Odysseus
Essays

Human history is replete with stories and myths of relationships between mentors and their proteges

The forefathers of our country were not known for their emotional clarity. Neither were they known for expressing publicly their private sense of self. Those who became known at all were known for their hard work and…

The subject of heroism is biased according to the cultural lens through which it is viewed. Greek heroes, such as Gilgamesh, Achilles, Hector, and Odysseus were considered heroes in their time.

According to early church traditions, Luke was a Jewish, Greek-speaking physician who accompanied Paul on his three journeys, and was chosen to write the third Gospel because his knowledge of Greek was better than most of the other writers in the church at that time. Even his use of language gives a hint about his social and cultural origins since it was composed in the same style as technical books and the type of Greek used by artisans and urban officialdom in the eastern part of the Roman Empire. Luke was not from the elite or aristocracy, unlike the many Roman critics of Christianity, but probably from the artisan or techne caste to which even physicians belonged in the ancient world.

Thousands of years after the blind Greek poet Homer supposedly sang his two great epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey, the world remains fascinated with the mythical Greek and Trojan warriors and wanders Homer…

Xenia as an Institution of Order in Homeric Society

This paper examines the quotes of Zeus in Book 4 of the Iliad and Book 24 of the Odyssey as well as those of Hera and Athena. It shows how the same sentiment is reflected in both--that is a desire to see war ended and peace restored. However, while in Book 4, Zeus is the one suing for peace, it is Athena who does so in the Odyssey.

¶ … Role of Women in the Odyssey and Oedipus the King

¶ … myth in Daniel Wallace's Big Fish is particularly what allows Edward Bloom to keep other people in his life at a distance. By stretching the events of his life into tall tales, Edward was able to create an identity…

Imagine a statue of Pallas Athena, the ancient goddess of wisdom and the protector of the city of Athens being born, as was alleged, from the skull of her father Zeus, or Jove (as the ancient Romans preferred to call…