The Odyssey: An Endless Story of Reaching Home
Date: 2022-12-05
Source: https://craigwright.net/blog/academics/the-odyssey-an-endless-story-of-reaching-home
In Ulysses, we see a strong empathy and sense of duty but at times seems to develop a coldness and indifference to others outside of his desired goal. While this could create a less human character and not endearing, the paradoxical nature of his responses to those he seems to love or care for creates a more human portrayal.
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The adventures of Ulysses[[1]](#_ftn1) represent a quest to return home and the hubris and all too human decisions that interfere with the said goal. Following a decade of battle at Troy, Ulysses spen...
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In Ulysses, we see a strong empathy and sense of duty, but which at times seems to develop a coldness and indifference to others outside of his desired goal. While this could create a less human and e...
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The characters Ulysses and Penelope are equally cunning and sly.[[7]](#_ftn7) While it is well-known that Ulysses is a “sly fox”[[8]](#_ftn8), Penelope tricks the suitors for three years into waiting ...
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The story has become so ubiquitous that the word “odyssey” has come to represent any long adventurous journey or even the development of a person through their life experience and career. James Joyce ...
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There is little historical evidence of the origins of Homer.[[14]](#_ftn14) However, legends exist claiming that Homer was from Asia Minor, either from Smyrna or Chios, and an unsighted mendicant mins...
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“‘You are always taking something of that sort into your head’, replied Minerva, ‘and that is why I cannot desert you in your afflictions; you are so plausible, shrewd, and shifty.’”[[37]](#_ftn37)
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[[7]](#_ftnref7) Elizabeth Gregory, ‘Unravelling Penelope: The Construction of the Faithful Wife in Homer’s Heroines’, Helios, 23.1 (1996), 3–20; Bruce Louden, ‘Is There Early Recognition between Pene...
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Despite this, cultural differences exist, coupled with many similarities in how people act. For example, while Ulysses and Penelope share some common traits, they also exhibit vast cultural difference...
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Myth in this form brings us knowledge that sometimes apocryphal contains descriptions of earlier governments and the relationships between people.[[21]](#_ftn21) For example, representations of counci...
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In the society of Homer, religious worship of the societies was conducted through a combination of liberation, sacrifice prayers and, in Athens, theatre.[[23]](#_ftn23) In addition, through a process ...
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