Unitarian Theory In The Odyssey

2. The unitarian theory states that one poet created entirely both the Iliad and the Odyssey , or at least each epic was written by one individual. The expansion theory maintains there was an original core to which other episodes are attached.

3. According to the ancient Greek epic poet Homer, the Trojan War was caused by Paris, son of the Trojan king, and Helen, wife of the Greek king Menelaus, when they went off together to Troy. To get her back, Menelaus sought help from his brother Agamemnon, who assembled a Greek army to defeat Troy.

4. He acts almighty and tough, and asks anyone to come battle him.

5. Paris becomes a little bit cowardly.

6. He admits that Menelaus beat him and then he invites her to bed.

7. He promises to fight.

By kissing Achilles' hands instead of avenging Hektor's death, Priam breaks a taboo, and by this act, Priam humbles himself before Achilles. Priam's act causes Achilles to see Priam as he sees his own father, and the awakening of sympathy within Achilles begins.

22. The Iliad ends without total victory for the Greeks because it was a recited or orally read, the Iliad tied together and written about the war and the listeners, and the readers already knew about why the war started and about its endin

23. Hector was selfless in his actions and displayed respect toward his opponents, on the other hand, Achilles was selfish and dishonored the body of Hector. On the whole, Hector seems a better hero than Achilles, given his superior moral values though Achilles was a better warrior.

24. As the book progresses, the image of Achilles as a spiteful child is sharpened dramatically. Towards the end of the epic; however, Achilles begins to exhibit qualities that are considered heroic even in today's society. Once his loyal and trusted friend Patroclus dies, Achilles undergoes a drastic change in

So when their sixth child, Zeus, was born, she smuggled him to Crete and gave Kronos a stone wrapped in a blanket. Thinking it was the new child, Kronos gulped the boulder whole and went about his merry way. Zeus was then raised by Nymphs on the island of Crete. After growing up, Zeus schemed with his mother Rhea to get his siblings back. He forced Kronos to vomit up those siblings he had swallowed, along with the stone that Kronos thought was the baby Zeus. Zeus then led his siblings in revolt and overthrew his father and the Titans, banishing them to Tartarus, which, according to Homer's Iliad, "is as far beneath Hades as Heaven is high above the Earth." The conquering brothers Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon decided to divide the world among themselves. They drew lots to see who would control what. Hades got the underworld and all the dead folk, Poseidon got the seas and oceans, and Zeus got the skies. Because Zeus was god of the skies, high above any other gods, he also became king of the