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The Odyssey This is a poem that can be truly called of epic proportions. We experience so much, through the talent of Homer, as he relates the tale of a dashing hero Odysseus. Of course, he is no dashing hero as we might consider one of the great heroes of our time. Instead, this hero not only embodied the very ideal of the Grecian pattern of thought, but he was a figure meant for teaching. Children would gather around a storyteller's feet as he related the events that would transpire through our hero's life. More specifically is the time that Odysseus spent as he traveled toward his home, Ithaca. This would last for a period of about ten years, following the Trojan War. Odysseus, as he did embody all of Greek's ideas of a perfect person, had defeated his adversaries with ease. With victory under their belts, his...

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