theTrojan War– both as a strategist and as a warrior – eventually coming up with the famous stratagem which decided the outcome of the bloody conflict: the Trojan Horse. Afterward, he set sail forIthaca, but, after blinding his son, theCyclopsPolyphemus, he angeredPoseidonso much that the...
(who produced theLaocoon Group), depicting the Blinding of the Cyclops Polyphemos by Odysseus. It was constructed from many fragments discovered around 1960at Sperlonga a pleasure resort of the Emperor Tiberius (from 14-37 AD). Why did Odysseus and his companions not kill the sleeping Polyphemos?
Once he did, Odysseus and his men heated the stake in the fire and plunged it into the giant’s single eye, blinding him. Polyphemus bellowed for help, and his friends came running. But when they called out asking who had done this and he said, “Nobody!” they returned home snorting...
In the plot of Homer's Odyssey, an important place is occupied by Poseidon's hatred of Odysseus for blinding his one-eyed son, the Cyclops Polyphemus. It was through the efforts of Poseidon that Odysseus' path home turned out to be so difficult and long. ...
The epic poem The Odyssey, written by Homer, centers around the main protagonist Odysseus and his long journey back home. Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, returns home after defeating the Trojans in a ten year war. On his way back, he angers Poseidon, god of the sea, by blinding his son...
is faced with many challenges‚ and the decisions he makes shapes his fate‚ his life‚ and the lives of his crew aboard his ship. During his journey‚ he makes good andbaddecisions such as blinding Cyclopes‚ leaving the mystical bag of winds unguarded‚ and building the Trojan ...
OdysseusCan be a good leader because he gets his crew out of some bad situations, To start off Odysseus got his crew out of the cyclops’s cave. “So, we seized our stake with its fiery tip and bored it round and round in the giant's eye” (9.435). This quote shows how Odysseus...
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In Homer's The Odyssey Odysseus can be seen as a terrible leader. This point can be very easily seen from the many fails of his pirating career. One may also see him as a very strong and good leader, but what are the major points for this belief? For example, one episode that his...
Homer’s Odyssey is an ancient epic revolving around Greek hero Ulysses who began traveling home to Ithica after warring against the city Troy, Turkey. Journeying our hero, with crew encounter numerous perils including: blinding the man-eating Cyclopes Polyphemus, being transformed by enchantress Cir...