The Odyssey and It's Relation to the Greek Ideal Of a Sound Mind and Body
Title: The Odyssey and It's Relation to the Greek Ideal Of a Sound Mind and Body
Category: /Literature/Poetry
Details: Words: 1159 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Odyssey and It's Relation to the Greek Ideal Of a Sound Mind and Body
Category: /Literature/Poetry
Details: Words: 1159 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
This is a good essay- just got penelized for not runnin the old spell check Good Essay.....silly errors
How Is The Greek Idea of a Sound
Mind and Body Essential for The
Successful Characters of The Odyssey?
If one were to only have a very fit and strong body, lacking mental ability, to the Greeks it would not suffice. If a man were merely smart and intelligent, without much physical capability, the Greeks would …showed first 75 words of 1159 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1159 total…goal in the end. On the other-hand, the ones that lacked either a sound mind or body, failed. Odysseus and Telemachos were able to find each other and win back their home, while the suitors and even Achilles were robbed of their lives. It is a fact that a sound mind and body were an essential ideal in the ancient Greek society and The Odyssey. How would today's society differ if these values held true?
