... the outcome of the events of "The Odyssey. " Though Apollo does not physically appear in the epic poem, he is prayed to at many different occasions. Penelope reaches out to Apollo when she says she wants one to die by Apollo's arrow: "So may the god of the archer strike [Antinous] hard. " It is also Apollo's feast day when Odysseus kills all of the suitors and the maids who have slept with the suitors ... . To continue Apollo's influence, Homer provides Odysseus with a bow and arrow as his weapon to kill the suitors. The bow itself once belonged to the great Eurytus, the grandson of Apol...

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... of misogyny can be found in Greek literature. In the Odyssey, Penelope, the wife of Odysseus, while touted as the faithful wife, there is also simultaneously suppositions that her faithfulness could not be trusted. When Odysseus returns after a twenty-year absence, he does not reveal himself to Penelope until he has killed the suitors vying for his wife's hand. Odysseus states: "do not ever be too kind to ... your wife or tell her the whole of your plan, however well you know it but tell her part ... dramatic actresses in Greece today. Medea was a princess of Colchis, the area where Ja...

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• Grade Level: High School