, finds himself in a crisis, defeats his enemies, and comes home changed. Harry Potter, the main character in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, encounters many conflicts and meets helpful mentors on his adventure. Similarly, Odysseus, the main character in The Odyssey, encounters various monsters and obstacles, too. Both Harry Potter and the

Not only do the two texts share similarities, but they have differences as well. Firstly, “The Odyssey” has Odysseus and his crew rowing away hard enough to make billows. Contrasted by the movie clips, one of the brothers in the trio was begging his

Poseidon hated Odysseus because he showed too much pride into himself and sadly Polyphemus was Poseidon's son. To begin, the way he showed how he was heroic was when Polyphemus was asleep, he made up a plan to get them out of Polyphemus's home because they were trapped. Third, Odysseus showed his heroic acts by blinding Polyphemus because he would open the door and shout for help and during that time Odysseus and his men made a swift escape from beneath him. Finally, Odysseus put his life endangered knowing that he will be blinding a god's

However, Odysseus is able to outsmart him and escape. When he defeats the cyclops, he angered the sea god, Poseidon. “The sea god, Poseidon, is angry at the hero for having blinded his son, the Cyclops called Polyphemus;”(722). Poseidon is a very large obstacle in Odysseus quest, because Odysseus is spending most of his time on the sea, which is Poseidon’s

In The Odyssey, there are both divine and mortal villains. Poseidon, the God of the sea and earthquakes, is the divine vengeful villain archetype that goes against Odysseus. Once Odysseus won the Trojan War, he boasted to the gods that he did it by himself and did not require their assistance. However, Poseidon had helped them win and strongly disliked the idea of a mortal thinking that he was more powerful than him. This is when the grudge began. When Athena is asking Zeus for permission to have Odysseus returned home, he says, “Only the god who laps the land in water bears the fighter a grudge” (Homer 3) and that “buffets him away from home” (Homer 3). The sea god has been withholding Odysseus from his home for ten years after the war because he is angry with his actions of excessive pride. The other reason that Poseidon is out for vengeance is because Odysseus blinded Poseidon’s son, Polyphemus, and proceeded to brag once again about how he was invincible. Polyphemus then proceeded to invoke his father’s power, yelling out, “Hear me, Poseidon who circle the earth, dark-haired. If truly I am your son, and you acknowledge yourself as my father, grant that Odysseus, sacker of cities, son of Laertes, who makes his home in Ithaka, may never reach that home,” (Homer 249) and it is then that Poseidon becomes one of Odysseus’s true antagonists in the story. He only lets up in his efforts when Zeus

The gods play an important part in Odysseus’ journey home, bringing him closer and farther from his homeland. They constantly intervene in the lives of the many characters in The Odyssey. Though Odysseus is a hero, the gods control his life. It is as if he were the main character in a video game and the gods are fighting over who controls his life. Personal responsibility is overshadowed by the gods’ eagerness to grab the controller.

Poseidon, the god of the sea, hates Odysseus. Poseidon blames him for blinding his son, the Cyclops, Polyphemus. Knowing that Odysseus is destined to reach home, Poseidon uses his power to hinder the journey of Odysseus. One major part of the epic poem is where Poseidon uses his power as a god against humans and turns the Phaeacian’s ship to stone, punishing them for helping Odysseus return to Ithaca. Poseidon, “The god of the earthquake/ sped to Scheria now, the Phaeacians’ island home,/ and waited there till the ship came sweeping in,/ scudding lightly along- and surging close abreast,/ the earthquake god with one flat stroke of his hand/ struck her to stone, rooted her the ocean floor/ and made for open sea” (291,181-187).

Poseidon intervened with odysseus's life by stopping him from getting home but only because odysseus was bragging about doing everything at troy without the help of the gods and poseidon told odysseus to beware and set many obstacles for odysseus and his men eventually landing him stuck on Calypso's island

Odysseus angirly exclaims at the cyclops,” Zeus will avenge the unoffending guest”( The Cyclops 260-261). Odysseus gets full of courage and pride when calling out that he could have Zeus come after him not even thinking of the destruction that could come from saying that to the wrong person. Odysseus second detriment from anger is shown when he attacks the Cyclops when he did not have to stop and get stuck in the Cyclops cave. In the story leading up to The Cyclops episode people know that Odysseus and Poseidon do not get along so his anger was taken out on the Cyclops. Odysseus tells the Cyclops,” Poseidon Lord, who sets the earth atremble, broke it up on the rocks at your land’s end.”(273-274). If Poseidon did in fact crash his ship then there has to be a dislike between the to leading the readers to believe he is going to harm the Cyclops out of anger. Odysseus third and final detriment through evil thoughts in the episode “The Cyclops” is shown through his boastful attitude when he puts his crew at risk. Odysseus tries to exclaim again across the ocean,“Now when i cupped my hands I heard the crew in low voices protesting.”(492-493). Odysseus is being very boastful wanting the Cyclops to know who he was and how he was better not even considering the fact that he could get his whole crew

Poseidon is the only god who does not like Odysseus, because he harmed his son. Athena did not let Poseidon’s wrath overcome Odysseus. Instead, she calms the winds and takes Odysseus to safety on the island of Phaeacia. Without her help, Odysseus would have never safely landed on the shores Phaeacia.

Tales of the Odyssey and the top of Everest are texts that describe different adventures. One text is about Odysseus wanting to return home but he almost can t, thanks to a big ola. The other text is about how Samantha and her dad climb Everest with a lot of obstacles, like reaching the top of the Everest. Samantha and her dad at the top of the Everest text, they achieve their objective, although on the other side in Tales of the Odyssey the text doesn't tell us if they achieve their objective or not. However, the two texts also face a lot of difficulties, but thanks to that they obtain their rewards.

Poseidon gives a rise to hardships that Odysseus has to face throughout the epic poem, although this doesn’t win out

Odyssey’s life begins in the mundane. He is feared and respected by his men. Odysseus is feeling invincible and is blinded by his own arrogance in thinking that all his conquest were done by his own hands with no help from the Gods. So the Goddess Athena sends Odysseus on a call to adventure by telling him that he will have to fight in the Trojan War. Eventhough, Odysseus is reluctant to take the call to war at first, he answers it and goes on his ten year journey, leaving his wife Penelope and new born son behind. The Goddess Athena protects her hero Odysseus through the paths of trials he must face. Nevertheless, Odysseus’s persistent arrogance angered the (the god of water) Poseidon, by not

Both the Odyssey and the Aeneid describe the journeys of the two Greek heroes –Odysseus and Aeneas, as they struggle towards their goal through the crises and deadly situations caused by the wrath of the gods upon them. In the Odyssey, we see that Poseidon (god of the sea/earth shaker) has a grudge against Odysseus while Athena, god of wisdom, aids him throughout his journey. Similarly in the Aeneid, we see that goddess Juno dislikes Aeneas as he is destined to destroy the city of Carthage loved by Juno during his mission to find a new land- Rome, whereas Aeneas’ mother Venus aids him.

This short essay will identify five traditional epic characteristics that are evident in both the Iliad and the Odyssey.