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The Odyssey 2 - Online Term Paper

The Odyssey 2

The Odyssey, written by Homer, is the story of Odysseus and how he faced misfortune in his attempts to return home after the Trojan War. From these misfortunes he learned to be a better man and became able to regain his place in his homeland of Ithaca.
During his journeys Odysseus often makes the mistake of staying to boast to
his enemies but learns that doing so gives his opposition a chance to seek retribution against him. After leaving Troy Odysseus attacks the land of the Cicones. Instead of leaving after his victory, he stays to celebrate until a
force is rallied against him and he must flee with many casualties. After-
wards Odysseus and his crew land on the island of the Cyclops. ...

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dying one by one. Odysseus learns that bragging can have ill effects and uses this knowledge on the island of
the Phaecians and Ithaca when he does not openly boast of his deeds and his journeys.

Odysseus also learns to pay close attention to the instructions of the gods,
or he might have to face a terrible price. When Odysseus and his crew landed
at the island of Aeolus, they were given a parting gift that would have
helped them greatly if they had paid heed to the warnings of Aeolus. He gave
Odysseus a bag full of the bad winds that would keep them from their home of Ithaca. Odysseus and his crew were in sight of the homeland they had waited
so long to see, when a band of rebel crewmen opened the bag creating a great gale that blew them back to Aeolus. When Aeolus saw this he believed that Odysseus was cursed and banished him from the island. This is not the only
time Odysseus was betrayed by his men and suffered a great price. When they landed on the island of ...

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Added: 11/27/2005 02:55:17 PM
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