Classics: Epic Poetry during Homeric Greek and Augustus Rome: "The Odyssey," Homer I thought sexual discrimination was

I thought sexual discrimination was too backward and too stupid to last

Theme: Resolution of Conflict: man v

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the hospitality and hostile tribes of the Mediterranean

Classics: Epic Poetry during Homeric Greek and Augustus Rome: "The Odyssey," Homer I thought sexual discrimination wasPossibly the greatest Epic Poem of all time.  Fagles provides an excellent translation adaptable to the HS Classroom.  Written by Homer, and a sequel to The Iliad, the story traces Odysseus, after the Trojan War, and his efforts to "Get Back Home." Many other stories similar to this makes The Odyssey a blueprint archetype for Adventure stories.  In fact the first six books of The Aeneid, by Virgil mirror Odysseus' journey