![]() ![]() ![]() He implies that Helen’s beauty caused the Trojan War and because of her a lot of people died in the war or suffered from the war a lot. But Homer also mentions about the danger of her beauty. In The Odyssey Helen’s beauty is reflected as a wonderful, attractive beauty. It emphasizes that she is such a beautiful woman that she can be in the same level of beauty with a goddess, which shows that how an elevated language is used in epic poem to realize its aim. In The Odyssey Helen is compared to a goddess, Artemis, for her beauty “striking as Artemis”(135).This metaphor helps the audience imagine and convince about her beauty. But their ways of description of her beauty separate from each other. Homer and Sappho accept the greatness of Helen’ beauty. Helen is described as the most beautiful woman in both The Odyssey and in Sappho’s poem Fr. Helen’s beauty is one of the descriptions of Helen. Helen’s descriptions differently in The Odyssey and in Sappho’s poem reveal the difference between epic and lyric poetry in an effective way. Helen, who is the one of the important characters in ancient Greek literature, is the one of the vehicle of epic and lyric poetry to demonstrate this difference. 16, the lyric poem of Sappho is the best example of the difference between lyric and epic poetry. The epic poem The Odyssey by Homer and Fr. The separation between epic and lyric poetry can be seen in ancient Greek literature. (This essay has been selected Best Short Paper by a Freshman in 2005-2006 Academic Year Student Awards for Excellence in Writing)Įpic and lyric poetry are the types of poetry, which differ from each other in their structures, their purposes in poetry for conveying their message to the reader. For example, if Enkidu had been more afraid of the wrath of the gods, he might not have taken the reckless course of action that led to the gods punishing him.Different Reflections of Helen by Homer and Sappho The epic portrays fear as beneficial when it protects us from harm. The gods in The Epic of Gilgameshtry to frighten humans to prevent them from destroying what is sacred. How do we, as readers, make sense of this shift? Later on, however, he becomes terrified of death (Tablets 8-11), but, at the same time, becomes incredibly courageous in facing danger on his quest. In the beginning of the epic, Gilgamesh is unafraid of death (Tablet 2) but can sometimes get afraid before doing deeds of physical bravery-as when he starts crying right outside the Cedar Forest at the end of Tablet 4.Since the gods can't die, what are the gods afraid of? For the humans in the poem, the ultimate source of fear is the fear of death. The Epic of Gilgamesh portrays both gods and humans as experiencing fear.But does the epic always portray fear as a bad thing? Or can it have some benefits, too? The last four books of the epic (8-11) center on Gilgamesh's need to overcome his fear of death.Isn't he afraid of Enlil? Does he do this out of fear at what Humbaba might do to them if they don't kill him? Or, is he afraid that Humbaba may replace Enkidu as Gilgamesh's BFF-which is what Humbaba seems to be offering to Gilgamesh? Even though Enkidu knows that the god Enlil has deliberately appointed Humbaba to be the terrifying guardian of the Cedar Forest, he still encourages Gilgamesh to strike a final death blow.In fact, the entire second part of the poem features Gilgamesh dealing with the second most feared thing in the world-death (the only thing the average person finds more terrifying is speaking in public). And, poor Gilgamesh has a lot to be afraid of once the adrenaline from all his adventures wears off. But, seriously, this whole epic deals us one freaky thing after another. Okay, you got us-that's a lot more than one exhibit. ![]() Exhibit A: Humbaba, Scorpion dudes, scary dreams, the edge of the world. The Epic of Gilgamesh is chock full of things to be afraid of. ![]()
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