Appearance of Women in Odyssey

<Tab/><Tab/><Tab/><Tab/><Tab/><Tab/><Tab/> Looking back on women in ancient civilizations we see a variety of different ways in which they have been regarded. In ancient Greece, women were mostly subservient to men; yet, in writing the Odyssey Homer gives us a slightly broader …

…story. The fact that women, no matter how important they are to the story, are still used as a foil or background against which the poet is able to illustrate a certain quality of men. The women are there to help the reader dive deeper in the male psyche. This enables the reader to better understand the trials and tribulations of the novel, which in turn makes Homer's two epics so widely read and enjoyed.