Odysseus & Rama

Odysseus vs . Rama

Two exciting epics that are widely read and well-known across the globe hold many likenesses between the heroes . The Odyssey by Homer and The Ramayana by Valmiki , tell the tales of two heroes who hold many similarities between them even as their stories differ . Both poems are epics because their heroes are great men , well-known to their worlds both suffer long difficult journeys , and both are aided by as well as taunted by gods and goddesses of their religions and cultures . But in the end both men overcome great

tragedy and catastrophes to rightfully rule as kings of their own lands

Odysseus and Rama were both strong warriors of great stature . Athena speaks of Odysseus to his son and calls him a mighty man (Homer Odyssey , Book I ,p .7 . Griffith describes Rama as Tall and broad-shouldered , strong of limb (Griffith , Book I , stz .1 ) who has .massive jaw and ample chest ' and strong arms reach below his knee (Griffith , Book I , stz .1 . Throughout the story these men both are challenged and use their great strength of the warrior to defeat their challengers . Odysseus is challenged by the sea many times and with great strength survives the power of the sea against him . In the house of King Alcinous he describes many a plight where he fought against the drowning waves and the storms of Poseidon . .Zeus with white bolt crushed my swift ship and cleft it in the midst of the wine-dark deep...