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The hero is charged with a quest: Odysseus must go save Helen in the Trojan War.
The hero is tested through adventures with adversaries both terrible and beautiful: Circe, Calypso, Cyclops, lotus eaters, and Helios's cattle.
The hero has supernatural abilities/a special weapon: Odysseus's' bow.
The hero's travels take him to a supernatural world: the underworld.
The hero seeks advice from a wise man: Tiresias the Theban.
The cycle reaches a low point, where the hero nearly gives up his quest: Odysseus's' ship struck down by Zeus and Odysseus washed up onto Calypso's island.
Hero comes to a land where he wins a bridal contest, marries, and becomes a king: Odysseus strings the bow and shoots through the axes.
Restitution: Odysseus kills all the suitors and is reunited with Penelope.
Absence/Devastation/Return: The suitors try to win his wife and eat all of his living and Odysseus returns and kills the suitors.
Fate-the hero's success is fated: Tiresias prophesied Odysseus' success.
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Is Pandora's box considered as an epic story?
No. An Epic is a tale that recounts the deeds and life of a legendary hero, by Pandora's story contains no such hero. Pandora's Box is a myth. The Odyssey is an epic. Beowulf is an epic. The Lord of the Rings is an epic.
Why is The Odyssey an epic story?
The Odyssey is an epic because it is a long Greek narrative that highlights the struggle of the story's hero. Epics are trpically written in a very formal style.
What way in the odyssey an epic?
It has characters that change from cowards to hero's over the course of the story
Does Theseus fit into the epic hero cycle?
Yes, he undergoes the five stages of epic hero development in the novel The King Must Die
In Part II of the Odyssey Odysseus exhibits the traits of an epic hero by doing what?
stringing a bow
The word epic hero in a sentence?
There are epic heroes in epic poems such as the Odyssey
Who is on a epic adventure of a hero on a quest?
Probably a reference to Ulysses, the hero of Homer's epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Why was the name Odyssey chosen for the epic?
It was named after its hero Odysseus.
What is the illidia and the odssey?
The Illiad is a war epic and the odyssey is a journey epic. An epic is a long narrative poem that usually has language that celebrates the triumphs and adventures of a hero. example the illiad and the odyssey
What is the genre of the Odyssey?
The Odyssey is an epic poem that belongs to the genre of ancient Greek literature. It is specifically classified as an epic poem due to its focus on the adventures of the hero Odysseus and its poetic form.
The odyssey is a Greek epic because it is?
A long poem about a great hero and his travels!
Is Pandora's box considered as an epic story?
No. An Epic is a tale that recounts the deeds and life of a legendary hero, by Pandora's story contains no such hero. Pandora's Box is a myth. The Odyssey is an epic. Beowulf is an epic. The Lord of the Rings is an epic.
Why is The Odyssey an epic story?
The Odyssey is an epic because it is a long Greek narrative that highlights the struggle of the story's hero. Epics are trpically written in a very formal style.
What way in the odyssey an epic?
It has characters that change from cowards to hero's over the course of the story
What is The Odyssey a model for?
Odysseus is a model of an epic hero which is diffrent from a hero we might think of now a days because the odyssey has been told for so long that it's just well... EPIC. The traits that oddyseus carys also cause him to be epic but nobody cares about that part. (except teachers)
Does Theseus fit into the epic hero cycle?
Yes, he undergoes the five stages of epic hero development in the novel The King Must Die
In Part II of the Odyssey Odysseus exhibits the traits of an epic hero by doing what?
stringing a bow
