Category: Homer

Table of Contents Introduction Travel Mythology Travel Philosophy Travel Anthropology Conclusion Works Cited Introduction The Odyssey is considered one of the first adventure novels in the history of humankind and a kind of encyclopedia of geographical representations of the ancient Greeks. Odysseus, in folk memory, is represented as a famous and even archetypal traveler. However,…

Hospitality, the relationship between a host and a guest, is one of the most important themes that Homer portrays in his epic The Odyssey. In particular, Homers work provides excellent examples of how the ancient Greek societies had institutionalized hospitality. Indeed, hospitality was one of the most effective ways of solidifying relationships and building strong…

The story of the Iliad is a famous one. When the cruel Trojan prince Paris abducts the queen of Agamemnon, Helen, war ensues between the two countries across the seas. Many heroes and gods take sides and fight the war. It is the first famous book written in Europe, written around 750 B. C. The…

The heroic epic that has been saved today represents stories that interested people many years ago. Sundiata and The Odyssey are epic poems from different cultures and eras  13th century West Africa and 8th century Greece respectively. They have few historical events, but in a significant way, they are artistic fiction. Despite remoteness in…

Love has many faces, and each aesthetic work presents it in its way. Still, a narration about loves nature is endless as long as people are unable to word it; it is an infinite way of cognition that often sets its own rules. Homers famous character, Odysseus had to pass through numerous obstacles to reach…

The society in Homers world is patriarchal. The men are the ones who rule. However, the women do appear and they can be categorized into three groups. The first group is that of the women who serve the male heroes, or are sacrificed for the sake of the men. These include Iphigenia, Artemis, Chrysies and…

Internal motivation is to engage in an activity for its intrinsic satisfaction rather than seeking a separate benefit. When people are intrinsically driven, they are inspired to act by the impacts involved rather than by outside pressures. Achilles anger is fueled by his sadness and grief for Patroclus death before deciding to seek vengeance. Achilles…

Notably, Homers Iliad is the oldest extant work of Greek literature. Schein (2022) emphasizes that the artifact is most likely the outcome of extraordinarily sophisticated procedures that involved both orality and writing, resulting in the creation of a fixed manuscript in the late eighth century. In historical terms, the heroic period depicted in Homeric epic…

Table of Contents Introduction Odysseus as an Ideal Greek Man Odysseuss Courage Women in The Odyssey Conclusion Works Cited Introduction The Odyssey is an epic poem written between the 8th and 6th century BCE, narrating a long journey home of Odysseus, a Greek hero. Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, sails from the Trojan war back…

From the mythological perspective, the relationship between father and son, as in any mythological motif, is fundamentally ambivalent. On the one hand, in the traditional picture of the world, every son is perceived as a kind of continuation or alter ego of the father; on the other hand, a mythological plot is typical in which…