How Important Is The Odyssey Still So Important?

Calypso offered Odysseus eternal youth and Odysseus said he would rather return home and be with his wife than having the regret forever of not returning to his wife. Every day for those many years that Odysseus was there, he always thought about his

Throughout the Odyssey, Odysseus wants to return home and there are many ways to show that he was willing to risk himself to do it and that can show he is a hero. Odysseus was lost

The Odyssey is an epic poem that is taken place after the Trojan War. Odysseus and his men were sailing from Troy to Ithica. The trip lasted 10 years and they had some positives and negatives. So even though they had their ups and downs, throughout the adventure they learned many lessons throughout their journey to Ithica. As Odysseus home from Troy, he changes physically and mentally as he learns the following lessons: cunning overpowers physical strength giving into temptations has negative effects, and loyalty and perseverance are heroic and admirable.

In The Odyssey, Odysseus realises how much he truly loves his wife and country. For many years Odysseus was held captive and had an intimate relationship with the nymph Calypso. She held him there for years, "by nights he would lie beside her” yet he was not happy “all the days he would sit upon the rocks, at the seaside, breaking his heart in tears and lamentation and sorrow

Homer’s purpose to this epic story that he put told in “The Odyssey” was to show that even though a journey can be hard you should never forget your goal. I believe homer put Odysseus’ in all those situations deliberately to show how strong you can be even in hard situations. Odysseus’ new his goal was to reach back to his family and he never forgot that and he worked hard everyday to reach back. At the start of the book you see Odysseus’ goal appear when he is trying to get off of Calypso’s island, “Look at my wise Penelope…. Nevertheless I long--- I pine, all my days--- to travel home and see the dawn of my return”(159). Just like the phrase

The Odyssey is filled with emotion and adventure. Homer’s ability to show and give the reader a visual of each and every scene gives the story its unbelievable significance. To all the people who read his work there is something to be captured within every sentence, each one different in its own, unique way. Through tales of courage and defeat, friendship and love this book tells of all the values within the life of a single, solitary man, and his journey to attain what is true and dear to him. And this journey is known to all of us as The Odyssey. The Odyssey is a test of human devotion and trust through the gods, the mortals, and the obstacles through which they venture. No matter where they go or what they do, humans are tested for

In book five Odysseus is presented with a very great and tempting barrier. Calypso confronts him with this statement, “But if you only knew, down deep, what pains are fated to fill your cup before you reach that shore, you’d stay right here, preside in our house with me and be immortal.” She promised him that he would possess a trait that no other human in the odyssey has, immortality. Even though her offers are very tempting and would be self fulfilling, he promptly rejects because all he wants is to go home and the love of his life, Penelope. This act alone shows that he was willing to give himself and up for a greater cause. He showed great discipline and faithfulness to reject Calypso’s offer and to continue on his journey home. At the beginning of the epic, Odysseus did have one flaw that could have been detrimental to his homecoming journey and that was self-glorification. By the end of the Odyssey, Odysseus overcame his pride and tempered it with patience because at the end of the day he didn’t really know that Penelope would be waiting on him, but he was willing to put in the effort to find out what was at the end of the road.

In The final chapters of Odysseus's quest, the reader believes that the main character has finally found himself. The problem with his happy ending is that he has forgotten one thing. Odysseus is not perfect he is human. Though he has learned much through his perils, the vices of Pride, vengeance, and dependency, all come back to haunt him during the

In The Odyssey, Odysseus portrays an important trait to the story, perseverance. His perseverance really stands out as something that he has and always will have. On his long journey home, he never gives up and just stays where he is, no matter how tempting. He always manages to push through and keep getting closer to his goal of returning home. An example of when he does this is when he is faced with the challenge of getting past Skylla and Kharybdis. He knows that either path will kill at least some of his men and possibly him, but he knows he has to keep going. "And all this time,/ in travail,

In The Odyssey, Odysseus’s longing for his home and family is what drives the story. That is his one goal in the entire book, and that really states something

This edict of Zeus summarizes the journey Odysseus makes in order to return home. He endures dire hardships to make the journey home, yet he still chooses to continue forward. Although Odysseus accepts this hardship as a mere speed bump, many people today would not prevail through such adversity. A knack for finding the easy way out has seemed to blossom as the one uniform skill possessed by most young people today. With today’s technology, a person rarely spends an afternoon by himself, and if so, would not like it. With this in mind, choosing to continue on with the journey in present times would be much harder of a decision to make than in ancient times.

Homer's great literary classic, The Odyssey, represents and illustrates many emotional and mental values. All of these values can be classified under three different main themes that are constant throughout the epic tale. These themes are: A boy's struggle to be a man, a king's struggle to reclaim his kingdom, and a man's struggle to return home. As one reads this book it will become more and more evident to them that a man's struggle to get home is the most important theme throughout Homer's adventure.

The Odyssey is a story made up of stories. Because there is very little action that happens in the present, the presence of storytelling within the Odyssey is something that characterizes it and makes it unique. The spreading of stories serve to form legends and myths that can have the effect of shaping a culture. In addition, since stories were such an important aspect of entertainment in Greek culture, stories also shape the audience, either by entertaining them or creating feelings of sympathy in them. The function of storytelling in the Odyssey, is to evoke emotions and leave powerful, lasting impressions on the audience. However, the stories that are told

The story is constantly using themes and lessons to portray Odysseus’s journey. One example is “hard work pays off”. “Wake up, dear child! Penelope come down, here with your own eyes what all these years you longed for! Odysseus is here!” This is when Odysseus finally returns home after is long, hard journey. When he comes home and Penelope finally sees him, both of them are very happy and exited. Odysseus is finally happy again. This shows that going on the long journey and all of the challenges paid off in the end. The book also teaches good virtues like loyalty. Odysseus shows that loyalty is good to have and can help you conquer challenges. He would not have been able to complete his journey if he had not stayed loyal to his family and the gods (Athena). This motivated him to push through and find his way home. In conclusion, The Odyssey is still important today because it teaches good morals and virtues.

The Odyssey models many challenges faced in our modern life. Throughout the epic, Odysseus and his men found themselves in situations very similar to ones we might face sometime in our lives. Situations such as being away from family or loved ones for along time and scenarios that transcend across many ages and cultures such as him avoiding eating the lotuses or resisting the temptation to eat while at Helio’s castle. The Odyssey relates to modern day because it has examples of many modern situations and because it models modern virtues such as loyalty and accepting consequences.