On the surface, it may seem as if Odysseus is merely confused about his surroundings, but Homer reveals that Odysseus is more than confused. He's developed a sense of doubt about everything, including himself. ... (XII, 120-40) Part of the problem posed with coming home for Odysseus is to get over this fighting instinct. ... (XIII, 480-92) Although ready for battle at the moment of quote, he instead returns to his hall under the disguise of an old man. ... He tied one end of a hawser to a pillar and passed the other about the roundhouse top... ...

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He spent so many years away from home fighting for his people and himself, to come home and find his friends trying to covet his wife. ... I found this quote on a website about Vietnam vets and the question asks to the vet was: What was the worst thing about Vietnam? ... By far, this was the worse thing about being in Nam for me. I can forget about the bugs, the rats, the physical wounds and the VC - but being betrayed by your own country, hurt more than any thing else. ... (Homer 495) This example of Odysseus outburst of emotions and criminal act is how I can imagine some of the soldie...

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The first moment where Penelope suspects Odysseus will be coming home is in book 17. ... It is plausible that Penelope takes these odd occurrences as signs from the Gods, leading her to start considering the actual possibility of Odysseus coming home. ... She requests to speak to the beggar who supposedly knows information about her sweet husband. ... The dream clearly reveals that Odysseus is coming home to destroy the suitors and reunite with his family. ... They believe in analyzing situations and going about it shrewdly. ...

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His primary motive was to come home to his wife, Penelope, and to his home in Ithaka. ... The majority of the books are set in Ithaka and most are about Odysseus's struggles to win back his home and his wife. ... In his eagerness to get home, Odysseus keeps looking towards the setting sun. ... " - Book V, line 206-220 It is very clear here that all Odysseus can think about is his own wife. ... The Greek heroes were described as "aspiring to divinity" and wanting "glory that would be sung about for many generations to come". ...

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"The Iliad" (sometimes referred to as the Song of Ilion or Song of Ilium) is an ancient Greek epic poem in dactylic hexameters, traditionally attributed to Homer. ... The author of "The Iliad" is Homer. ... Also, Achilles and Hector themselves make references to their own fates-about which they have been informed; technically, only Hector's references foreshadow any event in the poem itself, however, as Achilles dies after the close of the epic. ... Setting time is in the aftermath of the Trojan War; about 1000 B.C. ... Part of this destruction happened in the home of the go...

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