Author Archives: h.tung

“Father, what happened to the donkey the ox and the merchant?” There was once a prosperous and wealthy merchant who lived in the countryside and labored on a farm. He owned many sorts of animals and also employed many men, … Continue reading →

Odysseus and the Sirens-John William Waterhouse 1891 Odysseus And the Sirens-Leon Belly 1867 Both of these paintings depict the scene where Odysseus meets the Sirens, who attempt to seduce him. Both painters use feminine faces but Waterhouse has his Sirens … Continue reading →

Book IX,page 437, lines 526-533 For the purposes of this assignment, I used fate and destiny interchangeably. Odysseus’s journey throughout the Odyssey is a long, meandering path that forks at many turns, due to both his own actions and those of … Continue reading →