... land and our city that you have come to, you shall not lack for clothing nor anything else, of those gifts which should befall the unhappy suppliant on his arrival," and Nausikaa shows that without even knowing this stranger she is willing to provide him with anything he needs and then some (107). She instantly stops her attendants from what they are ... thought their hospitality ended there you are wrong, it is only getting started. Odysseus is then taken through the house of the great Alkinoos, and when he finally reaches the king he collapses on his knees, still not knowing who he is...

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... his hospitality towards Athena when he, "took her right hand" and brought her into his home (I. 28). By doing this he illustrated the second step of Xenia which is to bring the stranger into ones home. Telemachus, not knowing at the time the stranger was Athena, shows how much he respects others and does not discriminate against strangers. Even though he didn't know ... and hosts benefited from being kind and generous when the visitor turned out to be a God. Those who practiced bad Xenia were often punished. Two characters who represent the "good" and "bad" Xenia are Telemachus and Cyclo...

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As the day begins, Chelsea walks into school knowing that she looks absolutely terrible: her hair is a mess, she still has dirt on her face, and she did not have time to do her makeup. However, when her friends get first view of her, they complement ... to be a young girl. She asks directions from Odysseus and gives him much advice. ""Here, Sir stranger, is the house which you did ask me show to you, and you will find the kings, fostered of Zeus feasting at the banquet. Go you within, and let your heart fear nothing; for a bold man is better in all ... things, though he be a stranger from ano...

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... ill mannered for one to greet their guest without proper meal before inquiring further. Gods were the root to every action or consequence; one of the main reasons behind mortals being overly accommodating is due to the mischievous ways of the gods. It was sometimes questioned whether or not the stranger was perhaps a god in disguise, and if not treated accordingly, one would be punished. Homer ... make us question this motif. Having an uninvited stranger in your home is not something that is joyously welcome, usually. However, Homer takes the phrase "make yourself at home " to another l...

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... her son and those loyal to Odysseus in seeking revenge against the barbaric suitors. In another account, Odysseus" men sacrificed animals to Zeus after they feasted on the sacred cattle of Helios. The crew knew they had disobeyed Odysseus, and more importantly the gods. The Odyssey displays the importance of the gods in Greek culture. They believed the gods had divine power, and being disloyal to them could ... easily result in a miserable death. Showing respect and gratitude towards the gods is a reoccurring concept displayed throughout the epic. Another important theme ... no detainin...

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... will be told with Clytemnestra being the main protagonist and her son, Orestes, being the antagonist of the story. Her daughter Electra will also be in the episode as well as a chorus, messenger, Aegisthus and Agamemnon. The story of the episode will start after the conflict which is Agamemnon leaving for the war in Troy, winning and returning back home. It opens on the day that Agamemnon arrives back home ... greeted as a hero should be with a great party and feast in his honor. The chorus observes and sees that Clytemnestra is acting a little stranger and more nervous than normal. She...

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... . It also has a few small differences. One of the differences is the scenes in which the suitors compete for Penelope. In the Dream Weaver it begins with the stranger (Ulysses) suggesting to Penelope that the suitors compete for her love in an archery contest. This is revealed on page 154: "Penelope: In order to avoid quarrels, my father organized an archery contest for my suitors. Oh yes, Nurse ... [Eurclea], I had suitors then too."" Ulysses knew that not one of the suitors ... would be able to successfully complete the tasks because of the special ... ...

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... his back, the dog died. The suitors, thinking that the beggar (Odysseus) will compete with them, teased and mocked him. Penelope summoned the beggar and spoke with him. Odysseus told her a fake story that he had met her husband in Troy; Penelope wept. She asked Eurycleia, Odysseus maid since childhood, to wash the stranger's feet. Eurycleia instantly knew that the stranger was Odysseus because of a scar on his foot ... . At last, Penelope proposed a contest for the suitors. Whoever will be able to string Odysseus" bow and pass an arrow through 12 rings wins her hand in marriage ... - whi...

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Books 1-5 Book 1- In book one we find out that Odysseus is being held by Calypso on the island Ogygia. Odysseus wants to come home to his homeland and see his wife Penelope and his son Telemachus. Zeus and Athena ... Athena then drugs them all to make them forget about their pain and sorrow and they all fall asleep. Book 5- Athena tells Zeus about the suffering of Odysseus on Ogygia. The suitors plan to kill Telemachus. Hermes is send to Ogygia to have a talk with Calypso. He demands that she release Odysseus and have his ... . That night they make love together. At dawn, he leaves on his ra...

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... eyes"(Book 19:645). Another example of a good hostess would be Nausicaa. She is the daughter of generous King Alcinous. She tells her maids "here's an unlucky wanderer strayed our way and we must tend him well. Every stranger and beggar comes from Zeus, and whatever scrap we give him he"ll be glad ... to get.. Give our guest some food and drink and take him into the river, wherever you find some shelter from the wind"(Book 6:218). Nausicaa befriended Odysseus while he was ... by Zeus to order Calypso from imprisoning him. She helps him build a raft to set sail in. It took four days to bu...

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... gods human characteristics, creating a deeper connection with their gods. The gods were displayed acting out and feeling human emotion, often toward mortals. Going along with this custom, in both The Iliad and The Odyssey Homer creates images of the gods exhibiting emotions. Although the gods are depicted carrying out vengeful acts on their mortal subjects, many times they are shown in complete opposite ... , acting out on feelings of compassion to mortal man. Homer begins both epics with a mortal's anguish ... " (Book 14: Lines 50-53; Fagles 303). Although Odysseus looks disgusting, Eum...

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... are very smart. In book XIX of The Odyssey, the main characters are Odysseus, Telemachus, Penelope, Euricleia, the suitors, and the maids. In book XIX of The Odyssey, Athena inspires Odysseus, Telemachus, Penelope, and Euricleia to plot just revenge on the suitors for abusing hospitality and offendingf the gods. Telemachus cleverly devises a way for Odysseus to move the weapons out of the hall without being seen. " 'Nurse, ... come now, keep the women in their rooms until I've laid away my father's arms within the storeroom, out of reach of soot. For many years these weapons were neglec...

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... image Belinda "bends, to that her eyes she rears." Thus, Pope demonstrates the strong effect of female vanity upon the nature of woman. In the Rape of the Lock Pope reveals the effects beauty has on other people. It seems that Pope's view on female absurdity becomes especially evident in the ensuing excerpt because he parallels female beauty with deception and dissuasion from ideals, ... from trivial things,/ I sing."( He establishes immediately the fact that the battlefields in this epic will be in the war between the nymphs and swains: "Say what strange motive, goddess! could compel/ A ...

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... from our lips, And once he hears to his heart's content sails on, a wiser man. We know all the pains that the Greeks and Trojans once endured On the spreading plain of Troy when the gods willed it so- All that comes to pass on the fertile earth, we know it all," (Homer 12.200-207). The Sirens are using what they know wisely to tempt Odysseus. In ... and holding power, but in her own ways, she does. For 20 years she stayed faithful to Odysseus and ten of those years she also put up with the suitors. She additionally raised Telemachus on her own. Perhaps one could contemplate whether that...

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... defacing of her temple. The authority of the Gods is made clear in the final book of the Odyssey when Zeus orders a stop to the feuding that would last for generations by sending down a thunderbolt. Portraying the wisdom of the Gods as definite and absolute in the mortal world. For the majority of the poem Odysseus is a stranger. He is constantly an outsider to the societies he encounters on his journeys. Disguise is ... the prominent method of infiltration used by Odysseus ... ...

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... , tells of a man named Telemachus who has reached Eumaeus's hut, he finds the swineherd talking with a stranger (Odysseus in disguise). As Eumaeus recounts Odysseus's story he suggests that the stranger stay with Telemachus at the palace. Telemachus unfortunately is afraid of what the suitors might do to them. This in turn forces Eumaeus to the palace alone to tell Penelope that her son has returned. When father ... building upon its grandeur. After the return of the march the second episode the march begins. In the march theme disintegrates and ends with a final wail from the oboe. The ...

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... speak of what he learned on his journey. Telemakhos was vague in his response and then proceeded to change the subject on two different occasions that his mother asked him. He told her to bathe and go pray to the Gods and he was going to go retrieve the stranger. After he told her this ... it seemed that she had to fight replying negatively to the avoidance when it says, "She caught back the ... swift words upon her tongue- (Bk. 17:40-68). I believe the ... still holds to his father's wishes to keep his disguise a secret and he keeps his lips sealed. Penelope's solution to the problem ...

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... portrays. Equally as important, they reflect the dominance of these traditions in the Greek culture during the classic time period. While there were numerous themes in the epic, the role of hospitality was one of the most prominent. Throughout the story, Homer depicts scenarios in which hospitality, both on the part of the guest and the host, plays a key role in the events that transpire. The welcoming of visitors was regarded as ... IV, 34) Lastly, Eumaios shows good hospitality, even though he is poor and doesn't have much to give to Odysseus. When Odysseus is almost attacked by the wat...

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... as his protector. In one of his numerous journeys Odysseus meets the Phaiakians who receive him with warm hospitality without having to ask for his name first. "This is not the better way, nor is it fitting that the stranger should sit on the ground beside the hearth, in the ashes But come, raise the stranger up and seat him on a silver studded chair and tell your heralds to mix in ... more wine for us And let the house keeper from her stores give the stranger a supper." (Book IV P.115 Lines 159-166) From ... this we can assume that the Phaiakians didn't know that they ... ...

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... becomes tense as the years go on without Odysseus's return. Penelope is pressured by the overwhelming requests of marriage from the 200 suitors chasing after her in pursuit of becoming the next king of Ithaca. The tension is clear from the start of the epic poem. Penelope is lured down into the main area of the house to where the bard was singing, to the suitors, a song of the Achaeans and the disasters that ... she is weaving a shroud for Laertes, Odysseus's father, and once it is finished she will pick a suitor to marry. Working on the shroud during the day, and then unweaving it at n...

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... a large role in ancient Mycenaen society and is even evident in the writings of the time, as witnessed in Homer's Odyssey. Hospitality reveals itself as a domineering factor in the way characters act and the way characters are treated in the Odyssey. One instance of the role of hospitality in the Odyssey occurs early on in the epic when Telemachus secretly set off to find Nestor. Upon first sight ... came in book six when Nausicaa found Odysseus on the shores of Scherie. Even though Odysseus must have appeared intimidating, or even monstrous, Nausicaa felt obligated to help. As was the ...

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... might be. As Tiresias is predicting Odysseus" future he says, "At home you shall find trouble, -bold men devouring your living, wooing your matchless wife, and offering bridal gifts. Nevertheless, on your return, you surely shall avenge their crimes"(104). This shows that Odysseus can be guided both in! sunlight and in darkness. He was able to talk to everyone that ... feel happy when Eumaeus tells him, "You would be much surprised to see his speed and strength. For nothing could escape him in the forest-depths, no creature that he started-(167). Here is where Argos symbolizes Odysseus....

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... identity from mortals. Many times when helping Odysseus along his journey, she disguises herself as an old friend or a stranger. In doing this, she does not bring attention to herself, and she therefore is able to help Odysseus. Towards the end of the tale, we see her use her disguises for Odysseus" own benefit in reestablishing reign over his kingdom. In order to ... do this, Odysseus must first slay Penelope's suitors and to accomplish this, Athene communicates to Odysseus that she must "wither the smooth skin on your supple limbs and rob your head of its dark locks; [I] shall clothe ...

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... ;s sanity then becomes more apparent during the confrontation between Jewel and the town man. The man makes a comment about the smell coming from the wagon, so of course in defense of his mother he confronts the man and there is the threat of a fight. Cash, unable to take action himself tells Darl to handle the situation. “Jewel swings at him and the stranger promptly draws a knife. It is interesting ... maintains a very collected demeanor and is able to calm the tempers of the other two. The dictionary defines sanity as having or showing sound judgment; reasonable; rational. Darl c...

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... protector, stands up and says, "It is Poseidon who is so implacable towards him on account of the Cyclops whom Odysseus blinded. Poseidon has kept Odysseus in exile" (Homer 27). In The Odyssey, one of the antagonists, Poseidon, ruler of the sea, kept Odysseus suffering throughout his trip home by sending storms to wreck his ship. ... Poseidon wanted to seek revenge on the honorable Odysseus for blinding his son, so he made his voyage complicated. And for that reason, he didn't return home ... with new people. It was an obligation for all the Greeks to obey the laws of the Gods during t...

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