odyssey
The Hero's Journey is never an easy one. This particular journey, as detailed in Homer's The Odyssey, is one of struggle, loss, heartache, pain, growth and triumph. It is comprised of many steps that Odysseus has to overcome and battle through in order to achieve his final goal of reaching his home and his loved ones. From the Call to Adventure to the Freedom or Gift of living, Odysseus conquered them all. The story begins in the middle of the story, as many of the oral Greek traditions did, with the Journey of Telemachus to find his father. Although Telemachus has not yet met his father, it is almost as if they are journeying together, where the end of both of their journeys results in being reunited. Telemachus journeys from being a boy to becoming a man, while out in the sea Odysseus is battling Poseidon to return to the home that wife that he loves and the home he has left behind. The first step in any hero's journey is the Call to Adventure, or the seperation from the pack. For Odysseus this call happened while he was on Calypso's Island. Up on Olympus Athena had convinced Zeus of her case and Hermes was dispatched to free Odysseus from Calypso's grasp. Odysseus was settled he
Athena was by Odysseus' side as a guide for much of the beginning of his Journey. This stage seperates Odysseus once agaian from what has become familiar to him. Odysseus finally gets back to Ithaca safely but it is not the same as when he left it. With numerous foes, allies, trials, and tribulations the hero journeys through a series of tests before he can proceed. The Phaecians will become the Allies that Odysseus needs to help him get through this journey. The run in with the son of Poseidon, the Cyclops, an island of cannibals, his outwitting of Circe, his journey to the land of the dead, the monsters and gods that were battled against and the account of such adventures drives the Phaecians to help Odysseus on the rest of his way home. After a series of challenges the hero must then enter the abyss, this is where his greatest challenges lie. For Odysseus the first of these trials is when Poseidon realizes his presence in the open waters and begins to release his wrath upon him once again. Odysseus being nearly drowned is saved once again by the aid of the gray-eyed Athena when she helps him to land on the island of Scheria, home of the Phaecians. She did so knowing that this was impossible for any man but her husband, Odysseus. So together Odysseus and Telemachus go to their home and begin their plan to take on the suitors. Telemachus got summoned to branch out from his mother and his home to venture out on a journey of his own. Somehow in this story, although Odysseus was not directly in Telemachus' life, Odysseus did teach Telemachus how to be a man. She was right, and the tournament ensued while the men tried to string the bow, but they could not. It was Odysseus' absence and hope of his return that was the driving force for Telemachus, and which made him eventually grow into manhood.
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