Regarding Books 18–20: 1) Odysseus endures many forms of mistreatment. He has stools thrown at him by Antinous and Eurymachos, he is bullied by many of the suitors, specifically Melanthios, Iros and Antinous. He is also pushed aside and disregarded by many people on the island. …

Regarding Books 14 -16: 1) He welcomes the responsibilities of being a prince, like when he gently turns down the gift of Menelaos so that he might get a more useful one. He becomes more assertive, when confronting the suitors and when going about his plan to figure out what…

Regarding Books 10–12: 1) To be civilized is to have been brought out of a state of barbarism. To be able to construct within the arts of life. To elevate to the scale of humanity. Perhaps even to enlighten, refine, and polish the way of the behave. It relates to…

Regarding Books 6–8: 1) The biggest similarities between these three characters is that they all have an affection for Odysseus. Penelope, his wife, earned his love, protected their sacred marriage, and never stopped loving him despite the journey he was on. Calypso took his love, tempting him with luxuries and…

Regarding Book I: Regarding Book I: 1) Athena does many things to mentor Telemachus but mostly she gives him menos. She should him that she believed in him and saw a real plan of how to accomplish his dreams of restoring honor and order to his house. Telemachus, in turn…

Regarding chapters 22–24 1) What I found very interesting about the conclusion of the Iliad was that it was about how life falls apart, and like Prof.Sandridge said, the Odyssey is about putting it back together. It seems as though Achilles is most human in this chapter, desribing how his…

Regarding Chapters 18–20: On the shield is heaven and earth. Sea and sun. Moon and constellations. Hephaestus illustrates the 2 cities of the world. Theres weddings and banquets and men at assembly arguing over a blood price of a fallen brother. There were armies of bronzed men, there were herdsman…