The Odyssey vs. ... The Odyssey, translated by Fitzgerald, is about an epic hero trying to get to his home after twenty long years. ... In The Odyssey women were treated as slaves. ... A difference is that in The Odyssey the women were known as whores. ... In The Odyssey, there is a quote that supports this theme: "Hearing this land described by Pallas Athena, daughter of Zeus who rules the veering stormwind." ...
The epic hero, Odysseus in the Odyssey truly portrays the values of a people in a number of different ways. In the Odyssey, Homer shows how people admired good military leaders and how people admired the gods who helped people. ... (pg. 187, line 67) This quote shows Elpenor admitting to his dishonorable death. ... (pg 179, line 509-512) Although Kirke wasn't so hospitable in the beginning, this quote shows that later on, she was kind and helpful to Odysseus and his crew. ... In conclusion, Homer's The Odyssey showed the values of a people in the early Greek civilization. ...
In historical times, epics weren't epics unless they were written as long narrative poems; nowadays, however, considering the majority of poets these days don't consider themselves constrained by the even the most elementary rules of grammar, epics are no longer written as Homer wrote the Odyssey. ... As seen in the previous quote, she draws from not only familiar sights and emotions of her society, but also from nature. ...
