Homer wrote about the Trojan War, in which Odysseus took part in, in the Iliad, and about Odysseus" long journey home in, The Odyssey. ... The modern version of The Odyssey is a combination of all these scrolls that could have existed as separate stories about Odysseus" travels, his encounters, and how he obtained his status as a hero. ... After he defeats the suitors, he has to play mind games with his wife Penelope because of the warning Agamemnon gave him at the river of death. ... If Odysseus had not have been as handsome then Circe would not have seduced him and he would not have been giv...

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Apollo's inscriptions included his laws of advice for self governing: "Curb thy spirit. ... In the future, Cassandra became filled with visions of importance yet no one saw truth in her predictions, specifically the Chorus in "Agamemnon ", who did not believe her cautionary words about the imminent death of her and King Agamemnon. ... In the opening scene of "The Iliad, " Apollo is the first god to make an appearance, and sends a plague upon the Achaians due to the fact that Agamemnon has dishonored one of the daughters of his prophetic priest, Chryses. Apollo is angered by Agamemnon due...

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