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Who is odysseus's mother in Homer's The Odyssey?

She is Anticleia who Odysseus visits in the underworld. She died of grief wait for him to come home from fighting in Troy.


What did Poseidon do for Odysseus to win the battle?

He Makes a sea monster come out of the ocean and eat the person from Troy who says to not except the Trojan horse but because he got eaten by the sea monster the king thinks that he is lying and takes the horse into the city of Troy then Odysseus and his men set Troy on fire and win the Trojan war


Where did the term Trojan horse virus come from?

The term, Trojan horse, comes from Homer's Iliad, which tells of the Trojan War. To defeat the enemy, Odysseus and his men build a giant wooden horse, place it in front of Troy's gates and hide inside. The Trojans accept the gift as a sign of surrender bring it inside their walls. They celebrate and get drunk. At night, when the town was asleep, Odysseus and his men come out from inside the horse. They open the city gates to let in more Greek troops and then destroy the city of Troy, winning the war.


What can be learned from the defeat of Odysseus and his men at Ismarus?

Odysseus' men are undisciplined and battle-drunk from their victories at Troy. Odysseus made errors in command by not insisting that the men come back. Odysseus and his men can be defeated if countered with enough force. People who endlessly pursue war will eventually be beaten.


How old was Telemachus when Odysseus returned from Troy?

Oh, dude, Telemachus was around 20 years old when Odysseus finally made it back from his wild adventures in Troy. Like, can you imagine waiting that long for your dad to come home? Talk about a serious case of FOMO.


What was Odysseus plan to attack troy with a wooden horse?

His plan was to make a wooden horse as a gift from the gods (Troy thought the gods killed the Greeks) to troy and hide in the horse so the Trojans would bring it in their city. So at night they got out of the horse and open the gates so the other Greeks can come in and raid Troy


Where did Odysseus come from?

Odysseus was the king of Ithaca.


Does the story of Odysseus come first or The Odyssey?

The story of Odysseus is the Odyssey.


How does Odysseus tell the shepherd about his identity and intentions?

He is sure that odysseus will come back


Who described the trojan war?

The most frequently cited and well-known of the accounts come from Homer and Virgil. Homer wrote the Iliad, which covered the final year of the siege of Troy, and the Odyssey, which is more or less a sequel, covering the events after the fall of Troy and the return of Odysseus to his home. Virgil wrote the Aeneid, which was an account of the fall of Troy and the travels of a small band of refugees led by Aeneas.


Where did Odysseus' name come from?

In the Odyssey Odysseus' name means 'son of pain' and his father named him Odysseus because his grandfather suggested it.


What city did Aeneas come from?

troy