Odysseus was faced with the act of getting back to his Penelope and Ithaca after his help in the downfall of Troy. He defied the Gods and Zeus punished him. It took Pallas Athena’s persuasive logic to return Odysseus to Ithaca and his sweet Penelope. Telemachus was also faced with the fact that his mother’s suitors had taken over his home and country waiting for either Odysseus to return or Penelope to pick a suitor. Telemachus went and searched for his father in Sparta and other countries and heard that he would return soon.
He has upset the gods, and is now on an island, sitting on a rock, far away from home. He has just come from the Trojan War. That was when he upset the gods. He is looking for a way home. He has a very long and dangerous journey ahead.
He was the king a small Greek island called Ithaca, a father of a boy named Telemachus and the husband of Penelope. During the prequel of the story (“The Iliad”), Odysseus was a Greek warrior and a hero. He was known to be
Spartacus lived during the first century BCE. A Thracian by birth, he was enslaved by the Roman Army, and trained as a gladiator. He later escaped and became a leader of some 90,000 men in an uprising against Rome. The conflict came to be known as the Gladatorial War and Spartacus is thought to have died during its final battle in 41 BCE. The remainder of his men were crucified by the Romans.
Some people might say that he did not exhibit loyalty because he stayed on the island with Calypso for so long. However Zeus forced Calypso to let him leave and he returned to Ithaca and his wife which shows loyalty.
He begged to be released but that only made them bind him down tighter. His intelligence with the help of Circe saved his and his men’s life. Thus, they were able to continue on in their
Odysseus finally escaped her and was one step closer to returning home, but he still had a long way to go. Zeus promised there would be troubles, and I was ready to stop
1. Achilles- Achilles was made famous in greek ,mythology by Homer as one of the bravest and best fighters in the Trojan war. Achilles was dipped in the river styx as a child, making him invincible for the rest of his life except for the body part he was held by, his heel. He ended up dying after being shot by an arrow.
Spartacus’s true origins have been lost to time, accounts about him are often contradictory or aren’t very reliable. What has seemed to be similar in all accounts was the fact that he was a gladiator and that he had great aptitude and success as a military leader. Plutarch, the famous Greek essayist believed that Spartacus was Thracian. Thracians were often referred to as being bloodthirsty, and warlike barbarians by the “more civilized” Greeks and Romans. Appian, a Roman historian also agreed with Plutarch that Spartacus was Thracian but he believed that Spartacus was once a soldier fighting for the Roman army and somehow became a prisoner and then a gladiator, which he’s most famous for.
In this passage from book 2 of the Aeneid, occurring at the end during the fall of troy, Pyrrhus, the son of Achilles, confronts King Priam and the royal family of Troy at his palace. There, he kills Polites, Priam’s son, in front of both of his parents; which then prompts Priam to denounce Pyrrhus for his dishonorable actions, citing Hector’s death at the hands of Achilles as an example of treating the enemy with honor. Priam then throws his spear at Pyrrhus to no avail, as Pyrrhus blocks it with his shield. In response to Priam’s words and actions, Pyrrhus tells him to tell his father (who is in the underworld) of his deeds. Pyrrhus then proceeds to drag him through Polites’ blood, and drives his sword through the old Trojan king, stopping
Achilles was supposed to marry the daughter of Agamemnon (Iphigenia), but she was killed (Hamilton). Next, you will learn about the powers and things Achilles had. When Achilles was a little boy, his mother Thetis, held him over a divine fire, or more known as the Styx River (Cartwright). She dipped him in the river and turned him immortal, but there was one small problem. When she dipped him in, she didn’t cover all of his body and she left out his heel (Hamilton).
These acts of kindness provide him with the supplies and support he needs to continue his journey and persevere through the difficulties he faces. when he was stranded on Calypso's island, he was there for many years until the goddess Athena pleaded with Zeus to allow him to return home. The Phaeacians provide him with a ship, clothing, and treasure to take home after he tells them his story. Circe provided him with a safe place to stay and warned him about the journey ahead. The swineherd Eumaeus and the steward, Philoetius, treats him with great kindness and hospitality, despite not knowing that he is their lord.(204-206).
Firstly, both Gilgamesh and Achilles obtained superhuman powers and abilities. In the prologue of the Epic of Gilgamesh, it is noted, that Gilgamesh had the superhuman strength of beauty, this is due to the fact that the Gods gave Gilgamesh a perfect body, courage, and the Gods even
Homer’s The Iliad proves that Hector and Achilles have vast differences but, their few similarities are some of what we see a lot throughout the epic poem. Both Achilles and Hector have their certain strengths and weaknesses, which are noticeable countless times throughout the conflicts that come up in the Iliad. These two characters have distinct differences in their approaches to fitting the noble form to which they both attempt to achieve. Nevertheless, regardless of their differences and the fact that their armies are rivals and are brought to each other with execration in battle, they also have numerous identical traits which reasonably show the comparison between the two men, Hector and Achilles.
The Iliad points out, Achilles, a leader, great warrior, he was a son of a goddess, and an immortal man name Peleus (Job). , Achilles, a king and a leader, a very courageous man, Achilles was one of the greatest warrior on the battle field, who had favor, honor and glory. On the other hand, he was arrogant, prideful, envious, stubborn and a revengeful human being. (Lombardo. xi, xiii).
