... believed, the guest-host relationship was based on the idea that courtesy would be reciprocal from host and guest. The different ways that Telemachos and Odysseus are treated throughout their journeys displays the positive and negative types of xenia. The Odyssey begins 20 years after Odysseus has left Ithaca. Ten of those years he spent fighting in the Trojan War. The ... go back home to Ithaca, but his journey becomes quite difficult since Poseidon becomes Odysseus persecutor, just as Athene is firmly established as his protector. In one of his numerous journeys Odysseus meets the Pha...

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... Ironwill and the book The Odyssey. I will also tell you there goals, if there similar or different, if or what there obstacles where, and what was there outcome of there journeys. First I will contrast them from each other. Second I will compare them to each other and tell you how they are alike. When I am comparing I will try to find out what ... there goals where for there journeys and there outcome. First, The Odyssey is a lot different than Ironwill. The Odyssey was about the Trojan War where these sailors sailed to Troy where the war took place. The ... ...

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... of the protagonist Odysseus back to his homeland, Ithaka. Despite the many parallels that can be drawn in the short encounter of Hermes, there are subtle differences that make their journeys different. Odysseus, after fighting in the Trojan War, wishes to return home to his family. However, while going back, he aggravates the god of seas, Poseidon, who punishes Odysseus by ... the imprisonment of magical creatures, or the intervention of the gods. For example, Zeus assists in freeing him from Kalypso. Although there is a general similarity between the Hermes" and Odysseus" journeys, it ...

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... status are the main givers of hospitality, however, the wealthy are not the only ones commanded to offer a level of friendliness. Homer emphasizes hospitality from everyone during Telemachus' and Odysseus' journeys, using a man's cordiality with his guest to infer his character. If a man is disingenuous, then he doesn't show hospitality and Homer makes sure that individual faces the vengeance of those ... ...

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... alone, on the beach where Calypso holds him captive, weeping, seemingly defeated. (Odyssey 5. P. 80) This scene is very contradicting to the Odysseus the reader expects after hearing of his great journeys from Nestor and Helen, to the point where it is almost pathetic. A long lost soldier, sulking for the home he was now deprived of. But despite the first introduction to ... ...

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... can be seen when he leads his troops during the Trojan War. As it says in the book, " Tell me, Muse, of the man of ways, who has driven far journeys, after he had sacked Troy's sacred citadel " (Book 1 lines 1-3). Odysseus had the courage and bravery to go off to war for his country. At times Troy was considered to be ... ...

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... duty towards family, country, and gods. Aeneas always fulfills his duty to his family, his fated city, and his gods. This piousness is what keeps him going through the grueling journeys and challenges, even when things are not going perfectly. Pietas is the characteristic that makes Aeneas stronger through each trial as he makes personal sacrifices and never wavers from his ... ...

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... is very good. According to Edwin Burgess article Odysseus in Vietnam "Odysseus shows many post war stress symptoms, just as a real soldier would." After the Trojan War and his long journeys, when Odysseus returns home he is not able to trust or be close to anyone. He has emotional outbursts by using violence to solve his problems. Also signs of criminal ... ...

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... had given him very closely; entering and leaving Hades without misfortune and using wax in the ears of his crew to pass the Sirens. Odysseus becomes a better man through his journeys and is able to return to his homeland to restore his name. Throughout his wanderings for home, Odysseus becomes a humbler and more respectful man. The once boastful man learns that ... ...

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... to Odysseus" encounter with Tiresias in the underworld. They both mention homecomings and have references to cows. Tiresias and the blind prophet relate cows to the successful completion of their journeys. In homer's epic, not causing harm to Helios" cattle will bring Odysseus home safely. In the movie, cow just marks the end of the story when the sheriff can't chase ... ...

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... as Mercuralia. Hermes was very helpful towards Cupid in bringing him and Psyche to Mt. Olympus to get married. To conclude, Hermes was a very mysterious god who went through many journeys in his life, good and bad. In my opinion I believe Hermes was very interesting and I found it easy to find information about him. "Here Jove with Hermes came; but in ... ...

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