Odysseus' Journey as an Epic Hero

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Odysseus tells him where he is from, and what he has been going through in hopes that the king can help. So the King presents Odysseus with a great treasure and gives him secure passage to Ithaca. Later in the story it is seen that Odysseus has favor with the gods...
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Athena begs her father Zeus to let Odysseus continue his journey home. Then she goes to Ithaca to send Telemacus on a journey to find his father. When he thinks he is not about to make it out of his situation, the gods (especially Athena) are already working to help him get back home...
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Odysseus In the Odyssey, Homer used a narrative structure to tell his stories. The original texts were wrote on papyrus scrolls and it is theorized that these scrolls each told a chapter in Homers plays...	4 / 1077
Odysseus In the Odyssey, Homer used a narrative structure to tell his stories. The original texts were wrote on papyrus scrolls and it is theorized that these scrolls each told a chapter in Homers plays...	4 / 1077
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What do you admire and criticise about Odysseus' behaviour as a hero? What I admire about Odysseus' behaviour as a hero is his confidence. Rather than being self-doubting of his abilities he is proud of them. We see this in Book 9 when he deals with the Cyclops Polyphemus...	3 / 812
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