While the house is usually represented by a physical shelter such as a house, Homer and Euripides in their respective novels The Odyssey and Medea show that the house has much greater importance as a state where one can comfortably express the values ​​and beliefs that define one's identity. Both authors use protagonists far from home. These characters often associate with and depend on other characters they encounter. Since they live under the influence of others, it is not surprising that both protagonists lose their individual identity. Additionally, both protagonists will also deliberately develop a second identity designed to conform to the society in which they live. Since both protagonists are far from home for the majority of both works, it would be appropriate to examine, through specific examples, how both authors relate the lack of home to the absence of individual identity. Both authors show, in examples, the two protagonists of each story dependent and governed by the others they encounter. This creates an involuntary or unwanted loss of identity due to homelessness. Odysseus finds himself lost at sea while trying to return to Ithaca. Although he attempts to return to civilian life, he is still influenced by his experiences as a soldier during the Trojan War. In this state, he causes undue harm to others he encounters through unnecessary violence which further deters him from returning home. From Ilion the wind carried me [toward] the Kikonians. I sacked their city and killed their people…the luck that came to us from Zeus was bad. The dismissal of the Kikonians reveals that Odysseus is still very much immersed in the mentality of war. Before being introduced...... middle of paper ......oss, but specifically in cases where the protagonists are unaware or unwilling to lose their individual identity and in cases where the protagonists deliberately choose to conceal their individual identity using disguises. In the progression of the two stories, the first is seen less often while the second becomes more common as both characters gradually become more aware of the differences between their individual identities and the collective identities of their surroundings, as well as a greater authorial representation of the rigidity of society. by a necessary conformation to a collective identity. Through both works, both authors extend the concept of home beyond the conventional representation as a simple physical structure by giving it meaning as a state where the uniqueness of individual identity can be freely expressed.