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A 7 page paper which examines divine intervention in Homer’s “The Odyssey,” Sophocles’ “Oedipus the King,” and Virgil’s “Aeneid.” No additional sources cited.
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intervention. With ancient literature the gods and the goddesses were very important elements, or characters, within stories and in most cases the characters in the stories could not survive, or
engage in their lives without some divine intervention. In some cases the intervention was positive, for the characters, and in others the divine intervention caused the downfall of the characters.
The following paper examines the divine intervention seen in Homers The Odyssey," Sophocles "Oedipus the King," and Virgils "Aeneid." The essay finishes with a discussion of the three.
Odyssey In Homers Odyssey the main character, as well as his son, are constantly advised and accompanied it seems by a divine being. And, in the beginning of the story
the reader sees how the gods and goddesses are greatly concerned with Ulysses. The story begins: "Ulysses... had now remained seven years in the Island of Calypso, when the gods
assembled in council, proposed the method of his departure from thence and his return to his native country. For this purpose it is concluded to send Mercury to Calypso, and
Pallas immediately descends to Ithaca. She holds a conference with Telemachus, in the shape of Mantes, king of Taphians; in which she advises him to take a journey in quest
of his father Ulysses" (Homer I). From this excerpt it is quite obvious that divine intervention is a powerful part of the story. Without divine intervention Ulysses would
not have left the restraints of Calypso, and Ulysses son Telemachus would not have set upon a journey that would help him learn of his father, as well as help
him learn to be a man. Throughout the story Ulysses seems to constantly be visited by a goddess, Athena, who always offers words of advice, and a sense of
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