Throughout the ages very few things in history have remained constant. Since the time of the ancient Greeks, entire cultures have flourished and died off, many great empires have risen to magnificent power and crumbled to dust, and great wonders have been built, only to be eroded by time and forgotten. Humans have succeeded in retaining only one thing throughout their existence and that is their own human nature. We possess universal human characteristics that …showed first 75 words of 1100 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1100 total…nature. This is what makes The Odyssey relevant after so many hundreds of years. The fundamental elements of what makes us human will never change. Although culture may change radically over time, humanity will always remain constant. Love, greed, and deceit are only a few of the many traits that we share with ancient peoples. Although many modern humans are likely to think that they are different than the ancients, we truly are the same.