Word: odysseus
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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...think back to the eighteenth century or the Italian Renaissance, it is obvious that in our day and generation, the Classics are somewhat in eclipse. But there have been times when the clouds were even more thickly about them. As Odysseus remarked to his soul, "Bear it, brave heart; thou hast borne harder things than this." To those who know what treasures are laid up in the literatures of Greece and Rome, what opportunities for a culture at once nobly aristocratic and broadly human, there is no question that however long deferred, the day of the ancients will come again...
...important characters of the 'Iliad' are men, while those of the 'Odyssey' are women, but the great moral theme of the former is courage embodied in Achilles, while that of the 'Odyssey' is the ability of a strong man. 'Odysseus, to overcome obstacles. He matches himself against for universe and wins...