Nature Of The Wolf In The Odyssey

The Creation (pg 3-5): (1) The character of the creator almost appears nonchalant as it allowed for Nature, the less kindlier supernatural force, to reign over the “shapelessness chaos” for a seemingly long time until he steps in and confines everything to order, such as “settling arguments.” This shows that he could’ve “shaped” the universe long ago, but chose to let chaos reign for an unknown amount of time. (2) The speaker seems to have no doubt that what he is saying is, in fact, the truth, however, he doesn’t have any sort of emotion given in his exposé, leading me to believe that he’s indifferent, rather than confident, in this revelation. (3) When you remove the creator from the story, you also remove any divine sort of connotation

(2) As seen in The Odyssey, Athena uses the power of transformation to help Telemachus and Odysseus. Her transformations are those of a kind nature, of her true nature, whereas Lycaon is of a wicked nature, as wolves are commonly associated with fear when wandering the woods, for example. (3) I believe Ovid is suggesting that the savage rapacious nature of wolves stems from human beings. Wolves and humans share negative traits such as lust for power and domination. Western culture often demonizes wolves for that characteristic, but most people don’t realize that we also share that trait. Because humans and wolves are headstrong and dominant creatures, it is not surprising that their instincts clash. (4) The mythological significance of lycanthropy is that there is an instinctual mindset within every animal, whether they be beast or

(2) Young people want to experience new things, get a grasp for the world. Older people would rather stick with the same routine that they’ve gotten used to. (3) Phaethon disregards his father’s warning because of his urgent desire to prove to the disbelievers that his father is the Sun God. (4) In this story, Ovid acknowledges that the Sun revolves around the earth and is “pulled” by a force, in this instance, a chariot rather than gravity. We see the Sun laggardly inching its way across the Earth. Furthermore, evaporation of water, deforestation, and atmosphere depletion are all recognized in this story. (5) Flying horses are typically known as pegasuses. The sun’s stallions could be considered similar to Santa’s reindeer, since they’re both creatures that do not actually fly in reality, they have been given names, and can only be controlled by one figure. (6) If not for the Greek era, then we might’ve imagined cross species animals in the Renaissance, as it brings about a second Greek era, and atone for the ideas not yet created. (7) Ovid is saying that oftentimes, humans tend to bite off more than they can chew. As for leadership, Ovid acknowledges that some youths may be overzealous in their ambitions to rise through the ranks and take off impossible responsibility. (8) Ovid is not using horses in the same metaphorical fashion as Socrates. The horses in