From the Sea the Golden Rule

Throughout Odysseus' many adventures in his efforts to return home to Ithaca, Homer describes many various cultures that his title character meets along the way. Though many of these cultures could be identified as subcultures of the Greek world, each has unique qualities that separate it from the other cultures. Chief among these qualities is the set of values and morals that serve to define a culture's viewpoint toward life. This is no different in …

…her description of Phaeacia's respect and piety of the Gods. In each of these values, Phaeacia's seafaring nature shows its hand in the value systems development. The values of the Phaeacian society arise from the society's dependence upon the sea and through it other culture on sea, a revolvement about the Golden Rule, "Treat others as you want others to treat you." Bibliography Works Cited Homer. The Odyssey. Trans. Robert Fagles. New York: Penguin Books, 1996.