group A, week #2 blog Odyssey

In this weeks reading of The Odyssey I learned what Odysseus accomplishes out of shooting the arrow through the axeheads. All the other suitors did not even come close to shooting the arrow through the twelve axeheads and Odysseus did it on his first try with ease. Since athleticism and nobility go hand in hand in this book, it proves that Odysseus is more noble and athletic than the rest of the suitors. This also proves that Odysseus is superior to the suitors since he is the only one who could do this nearly impossible task.  The suitors were shooting for nobility even though they were not living a noble life. The book turned from an athletic contest to violence real quick because the suitors were not sophrosynic like Odysseus. The suitors were finally faced with an athletic competition and failed. Odysseus did not have any mercy for any of the suitors because none of the suitors were whole minded and athletes.

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  1. UnknownSeptember 19, 2018 at 9:58 AM

    I thought that it was very interesting how Odysseus only reveals himself by winning the competition. It really highlights his athletic prowess and shows how unathletic the lazy suitors are from sitting around all day and eating. The suitors are also greedy, ungrateful, and unpleasant people who are long past their days of once being athletic while fighting in the Trojan War. I like how you mention how Odysseus is sophrosynistic unlike the suitors and this is why he was able to defeat all of them.

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 23, 2018 at 8:49 PM

    Odysseus is known for his athleticism and can prove how athletic he is with ease. After destroying the suitors does this make Odysseus that greatest athlete in Greece? The Phaikians were known as the city of champions. They had even wanted Odysseus to return to him home land and let everybody know what great champions they were. So after beating the suitors, is Odysseus the greatest athlete in Greece?

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