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Heroism in 'The Odyssey' - Coggle Diagram
Heroism in 'The Odyssey'
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Odysseus's Heroism
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Michael Clarke
Killing the suitors allows him to reclaim his heroic identity: Assertion of heroic men over lesser later men
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Reformed by Journey, no longer simply a hero from the Trojan War upon his return - Becomes unheroic - Spiritual Rebirth
New Type of Hero
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Odysseus as a hero relies just as much on his mind and cunning to accomplish his great deeds as physical e.g Troy, Polyphemus, Circe, Suitors
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Very Versatile hero: Many different skills - skills familiar and useful to archaic society e.g Carpentry, Shipbuilding, Navigation, Farming, Sports, Speaking. This opposes traditional heroic traits like Bravery, Skill and Fighting
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"A Charismatic, all around superhero with heroic warrior gifts as well as domestic gifts." - E. Hall
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Contrast with Achilles
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"Odysseus' inability to be marked down as a character marks him out from Achilles." - E. Hauser (identity)
Different Worlds
Achilles is inherently tied to the mythical world (unbeatable soldier fighting in mythical land of Troy) while Odysseus is able to traverse the mythical world and escape to normality.
Odysseus is a very 'human' hero with his entirely mortal parentage and his story has a domestic focus
Achilles is a very 'godly' hero with typical semi-divine parentage and no domestic life existence whatsoever
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Odysseus achieves his kleos via nostos, while Achilles achieves his Kleos through traditional means of combat
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Godlike, Best of the Achaeans, Swiftfooted
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Achilles' change in perspective between Iliad and Odyssey: From choosing to die for glory to wishing only to see his son and father again. Kleos one wins for themselves means nothing without a future to inherit it: Telemachus vs Neoptolemus
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