Odyssey
Homer's The Odyssey is both a tale of a man's journey home after long years at war and a tale of a man's spiritual voyage through his own soul. Odysseus' role as an epic hero changed throughout this epic poem a bloodthirsty warrior when leaving Troy to a wiser man when arriving in Ithaka. Odysseus left Troy with a pride that led to his downfall and grew with knowledge and humility that brought his eventual rise. The beginning of The Odyssey displayed a ferocious warrior who, along with his men, “stormed [Ilion] and killed the men who fought” (The Odyssey). Odysseus’ command for his men to stop and return to the ship was weakened by his lack of effort to enforce his order, implying his apathy towards the ransacking of Ilion. The greed and bloodlust displayed by Odysseus and his men showed that they valued battle and blood more than their voyage home, and this foreshadowed the dangers
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Approximate Word count = 599
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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