In Book 9 Odysseus encounters the Lotus-eaters, whose food causes anyone who eats it to lose his desire to return home. This loss of desire is a kind of “forgetfulness,” as is revealed by two …

The Return is a 2024 drama film directed by Uberto Pasolini and starring Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche. The film is a retelling of the last sections of Homer 's Odyssey as adapted by …

In 1991, Makis Metaxas, a local politician on the Greek island of Kefalonia, discovers a 3000-year-old Mycenaean tomb. Soon, Greece’s leading archeologist, Lazaros Kolonas, begins two …

their homes to strangers. In Part 2, as Odysseus returns home, it is clear that this cultural practice has created some problems. “Twenty years gone, and I am back again . . .” Odysseus has …

The five roles of Odysseus as I list them in these five headlines are extrapolated from Albert Lord’s far-ranging survey of world-wide parallels to the theme of the epic hero’s return in the …

6 days ago · The Odyssey: The Return of Odysseus" recounts the tale of Odysseus's long journey home after the Trojan War, highlighting key events such as the cunning escape from the …

Focusing in particular on myths about Odysseus and other heroes who visited foreign lands on their mythical voyages homeward after the Trojan War, Irad Malkin shows how these stories …

The Return: Directed by Uberto Pasolini. With Charlie Plummer, Juliette Binoche, Ralph Fiennes, Claudio Santamaria. After 20 years Odysseus finally returns to Ithaca, where he finds his wife …

Romare Bearden based this work on Pintoricchio’s Italian Renaissance fresco titled The Return of Odysseus, using collage to bring various physical attributes inspired by Benin masks and …

The Return of Odysseus is the climax of Homer’s Odyssey, a tale of hardship and heroism. Following the victorious Trojan War, numerous perils and hazards delayed the return of King …

Feb 11, 2009 · ’Aυαγυώρισις γàρ διόλov, says Aristotle of the Odyssey, 2 and throughout the poem's second half, with which we are here concerned, there is indeed a series of progressive …

Dec 20, 2024 · At the remaining painting we see the Odysseus in Ithaca killing the suitors during an eclipse of the Sun (Odyssey 20.356-357). Prologue. Homer and his epics, the Iliad and the …

The Return of Odysseus is based upon Homer's epic poem The Odyssey. Following the style of the poem, the story begins in medias res – that is, in the middle of the tale. The first act takes …

In Book 9 Odysseus encounters the Lotus-eaters, whose food causes anyone who eats it to lose his desire to return home.

Jan 22, 2025 · The Odyssey, a renowned epic poem attributed to Homer, narrates the perilous journey of Odysseus, the legendary Greek hero, as he strives to return home to Ithaca after …

The Odyssey (/ ˈ ɒ d ɪ s i /; [1] Ancient Greek: Ὀδύσσεια, romanized: Odýsseia) [2] [3] is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer.It is one of the oldest surviving works …

Dec 6, 2024 · The Return looks for new meaning in Homer's ancient story of Odysseus' return to Ithaca — and to his wife Penelope. We talk to co-stars Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche.

Odysseus Returns: With Makis Metaxas, Morgan Freeman, John G. Younger, Emma Greensmith. Archaeologists have searched Ithaca for the home of King Odysseus for centuries. So, when …

Dec 9, 2024 · The Return, starring Ralph Fiennes as Greek hero Odysseus, is about what happens to the veteran of the Trojan War after his long journey home. As Odysseus struggles …

5 hours ago · Odysseus is what anthropologists call a trickster — a hero who is not originally an epic hero, but someone who, by way of knowing all the norms of society, can violate every …