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The Odyssey

by Homer

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The Odyssey Questions on Achilles

The Odyssey

The shade of Achilles acts despondent and ill-tempered in the underworld, where he is resigned to a bleak, depressing eternity. He also seems to possess a new outlook on the concepts of glory, fame,...

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The Odyssey

In both The Iliad and The Odyssey, arete is exemplified through the actions of key characters. In The Iliad, warriors like Achilles and Hector display arete through their combat skills and bravery,...

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The Odyssey

Aeneas, Achilles, and Odysseus are key figures from ancient epics. Aeneas, a Trojan hero with divine ancestry from Aphrodite, is central to Virgil's The Aeneid, where he founds Rome. Achilles, nearly...

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