In the
Odyssey,
Homer has being the "
return home from Troy by sea." can be told by those who experienced it themselves, or there are simply instances in which it is present. Those who told their adventures on the sea on their journey back home from Troy were
Menelaus,
Nestor, and Odysseus. Those three recount their adventures to others in the epic. With Menelaus, in Book Four, he tells of his time in Egypt and other irregular stops. He did not stop at just his but he told of Agamemnon's fatal in great detail as well as a small section of Odysseus' journey. Nestor gives more on Menelaus' and his journey home with Odysseus and Menelaus. Here Nestor made it evident to the audience that his and
Diomedes's journey home was a perfect , they had no real issues, which was quite different from
Agamemnon's. This great difference shows how different each hero's journey home could be. In these instances where is simply present and not told by the individual in the
Odyssey, there is an intention to reach a specific destination and some other force blowing the characters off course and arrive in unexpected places on their journey to their home. At that point Odysseus warned the men of the consequences of eating the cattle, yet they did it anyway. This situation took away their by ending their homeward journey. Not all Greek heroes experience .
Achilles' is unique in the
Iliad; this is because he knows himself that he will not have a , creating a greater difference between him and the other heroes, such as Odysseus. Achilles knows that he has two options when it comes to the Trojan Warhe can either die in the battle with glory and have a short life, or not participate and live a long yet insignificant life. In the ninth book, he says "my has perished, but my will be unwilting". In this instance, he has chosen the route of glory and says he will not return home because he is destined to die in battle.
and Odysseus Odysseus was able to tell his own story of his since he has survived. Odysseus was able to tell part of his to the Phaeacians, and the length of his journey shows how difficult it can be to achieve . This arrival and telling of his tales is significant, even though he has not reached home. After Odysseus and his companions leave Circe's palace safely his crew members show their happiness by saying "we rejoice for you saved yourself, nourished by
Zeus, as much as if we had reached Ithaca," which shows the comparison of escaping to returning home. meant several different things in this epic: escaping death, safe landings, returning home from war, and being back home. Each meaning is evident in the hero's return, at which point the idea of escaping death from war remained in his forethought. These meanings all resemble , and when heroes are on their journey back they will be celebrated for having the ultimate upon arrival. ==Modern times==