Category: Homer

Penelope and Weaving in Homers The Odyssey Table of Contents Introduction Main body Conclusion Works Cited Introduction Throughout history, women have been considered the weaker sex. They long existed under the domination of men in both political power and physical abilities. Confinement and an emphasis on delicacy have for centuries been the hallmarks of a…

Is The Epic Hero Of The Homeric Age – As Represented In The Odyssey – Still Relevant In The 21st Century? The story of the Odyssey written by Homer, highlights the heroic qualities of Odysseus. In the 21st century we can gather information to create an understanding about the ancient world and in precent society.…

Odysseus, Where Art Thou?: The Homeric Odyssey As A Coen Brothers Film Few myths from the Greek canon have enjoyed as long a life as Homers Odyssey. Though written centuries before the contemporary era, retellings of the work continue to exist. Other poets, such as Keats and Pound, make reference to the poem in their…

Inferno And Odyssey: What Is In Common? The Odyssey, a poem written by Homer, is a story about Odysseus’ journey home after the Trojan War. While he is away, his wife, Penelope is surrounded by these horrible suitors who eat all the food and destroy Odysseus’ home. While in the Inferno, written by Dante Alighieri,…

Homers lIiad Themes: Worship and War Early in the Iliad, Homers epic poem about the legendary Trojan War, there occurs a famous digression known as the catalogue of ships, which names all the Greek leaders and contingents who came to fight at Troy. These verses reflect a central claim of epic poetry  that through…

Homer’s Existence Dilemma Homer was an ancient Greek author and epic poet. He is the reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, the two epic poems that are the foundational works of ancient Greek literature. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential authors of all time: for example, in Dante…

Comparison between Homer’s Iliad and Virgil’s Aeneid: Characteristics of Epic Tradition Although the Aeneid shares many characteristics with the Homeric epic, as an epic it is different in important ways. For this reason, the Aeneid is referred to as a literary or secondary epic in order to differentiate it from primitive or primary epics such…