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The Odyssey

 

            People in the early Greek civilization were a people who admired, feared, and valued many things. 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. Odysseus, master mariner, and god of old, was admired greatly in this novel. He was a great military leader who was also brave and courageous. People valued Odysseus and other headers because they were so brave. Early Greek civilization cared a lot about gods and what they thought. Gods who helped the people were also admired greatly by Greeks. An example of this is shown when Aiolos said "Take yourself out of this island, creeping thing "no law, no wisdom. Lays it on me now to help a man the blessed gods detest "out! Your voyage here was cursed by heaven!- (Pg. 167, line 82-85) This shows that Aiolos thought that the gods cursed Odysseus and that's why he was sent back. Greek civilization seemed like they thought about a lot about what the gods wanted all the time. Everything was related to the gods in some way. When it came to military leaders and the gods,.
             The early Greeks feared many things, but they mostly feared the wrath of the gods, and not having an honorable death. The wrath of the gods is something that everyone feared because since the gods were so powerful, they could do anything to anyone. People were like their play things. For example, Odysseus did everything the gods told him to do because if he didn't, then he wouldn't have returned home, and the gods would have been mad. Not having an honorable death was also something the Greeks feared. If they didn't die an honorable way, it was embarrassing for the person. " ignoble death I drank with so much wine."" (pg. 187, line 67) This quote shows Elpenor admitting to his dishonorable death. He died by drinking to much wine, being drunk, and falling off of Kirke's roof.


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