Similarities Between Homer And Ovid

The Heroic Views of Homer and Ovid In Greek culture is commonly known to have different God’s that are assigned to many actions and obligations. Ancient Greece myths show dominant battles in which heroic figures undertake a journey to the underworld to battle vicious enemies. In mythology there is only one type of extravagant battle worth the ambitious hero’s time. In Homer’s, The Odyssey, demonstrates the battle with Odysseus and the suitors he reclaim his significant other and home. Also, in Ovid’s story of Perseus’s battle to acquires a bride in his Metamorphoses. With the two containing similarities, Homer’s illustration of Odysseus’s encounter contradict with Ovid’s explanation of Perseus’s encounter which homer defends the original Greek virtues of the hero, but Ovid revered and imitates these values. Both heroes are put up against weak opponents who do not come close to their skill level and maturity in battle. Perseus’s adversary Phineas, who is a wimp, but he wants to go on with the battle to fight for his marriage to Andromeda. At first, Phineas ferociously enters the feast and launches his weapon at Perseus who camouflage's himself behind a tabernacle. If he had not camouflaged himself the fight would have been over and won with just a single blow. When he returns to the party he keeps his distance and does not come

Once they found his true colors “they all look around for a way to escape” (Ody.XXII.46). Eurymachus, blames Antonius who is already dead, to help avoid battle with the suitors and Odysseus. Eurymacus who is the next to die, the other fight their hardest through the battle but still can not beat Odysseus strategic fighting once Odysseus receives the victory, him and the others chases them away like how little kids would go after a bucket of candy. This not only shows how the suitors are out numbered but also the distance between Odysseus and his