... great risks. However, typical of all heroes in literature, he overcomes each hazard, and reaches a resolution at the conclusion of the story. As its name reveals, the hero and protagonist of The Odyssey is the character Odysseus, the King of Ithaca, a small, rugged island on the western coast of Greece. Odysseus takes part in the Trojan War on the side of Agamemnon and the Greeks. Of all the heroes who return from the war, his homeward voyage is the longest and most perilous ... . Even after the battle had been won and many of the warriors had long since ... ...

• Word Count: 1268
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... ] a marvelous splendor making him taller, more massive to all eyes, so Phaeacians might regard the man with kindness" (8:21-23). The goddess' act of tricking the Phaecians into seeing an altered, larger-than life version of Odysseus to sway their sympathies serves to illustrate another calculating maneuver. Making them think about Odysseus a certain way, Athena uses her wits to manipulate them into giving her what she ... serves to warn against straying towards the more uninhibited and reckless parts of our personalities that would be branded as Poseidon-like. The Odyssey tells the story...

• Word Count: 792
• Approx Pages: 3
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate