What does Homer tell us  about Odysseus as it relates to social evolution?
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Odysseus has been known as a careful and methodical planner. Never hasty to judge. Some things never change and some things are in constant evolutionary movement. The answer lies within knowing what is changing and what is the same. His wit and wisdom have served him well and so long as he continues to use his mind instead of brawn, he will always eventually triumph. He is a perfect example of the biblical passage of "for everything there is a season". This was put to a tune and became the song "Turn, Turn, Turn" most noteably by the Byrds.
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I googled 'Iliad, culture and values' and found out for myself here: http://library.thinkquest.org/19300/data/homersgreece.htm I suggest you do the reading yourself as asking people to tell you the answer will not help you in the long run.
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Note: These characters did not exist in the odyssey by Homer but in the Illiad.  My memory of the movie is a little faded, but I believe this is what you are referring to...\n\nArgument = Who is the fairest of the three goddesses?\n\nHera: Zeus' wife and the mother of Ares and Hephaistus. Hera supports the Greeks in the Iliad, since Paris did not choose her as the fairest goddess. \n\nAthena: The daughter of Zeus, Athena had no mother but rather sprang (fully armed) from Zeus' head. Athena supports the Greeks in the Iliad because she was not chosen by Paris as the fairest goddess.\n\nAphrodite: The daughter of Zeus, Aphrodite was born from the ocean's foam. She is the goddess of love and beauty. Paris chose her has the fairest of the three goddesses. She in turn gave Helen to Paris and (obviously) supports the Trojans in the Iliad.
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Well, did you read "The Odyssey"?   Just interview someone.  Maybe it would help to have a classmate play the role of Odysseus?\n\nIf you want, e-mail me questions and I will answer as if I was him.  I am familiar with the story.\n\nSue
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Odysseus was well known to be the son of Laertes. He sailed before many fathers were born, such as Einstein of Physics or Copernicus of Astronomy.
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Greek mytholigy\nthe story was pased down but Homer was the 1st person to put it in writting so he was given credit
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The Trojan War was a war waged, according to legend, against the city of Troy in Asia Minor by the armies of the Achaeans, following the kidnapping (or elopement) of Helen of Sparta by Paris of Troy. The war is among the most important events in Greek mythology and was narrated in a cycle of epic poems of which only two, the Iliad and the Odyssey of Homer, survive intact. The Iliad describes an episode late in this war, and the Odyssey describes the journey home of one of the Greek leaders, Odysseus. Other parts of the story, and different versions, were elaborated by later Greek poets, and by the Roman poet Virgil in his Aeneid
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I clicked on the link, but I saw that you had already been helped!\n\nPerhaps Odesseus/Ulysses was a comic hero?  I mean, come on!  A big wooden horse to defeat the Trojans?  Somehow I think this was a play on Trojan ego...  Was the giant wooden horse compensating for something?  Sorry.  I love double meanings...
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It is about the Trojan war, and it is called 'Iliad' because it means 'the story of Troy'. It was written by Homer, a Greek, and takes place in about 1255BC. Queen Helen of Sparta, married to King Menelaus, is the most beautiful women in the world. She is (there is controversy about this part) stolen from Sparta by Paris, a prince of Troy. Some think that she went willingly, some don't. But the Iliad doesn't cover that part. It leaps right into the war, because of course Menelaus wants her back! He asks his brother, King Agamemnon of Mycenae, to help him. The war last 10 years, and the Greeks win, thanks to Odysseus, a Greek soldier. The sequel is The Odyssey, also by Homer, and it is the story of Odysseus, who sails for 20 years, trying to get home, and his adventures. His wife, Penelope, refuses to believe he is dead.\nA good 'kid story' of the Iliad is Goddess of Yesterday by Caroline B. Cooney (not the complete story) and a good kid story of the Odyssey is Waiting for Odysseus by Clemence McLaren.
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the Iliad by Homer-thats aslo what the movie "Troy" is based on.
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The "Illiad" by Homer, "Works and Days" , "The Odyssey" , "Hesiod" these are good starts. Also look up "Blindfold on a tightrope" by Ramfus S Firethorn.
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the illiad was homer's story about the trojan war. the odyssey was homer's story of the adventure of oddyesus as he tried to get home from the trojan war. if u want more info, read the books, they're pretty good.
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yes when homer became homer the philosopher
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I show it to my Classical Civilisation class and it does follow the basic story. Most of the bits are in order and they all follow the basic plot. The best bits are Circe, Calypso and the Suitors Challenge. What it wont help you with is learning about Homer's use of language and story telling as you wont be reading it in his words. He mentions lots of other myths and legends that arent in the film version.\nOverall, I thought that the film was really good. It gives you visual help with the way that the book is plotted and helps to flesh out the characters. (PS Cyclops is really funny!).
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As I recall the story her owes absolutley nothing to them...however we may not be talking about the same Agamemnon here T,T Which story is this from the Odyssey or a different one?\ndamnedatehist@gmail.com -e-mail me if u need help
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A friend of mine has been trying to explain rational behavior in terms of evolution and such.  I think you might be interested in reading it.
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If and when the fundamental organizing principle for interactions and transactions between and among members of "our" species becomes the psychology of love in lieu of the psychology of power (which it has been since the inception of "our" species here on earth) then, and only then would the state of affairs implied by your question be possible.\n\nOur is written as it is, i.e. "our", because this, I suggest necessitates a further stage of human evolution, i.e. post-modern homo sapiens.  The question is, which will come first, the required evolutionary process or the extinction of the species homo sapiens?\n\nA further question is, if perchance post-modern homo sapiens does come to fruition, what would "we" be like?  I think that, from time to time, we are provided with glimpses of this from throughout the entire species extant. I also think, that like quality, we know it when we see it, notwithstanding the obstacle posed by current ideas, concepts and perceptions about "human nature" and its possibilities.