... of some guides in giving advice or direction. This phase of the Hero's Journey archetype is known as the supernatural aid for the hero. Odysseus gains help from Aeoles with the bag of winds, from Hermes with the ship, and from his sons to gain back the throne and his wife. "The adverse winds in leathern bags he braced, Compress'd their force, and lock'd each struggling blast. For him the mighty sire of gods ... the stone, battle in 3 fierce fights, and go through with the tests of Merlyn. The heroes are also taken through the phase of meeting a woman as a temptress. In The Odyssey, Odys...

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... a trivial event with an elevated grandiose style. As I have previously pointed out, the role of the supernatural beings in this poem is, indeed multifaceted. Whilst on one hand they are representative of the coquettish young ladies of Augustan society, in the mock-heroic sense they mimic the role of the gods in the Greek and Roman epic traditions. In classical heroic literature the gods were intimately involved in the fate of heroes, something which Pope has carried off to great effect. We see ... chosen guardians. Perhaps the most striking allusion to the conventions of the epic comes ...

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