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Odysseus
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In Homer's Odyssey, he uses the stories of Calypso and Circe to give a reader a glimpse at Greek values. is a "perfectly" moral man by Greek standards. In the Calypso episode, demonstrates the value of faithfulness, and in the Circe episode, he illustrates Greek values in general. While both godd ....
Middle of essay ....o return home. He even realizes that he may become shipwrecked or die on the voyage, but he is willing to take these risks to return home.
The final temping offer to make turn away from his home and his wife is when Calypso offers him immortality to stay with her. Again, chooses his land and his wife. In modern times, sleeping with a goddess would be considered unfaithful, but Greek values allow this if and only if the man still wishes to return home and return to his wife. Thus, one of the h.... |
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