The Odyssey
The Odyssey is the epic poem written by Homer. In the Odyssey, Odysseus, King of Ithaca and the main character, is on a quest to get home, however he must face many challenges the Gods of Olympus set before him.
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Nick Adams PusateriThese stories that homer wrote teached courage ,bravery,and life lessons. The illiad tells about the Trojan horse. The odyssey...
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The biggest example of harmartia is Odysseus' act of hubris when he tells the cyclops Polyphemus his true name. This enables...
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The gloomy dwelling of the ghosts, heroes and gods and goddesses of Greek myth.
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He is a Neah! But not a NeahFace!
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She pretends to be working on a burial shroud for Odysseus' old father, Laertes but every night she undoes part of the shroud....
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After being rescued, the King and his people ask Odysseus to tell how he came to their island. Odysseus tells of his adventures...
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Circe was dangerous because she was somewhat of a sorceress or witch. She was able to cast spells, mostly enchant men and turn...
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Yep correct! :)
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grief or saddness Basically, yeah. She was heartbroken.
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24 books (chapters) or 400-500 pages, depending on your version (mine is 462)
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To ask him what he know about Odysseus, his father.
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He was a blind prophet/ dead prince of Thebes. He tells Odysseus in book 9 about what he will do next which is go home, kill all...
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To see his wife and son back at his home.
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It depends on wat u mean by downfall cuz he had many thngs that slowd him down and got in his way
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both contain monsters, the hero seems to be 'supermen' , both heroes must travel far drom home.
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The war was over, and Odysseus wanted to return home to Ithaca.
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odyesseus is an honorable heroic person
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'Trojan Horses' , 'Achilles' Heels' , 'Tricks and Traps' .
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Agriculture and trade
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"Upon the murderer I invoke this curse- whether he is one man and all unknown, or one of many- may he wear out his life in...
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He was disloyal because he cheated on Penelope with Calypso and Circe. He was so afraid that Penelope was being unfaithful, yet...
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If speaking of Odysseus' tale about being a beggar who was once from Crete, yes Eumaeus believes Odysseus.
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Tell me, O muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of troy. Many cities did...
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Vengeance, Fate or Destiny, Courage, Pride, Power of the Gods, determination, faith, morality (both human & divine), brains...
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He's been away because on the way back home from Troy (the Trojan war) he had to come home, but it was hard because he had to...
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Circe turned 22 of Odysseus crew into pigs, but she may have turned other men into swine as well.
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Yes. It's called "2010: The Year We Make Contact." Released in 1984, it starred Roy Scheider, John Lithgow and Helen Mirren....
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To return to his family; Penelope [wife], Telemachus [son] and Anticlea [mom], and to retreive his kingdom.
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He did not pay attention to the will of the gods.
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I'm not sure about that question but no offense can you at least see the movie?
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Sirens- the lure you into your death with their beautiful singing. Scylla- plucks your sailors out of the sea and eats them....
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No Odysseus could have let the suitors leave and tell them to leave the island but his rage and anger got in the way and he...
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He is afraid of wild animals.
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Telemachus kills Amphinomus with a spear through the back as Amphinomus is charging Odysseus. He is the third suitor to die.
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Odysseus was far better, but he also had the aid of the gods.
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Odysseus was not strictly faithful to Penelope, but was faithful to her 'in his heart.'
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Family Commitment
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Scylla is the name of a small channel opposite the great whirlpool Charbydis. It's purpose is trap and destroy sailors attempting...
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The Odyssey focuses on Ulysses, known in Greek as Odysseus.
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She was the waiting woman of Penelope
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Homeric Poetry refers mainly to the two great epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey that served Classical Greece as their main...
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Odysseus and his men willingly go to Polyphemus' cave, sacrifice and eat some of the cyclops' cheese, and wait for Polyphemus to...
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The kind of qualities Odysseus has that makes him a good leader is that he is strong, brave, and the brains to get him through...
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A great number of things. He's involved in a full seven generations of Theban stories, so it's difficult to know which prophecy...
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i think that odysseus's famous quest is at the witch palace or idk i liked that part the most so.... yea
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Nobdy so when his mates ask whats wrong he screams NOBDY so it sounds like no body :)
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The impossible decision between 2 bad options
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he wanted Odysseus to forget that he abused him and that he is sorry and for him to forgive him for his bad doings
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Ino tells Odysseus to dive into the ocean and swim to shore, throwing her enchanted scarf which will protect him back into the...
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The suitors ultimately seek the hand and wealth of Penelope.
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The original author(s) of these works is not positively known. The Greek Poet Homer ('Ομηρος) produced their current form...
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Immortality/Eternal Life.
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She died, it is where the dead go.
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Odysseus killed one of his sons, the cyclops Polyphemus.
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Homer wrote the Odyssey in 800 BC.
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She is Anticleia who Odysseus visits in the underworld. She died of grief wait for him to come home from fighting in Troy.
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They draw you to them from thief sound
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Female. Charybdis was once a nymph-daughter of Poseidon and Gaia.
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Calypso loved Odysseus and he spent 7 years with her. He was captivated if not actually held captive. Circe also help him for a...
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Odysseus is at fault only to the extent that he left his men alone on the island of the Sun God while he went on the other side...
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There are different versions of the story. In Homer's Odyssey: Odysseus and his crew had blinded Poseidon's son, the Cyclops...
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She is nearly invulnerable. She is a massive sea monster with 6 heads which are each capable of sucking dicks amazingly. Her...
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Odysseus had to sacrifice a black sheep, letting the prophet Tiresias drink of it. Thus would Tiersias prophesize for Odysseus,...
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By hiding under Polyphemus' sheep. On the underside of Polyphemus' sheep. When Polyphemus let his sheep out into the pasture,...
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he shoved a wooden stake threw a cyclopes eye that automadicly makes him a hero but i know in the end he lost some of his solgers...
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sacred cattle of the Greek sun god ~Helios
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Click your heels together three times and chant that their is no place like home
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cyclops drank three bowls that Odysseus brought him
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Odysseus had relations with both Circe and Calypso, as well as his wife Penelope.
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I thonk gave them something in a drink that turned them into pigs.Swine.
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When he stabs the cyclops eye and then says his name is Nobody.
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well he didn't actually keep them from coming to see what Polyphemus was wailing about, what actually happen was, as you may...
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Odysseus revels who he is to Eumaeus who is a swine harder. Athena in a disguise, first talks to Odysseys when he wakes up and...
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Odysseus' birth was universal because it was one of the destinys he was born with given to him by Athena. He is to be known...
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he sees his mother who had killed herself thinking he was dead.
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His Dog Argus
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Yes, he learns of the death of his mother, the suitors of his wife, and the death of Agamemnon.
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He tells him is name is Nohbdy."Nohbdy, Nohbdy's tricked me, Nohbdy's ruined me!"-Polyphemus or Cyclops
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No, it was poiseidon
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you think im playing
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Elpenor
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Odysseus thinks up the Trojan horse. A large scale wooden horse... which is hollow. Greek troops hide inside and one person is...
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Teiresias tell Odysseus many things about his journey home. The journey home will be tough for Odysseus because Poseidon still...
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If not all of the suitors agreed to the plot, then no one spoke up in Telemachus' defense, making them guilty by association and...
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Actually, Odyssey is parted in three sections. The first is called 'Telemacheia' and the main character is Telemachus, prince of...
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because he knew that she was bad and wanted to turn him into an animal
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