What is the role of family in the odyssey? what values characterize the relationship between fathers and sons? you may wish to compare and contrast some of the father and son pairs in the epic (odysseus and telemachus, laertes and odysseus, poseidon and polyphemus, nestor and pisistratus, eupithes and antinous). how does homer portray the idea of continuity between generations?

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Kolby Durham

6 April, 16:09

What is the role of family in the odyssey? what values characterize the relationship between fathers and sons? you may wish to compare and contrast some of the father and son pairs in the epic (odysseus and telemachus, laertes and odysseus, poseidon and polyphemus, nestor and pisistratus, eupithes and antinous). how does homer portray the idea of continuity between generations?

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Adrianna Knox · Answer 1

The fathers give education to their sons, they learn how to survive and how to fight on wars and in life, how to live and how to do, it was an important part of son's culture and life