Homer Essay

In The Odyssey by Homer, Odysseus has many traits that in the modern world are often looked over, or completely forgotten. The main character is Odysseus a shipwrecked captain, the hero of the Trojan War. In order to return back to his home and family in Ithaca Odysseus must overcome many challenging obstacles. Odysseus is able to show readers vast amounts of truthfulness to others and quick-witted thinking. Odysseus is often the subject at matter when it comes to brain over brawn, or vise versa

so and go about perpetuating such calumny. Hence, to answer the obvious, if we strip Vergilius of his diction and metre, we leave him a new type of hero. Well, actually he leaves us a new type of hero, a hero that is foreign to the golden age of Homer. He presents a new ideal of

you've been wanting each and every day. Odysseus has arrived" (Homer, Book 23, line 70). This quote highlights the fact that everyone in Odysseus home was waiting for him to come home. It also shows the overwhelming excitement everyone has when he does return. When Penelope finally recognizes that odysseus has truly returned after 20 years,"Eyes full of tears, she ran to him, threw her arms around his neck, and kissed his head" (Homer, Book 23, line 30) Penelope is so excited to see Odysseus after

There were many different themes expressed throughout the stories, often through figurative language. In The Odyssey, Homer used figurative language to express theme by using different literary devices such as personification and hyperboles. One of the literary devices Homer used to express a theme in the Odyssey is personification. For example, in the story “The Cyclops”, Homer wrote “When the young Dawn with fingertips of rose lit up the world…” (Line 252 - 253). This quote was personification

The authority of the ancient Greek poem The Greek poet Homer was born sometime between the 12th and 8th centuries BC, possibly somewhere on the coast of Asia Minor. His popularity comes from epic poems that he made, The Iliad and The Odyssey, which have had a tremendous effect on Western culture. Although his effect on Western culture is enormous, very little is known about this author Homer is a mystery. Some scholars believe him to be one man, while others think these iconic stories were created

told by Odysseus after he already experienced them, Homer has the opportunity to write with a level of dramatics that isn’t often seen in other literary works. He uses this to his advantage, developing tone and theme and other literary elements in the best possible way. Homer uses diction in The Odyssey to create a tone of anticipation. In The Land of the Dead, Homer’s use of the word “somber” creates an anticipating tone. In line 630, Homer writes “...he bent down to the somber blood,” depicting

women that are involved. The Iliad is an ancient epic poem written by Homer that tells of the Trojan war--the conflicts between Agamemnon, the king of the Greeks, Achilles, an excellent Greek warrior, and Hector, a Trojan warrior. The Odyssey, also written by Homer, tells of the 10 year journey Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, endured on his way home from Troy, where the Trojan war took place. In The Iliad and The Odyssey, Homer uses conflict and characterizations to show that in ancient Greek society

The Odyssey by Homer is about a strong soldier named Odysseus and his journey to find his home. He experiences many trials with gods and monsters that help him learn about who he truly is. Secondary characters have contributed to common human values such as the downfall of pride, temptation and loyalty, and the significance of his life. Odysseus’s pride is the main reason as to why he had began his journey. When Odysseus finally defeats Troy after a ten year war, he proclaims that he, a mere

wooded Zacynthus, with native Ithacans, are here to court me, against my wish.”1313-1316 Homer The Odyssey shows that she has had even her own people show up and try to force marriage on her against her wish. Because they turned on their own rulers, they were punished. After Odysseus finished his

Odyssey By Homer takes us on an interesting adventure of the main character's journey home to his wife. On the way home he is sidetracked by a wide variety of characters. During Odysseus journey, Penelope and his son Telemachus were trying to fight off the suitors a group of men who think Odysseus is dead who are trying to marry Penelope. After 21 years of Odysseus being gone, he appears home in the form of a beggar and kills most of the suitors ending in a bloodbath. Through the Odyssey Homer makes