Odyssey Penelope and Odysseus as Archetypes

Penelope The Odyssey provides readers an illustration of the archetype Greek and is the defining example of how life existed in Greek Society. Every prominent civilization throughout the history of man has been able to look to archetypes within their own society for an example of how to live an idealized life. The process of finding role models has changed over time. Today, Americans find role models in sports, the entertainment industry, and church. The …

…they looked at each other as gods. Without implying The Odyssey as a bible it is just one of the first books that show people how to live a good life. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Kabanova, Irina, Archetypes, Odysseus, 1985 http://archetype.webjump.com/ Parada, Carlos, Penelope, December 6,2000 http://www.hsa.brown.edu/~maicar/Penelope.html e. Griffin, Jasper, Homer, The Odyssey. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1987. Homer, The Odyssey. trans by Robert Fagles, New York: Penguin Group, 1996.