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Reading reflection on
Homer
’
s Odyssey
Contents
1.0
Introduction
1.1 Introduction to the
essay
2.0 Homer, the author
2.1Arguments and research
on the identity of Homer
2.1.1 The name “Homer” and its meaning
2.1.2 Homer’s
occupation
2.2Works
attributed to Homer
2.3The
concept of Homer’s epic poetries
2.4Homeric dialect
2.5 The historical value of
Homer’s epic poetries
3.0
Synopsis
3.1 Background
3.2 Odysseus, the hero
3.3
Structure
3.4 The hero’s
journey
3.4.1 Ordinary
world
3.4.2 Call to adventure
3.4.3 Ideological struggle
3.4.4 Mentor
3.4.5
Tribulation
3.4.6 Revenge
3.4.7 Return with the Elixir and reward
4.0 Evaluation and impact
of the work
4.1 Evaluation
from famous people
4.2
Impact on future literature
5.0 Reading reflections about Odyssey
3.1 Themes of Odyssey
3.2 Concepts that elucidate
from the work
3.3 Appealing for reading
1.0 Introduction
1.1 Introduction to the essay
Epic,
according
wikip
edia’s
description,
is
a
lengthy
narrative
poem,
ordinarily
concerning
a
serious
subject
containing
details
of
heroic
deeds
and
events
significant to a culture or nation.
Based on oral poetry, epics have been written down
at least since the works of Virgil,
Dante Alighieri, and John Milton, Beowulf is one
of
the mostly well-known pieces. In
this essay, another famous epic will be the center
that discussed, and that is Homer’s
Odyssey.
2.0 Homer, the author
2.1Arguments and research on the
identity of Homer
2
.1.1 The name “Homer” and
its meaning
Although
“Homer”
is
a
Greek
name,
attested
in
Aeolic-speaking
areas,
nothing
definite is known of
him. The poet's name is homophonous with
?
μηρο? (hómēros),
meaning, generally,
he who
is forced to follow
2
.1.2
Homer’s occupation
The
Ancient
Lives
depict
Homer
as
a
wandering
minstrel,
much
like
Thamyris
or
Hesiod, who walked as far as Chalkis to
sing at the funeral games of Amphidams. We
are given the image of a
shoemakers,
fisherman,
potters,
sailors,
elderly
men
in
the
gathering
places
of
harbour
tolwns
or the wandering minstrel, the
historic
2.2Works
attributed to Homer
It is
wildly recognized that Odyssey and Iliad are
traditionally ascribed to Homer.
In
spite of Iliad and Odyssey, some epics are said
belonging to him. However, this
point
of view hasn’t been identified. According
Aristotle’s own perspective, there’s
still two
extant
works which
are created
by Homer,
meaning
a
satiric poetry
and
Batrachomyomachi (Greek,
which means the battle between frog and mice).
2.3
The concept
of Homer’
s epic poetries
Homer’s epics include
Iliad
and Odyssey, which are both sai
d to be
Homer’s work.
The themes of two epics
focus on singing the praise of the heroes in clan
society.
The keynote of Iliad regards
war as a justifiable and glorious event.
Simultaneously,
the poetry describes
the cruelty of war vaguely. In this degree, Iliad
denounced the
negative effect on which
may have to the innocent social class.
2.4Homeric dialect
The language used by Homer is an
archaic version of Ionic Greek, with admixtures
from certain other dialects, such as
Aeolic Greek. It later served as the basis of
Epic Greek, the language of epic
poetry, typically in dactylic hexameter.
2.5 The historical value
of Homer’s epic poetries
In one aspect, the homer’s epic
poetries are based on the resound
s of
the verbal
literature. Thus,
the original
characters have
been
preserved
well, and which
are
embodied especially in the authenticity
of ancient culture. Those two giant works
also
become
strong
proofs
about
the
highly
prosperous
culture
around
the
Mediterranean district.
Homer’s epic poetries are
among
the best literatures that have in
early European
history. Iliad and
Odyssey have been proved to be the primary sources
to study the
life that people have in
prehistory time.
On
the
hand
of
the
creative
arts
that
have
in
both
two
tremendous
work,
romanticism and realism have been found
used. Though Greek mythology occupies
large
space
in
the
poetries,
the
portrayals
of
crucial
war
are
true
reflection
of
people’s
lives.
Meantime,
the
highly
general
facts
are
expressed
by
the
vivid
characterization as
well as the revealing of the inner world of the
figures.
Homer’s
epic
poetries
give
readers
great
artistic
treats.
Furthermore,
it
is
undoubtedly
a
milestone
that
will
erect
forever
in
the
history
of
the
world’s
literature.
3.0
Synopsis
3.1 Background
Iliad, as the prelude of
Odyssey, starts its story after the ninth year of
the Trojan
War.
The Odyssey begins ten years after the
end of the ten-year Trojan War. For the
sake of Odyssey
has stabbed
Polypheme’s eyes whose farther is Poseidon, the
god of
the
sea,
Odysseus
has
been
delayed
by
Poseidon’s
censure
and
still
not
returned
home from the war.
Odysseus' son Telemachus is twenty and is sharing
his absent
father’s house on the island
of Ithaca with his mother Penelope and a crowd of
108
boisterous young men,
of
them, all the while enjoying the hospitality of
Odysseus' household and eating up
his
wealth.
3.2 Odysseus, the hero
3.2.1 Parentage and name
As to the parentage, according to
Odyssey, his father is Laertes and his mother is
Anticleia, although there was a non-
Homeric tradition that Sisyphus was his true
father.
The name
Odysseus is derived from the verb
o
ussomai, which means “to be wroth
against”. H
e is also known
as Ulysses in Latin.
3.2.2
Characters of Odysseus
Odysseus is one of the first Greek
mythic heroes renowned for his brain as well as
his
muscles.
Indeed
he
is
a
man
with
inquiring
mind,
and
he
is
also
a
man
with
outstanding prowess and
bravery.
In the Iliad, Odysseus was one
of the most influential Greek champions during the
Trojan War. Odysseus is frequently
viewed as a man of the mean, renowned for his
self-restraint and diplomatic skills.
3.3 Structure
In
the perspective of writing structure, the first 13
volumes focus on the ten years
of
suffering that Odysseus had had. The story starts
from the discussion that gods
have
on
Mount
Olympus
about
his
fate.
The
gods
of
Olympus
decided
to
set
Odysseus
free to home. For the sake of their will, Calypso,
the sea nymph, released
him after
having delayed
Odysseus for 7 years. In
the last 11 volumes, Odysseus
returned
back
to
home,
and
with
the
help
of
his
son,
Telemachus,
he
killed
the
suitors.
3.4 The
hero’s journey
3.4.1
Ordinary world
To Odysseus in the
Odyssey
, our hero’s ordin
ary
world could not be equivalent with
the
world
we
live
in.
for
this
book
and
the
tale
of
Odysseus,
his
ordinary
world
refers to his living
on the island of Ogygia. For the delays by goddess
calypso, his
journey begins from ending
his 7-years life in Ogygia.
3.4.2 Call to adventure
Odysseus
’ call to adventure
takes place while he is still in his ordinary
world. Hermes
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