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Justice In The Odyssey

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Question 3

A. Yes, Eurylochus and the rest of Odysseus’s men tend to typically act in a more selfish manner than gravitate towards the notion of justice.

B. After the escape from Scylla and Charybdis, the remainder of Odysseus’s men go hungry on the island of Helios. They remember Odysseus’s warning about not eating Helios’s cattle but proceed anyway because of their need for food. Even though they give offerings to the cattle they still eat them and Zeus punishes them with a lightning bolt destroying all the men besides Odysseus. Instead of listening to Odysseus’s orders and obeying Helios’s command, his men act in a selfish manner and consume the food.

C. “Comrades… You’ve gone through everything: listen to what I say. All deaths are …show more content…

While Odysseus knew he had to sacrifice six of his men to Scylla, he remained hopeful with his men while passing through the Ulysses Cycle. Before passing through, he gives them motivation to keep up their efforts and pass through no matter what the cost. His men bravely listen and obey. Although they made it through, they would not have if Odysseus did not give his men motivation and orders to obey.

C. “Friends, have we never been in danger before this? More fearsome, is it now, than when the Cyclops penned us in his cave? What power he had! Did I not keep my nerve, and use my wits to find a way out for us.”

Question 10

A. Yes, Antinous establishes himself as a leader among a group of other characters. B. When the disguised beggar Odysseus came to ask for food from the suitors, everyone gave him bread and meat, but Antinous did not give him food. He stands out as the leader of suitors because of his bold ego. Antinous is not afraid to express his feelings to others unlike the suitors, but he is very ignorant and does not think about the consequences of his words. Antinous has shaped the suitors thoughts and is a role model for the others.

C. “God! What evil wind blew in this pest? Get over, stand in the passage! Nudge my table will you? Egyptian whips are sweet to what you’ll come to here, you nosing rat making your pitch to everyone! These men have bread to throw away on you because it is not theirs.” (Homer

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