... heroes will embody the values, beliefs, and epics of the civilizations they hail from or represent. The two stated works by Homer are the precursors to hundreds of other poems that contain similar patterns, including Dante's Divine Comedy, and the Anglo-Saxon Beowulf. Many epics are based off a certain model, or formula of telling a sequence of events. The Odyssey follows the "long journey ... " model, as it tells the chronicle of Odysseus' trek back home to Ithaca after fighting in the ... literary "roundness", or, "completion" that adds interest to the plotline. The Odyssey is one of t...

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