The Odyssey – Character List Odysseus: The protagonist of the
... Melantho: Sister of Melanthius and maidservant in Odysseus’s palace. Like her brother, Melantho abuses the beggar in the palace, not knowing that the man is Odysseus. She is having an affair with Eurymachus. Calypso: The beautiful nymph who falls in love with Odysseus when he lands on her islandhom ...
... Melantho: Sister of Melanthius and maidservant in Odysseus’s palace. Like her brother, Melantho abuses the beggar in the palace, not knowing that the man is Odysseus. She is having an affair with Eurymachus. Calypso: The beautiful nymph who falls in love with Odysseus when he lands on her islandhom ...
CHAPTER 12 A DIFFERENT KIND OF HERO: THE QUEST OF
... Mediterranean by a deterioration of the Nordic climate around 1600 B.C. that prompted a mass exodus south by the members of the local Bronze Age culture who brought their tales of war with them. Vinci supports his claims by pointing out that the weather in the Homeric poems is always cold and foggy, ...
... Mediterranean by a deterioration of the Nordic climate around 1600 B.C. that prompted a mass exodus south by the members of the local Bronze Age culture who brought their tales of war with them. Vinci supports his claims by pointing out that the weather in the Homeric poems is always cold and foggy, ...
1 THE FIVE MINUTE ILIAD The Iliad by Homer (700 B.C.) No, my
... But if you're a man who eats the crops of the earth, a mortal born for death — here, come closer, the sooner you will meet your day to die! Homer (no relation) was a blind poet who lived in Greece around the ninth or eighth century B.C., and, as a result of the curious Greek dating system, was appar ...
... But if you're a man who eats the crops of the earth, a mortal born for death — here, come closer, the sooner you will meet your day to die! Homer (no relation) was a blind poet who lived in Greece around the ninth or eighth century B.C., and, as a result of the curious Greek dating system, was appar ...
Synopsis of The Penelopiad
... The second act begins with a moment between the ghosts of Penelope and Helen in the underworld. Helen is on her way to take a bath (despite the fact that they don't have bodies) with a flock of warrior ghosts following her. Helen bathes in front of the ghosts as a form of repayment, since she caused ...
... The second act begins with a moment between the ghosts of Penelope and Helen in the underworld. Helen is on her way to take a bath (despite the fact that they don't have bodies) with a flock of warrior ghosts following her. Helen bathes in front of the ghosts as a form of repayment, since she caused ...
Odyssey Background
... used highly formalized language to chant the stories in public performances. The songs gave audiences a vision of their ancestors, always greater than their contemporaries, living in a more glorious world, who defined the heroic code for the listeners. The stories themselves are set around 1200 ...
... used highly formalized language to chant the stories in public performances. The songs gave audiences a vision of their ancestors, always greater than their contemporaries, living in a more glorious world, who defined the heroic code for the listeners. The stories themselves are set around 1200 ...
The Iliad By Homer I. Homer invokes the Muse Calliope, Muse of
... Menelaus steps forward, but Agamemnon stops him. Nestor exhorts the Greeks; 7 step forward; Great Ajax is selected. Before the end of the battle, heralds sent by Zeus call off the battle because it is night. The heroes exchange armor and become friends. The two sides agree on a day of truce to bury ...
... Menelaus steps forward, but Agamemnon stops him. Nestor exhorts the Greeks; 7 step forward; Great Ajax is selected. Before the end of the battle, heralds sent by Zeus call off the battle because it is night. The heroes exchange armor and become friends. The two sides agree on a day of truce to bury ...
Suppliant, Guest, and the Power of Zeus in Homeric Epic
... poems describe supplication in similar terms, there is a striking difference between the outcomes of supplication scenes in the Iliad and the Odyssey: most supplications in the Odyssey are successful, while the Iliad’s suppliants, in all cases but one, fail. In his 1973 article “Hiketeia”, John Goul ...
... poems describe supplication in similar terms, there is a striking difference between the outcomes of supplication scenes in the Iliad and the Odyssey: most supplications in the Odyssey are successful, while the Iliad’s suppliants, in all cases but one, fail. In his 1973 article “Hiketeia”, John Goul ...
Athenas Daughter
... athena's daughters is a collection of short speculative fiction by some of the industry's best female authors. ATHENA | RIORDAN WIKI | FANDOM POWERED BY WIKIA Fri, 21 Apr 2017 18:27:00 GMT athena is the greek virgin goddess of wisdom, handicrafts, useful arts, and battle strategy. she is the daughte ...
... athena's daughters is a collection of short speculative fiction by some of the industry's best female authors. ATHENA | RIORDAN WIKI | FANDOM POWERED BY WIKIA Fri, 21 Apr 2017 18:27:00 GMT athena is the greek virgin goddess of wisdom, handicrafts, useful arts, and battle strategy. she is the daughte ...
Books 1-4 Honors1
... 2. Why is it important for Telemachus to meet Nestor in particular? What does he seem to represent? 3. Describe some ways in which Telemachus is like his father. How did Nestor describe him? How does Nestor treat Telemachus? 4. What does Telemachus learn from Nestor about his father? 5. Why is it im ...
... 2. Why is it important for Telemachus to meet Nestor in particular? What does he seem to represent? 3. Describe some ways in which Telemachus is like his father. How did Nestor describe him? How does Nestor treat Telemachus? 4. What does Telemachus learn from Nestor about his father? 5. Why is it im ...
Interpreting Athena: Ancient Times and Now
... characters, gods and goddesses, are given human attributes. They represent certain ideals as well as exhibit the duality of human nature. But the goddesses are more difficult to interpret than the gods because although they may appear to be womanly, their powers are nearly always taken from the acce ...
... characters, gods and goddesses, are given human attributes. They represent certain ideals as well as exhibit the duality of human nature. But the goddesses are more difficult to interpret than the gods because although they may appear to be womanly, their powers are nearly always taken from the acce ...
Iliad Teacher`s Guide
... Long considered one of the greatest written works, the Iliad was an epic poem possibly written by Homer, detailing the Trojan War. It was a blend of fact, legend, and myth, originally composed in ancient Greek. Translators have since presented it in prose so that it reads like a novel. The fact is t ...
... Long considered one of the greatest written works, the Iliad was an epic poem possibly written by Homer, detailing the Trojan War. It was a blend of fact, legend, and myth, originally composed in ancient Greek. Translators have since presented it in prose so that it reads like a novel. The fact is t ...
Oedipus of many pains: Strategies of contest in Homeric poetry
... the equally important investigation into what stories are told, how those should be understood, and why they are told where they are. The Oedipus story is mentioned in only one other place in Homeric poetry, at Il. 23.679. 4 Thebes itself is not much more popular, though Diomedes’ heritage as the so ...
... the equally important investigation into what stories are told, how those should be understood, and why they are told where they are. The Oedipus story is mentioned in only one other place in Homeric poetry, at Il. 23.679. 4 Thebes itself is not much more popular, though Diomedes’ heritage as the so ...
Representations of Achilles - Sydney Open Journals online
... political message underlies Belisarius' advice, echoing the period in which this version was written: when Constantinople is no longer a great city. Later on the poet will attribute this to the lack of people like Belisarius (11. 964-5). Two other versions (c, L) merely note that Belisarius advised ...
... political message underlies Belisarius' advice, echoing the period in which this version was written: when Constantinople is no longer a great city. Later on the poet will attribute this to the lack of people like Belisarius (11. 964-5). Two other versions (c, L) merely note that Belisarius advised ...
Study Questions CP Iliad
... in an attempt to make him invulnerable, as she herself was. However, when it came time for Achilles’ fated death, the hero was wounded in his heel. Thus today we use the phrase “Achilles heel” to represent someone’s main weakness. Example: Long shots were the athletes Achilles heel, for he made almo ...
... in an attempt to make him invulnerable, as she herself was. However, when it came time for Achilles’ fated death, the hero was wounded in his heel. Thus today we use the phrase “Achilles heel” to represent someone’s main weakness. Example: Long shots were the athletes Achilles heel, for he made almo ...
Chapter Eight, Lecture One
... • Where she came ashore as the “foam” goddess. • The story of Pygmalion, king of Cyprus King of Cyprus • Disgusted by the profligate women of Cyprus • Aphrodite gives his statue (Galatea?) life • Their son is Paphos, name for a city sacred to Aphrodite ...
... • Where she came ashore as the “foam” goddess. • The story of Pygmalion, king of Cyprus King of Cyprus • Disgusted by the profligate women of Cyprus • Aphrodite gives his statue (Galatea?) life • Their son is Paphos, name for a city sacred to Aphrodite ...
Helen`s Autopsy: A Forensic Approach to Myth in
... didn’t go to Troy, and caused him to go blind until he defended her name. However, Herodotus was the first to argue, based on evidence, that Helen was never at Troy, that the historic battle for her recovery was senseless, and, just as important, that Homer had known this, and chose to lie about it. ...
... didn’t go to Troy, and caused him to go blind until he defended her name. However, Herodotus was the first to argue, based on evidence, that Helen was never at Troy, that the historic battle for her recovery was senseless, and, just as important, that Homer had known this, and chose to lie about it. ...
Karl Johan Granholm - AncestryFootprints
... “years”, which has little to do with the reality of our 365-day years. I have chosen one such program as a starting point for this book. Several others have been used, and as can be expected, there are a lot of conflicting information, from which I have had to choose as best I can. It is fairly well ...
... “years”, which has little to do with the reality of our 365-day years. I have chosen one such program as a starting point for this book. Several others have been used, and as can be expected, there are a lot of conflicting information, from which I have had to choose as best I can. It is fairly well ...
Masterpieces of Ancient Greek Literature
... a. Western culture owes much to the Greeks in such areas as language, law, medicine, and philosophy, in addition to literature. b. To study the Greeks is a valuable lesson in what we can call cultural literacy. 3. Yet no matter which Greeks we are considering (and we will, indeed, encounter a wide d ...
... a. Western culture owes much to the Greeks in such areas as language, law, medicine, and philosophy, in addition to literature. b. To study the Greeks is a valuable lesson in what we can call cultural literacy. 3. Yet no matter which Greeks we are considering (and we will, indeed, encounter a wide d ...
From Helen of Sparta to Helen of Troy
... relationship with Paris is not legitimate. In the Iliad, Helen tells Aphrodite that the Trojan women will reproach her if she joins Paris in bed (3.411-12). While Helen looks tense and uncomfortable under the curious eyes of the Trojans, Paris is positively beaming. The scene shifts to the royal pa ...
... relationship with Paris is not legitimate. In the Iliad, Helen tells Aphrodite that the Trojan women will reproach her if she joins Paris in bed (3.411-12). While Helen looks tense and uncomfortable under the curious eyes of the Trojans, Paris is positively beaming. The scene shifts to the royal pa ...
The Nosos of Athens: Disease and Healing in Sophocles
... the physical malady, but still in need of a cure? The healing method used for an ailing individual seeking help at the temple of Asclepius involved a dream. Perhaps the healing of the city through poetry – like Aristotle’s famous idea of catharsis – is what Sophocles hoped for in his work towards th ...
... the physical malady, but still in need of a cure? The healing method used for an ailing individual seeking help at the temple of Asclepius involved a dream. Perhaps the healing of the city through poetry – like Aristotle’s famous idea of catharsis – is what Sophocles hoped for in his work towards th ...
9-Weeks Test will be over the “Odyssey,” Thursday, 3/10. Material
... 8. What was the Trojan War? a. The Trojan War was a war that Odysseus started when Polyphemus prayed to his father, Poseidon. b. The Trojan War was a war that lasted 20 years and made it difficult for Odysseus to come back because the aftermath created a cloud in the atmosphere, making it almost im ...
... 8. What was the Trojan War? a. The Trojan War was a war that Odysseus started when Polyphemus prayed to his father, Poseidon. b. The Trojan War was a war that lasted 20 years and made it difficult for Odysseus to come back because the aftermath created a cloud in the atmosphere, making it almost im ...
THE - My CCSD
... palace, and when you've found it do not hesitate. Come straight into the hall and seek out my mother. "She'll be seated by the fire. Clasp her knees. If she accepts your supplication, you're as good as home." ...
... palace, and when you've found it do not hesitate. Come straight into the hall and seek out my mother. "She'll be seated by the fire. Clasp her knees. If she accepts your supplication, you're as good as home." ...
T H E I L L U S T R A T E D O D Y S S E Y FROM THE CREATORS O
... glorious arts and crafts, typified by the golden masks found on the site of ancient Mycenae. The myths go back at least as far as this era, known as the Mycenaean. It is also known as the Heroic Age. As the time of the heroes gave way to the dim centuries of violence, ruins and abandoned dwellings l ...
... glorious arts and crafts, typified by the golden masks found on the site of ancient Mycenae. The myths go back at least as far as this era, known as the Mycenaean. It is also known as the Heroic Age. As the time of the heroes gave way to the dim centuries of violence, ruins and abandoned dwellings l ...
odyssey - Mythweb
... Back before the Dark Age, kingdoms had produced glorious arts and crafts, typified by the golden masks found on the site of ancient Mycenae. The myths go back at least as far as this era, known as the Mycenaean. It is also known as the Heroic Age. As the time of the heroes gave way to the dim centur ...
... Back before the Dark Age, kingdoms had produced glorious arts and crafts, typified by the golden masks found on the site of ancient Mycenae. The myths go back at least as far as this era, known as the Mycenaean. It is also known as the Heroic Age. As the time of the heroes gave way to the dim centur ...
Troy
Troy (Ancient Greek: Ἴλιον, Ilion, or Ἴλιος, Ilios; and Τροία, Troia; Latin: Trōia and Īlium; Hittite: Wilusa or Truwisa; Turkish: Truva) was a city situated in what is known from Classical sources as Asia Minor, now northwest Anatolia in modern Turkey, located south of the southwest end of the Dardanelles/Hellespont and northwest of Mount Ida at Hisarlık. It is the setting of the Trojan War described in the Greek Epic Cycle and especially in the Iliad, one of the two epic poems attributed to Homer. Metrical evidence from the Iliad and the Odyssey seems to show that the name Ἴλιον (Ilion) formerly began with a digamma: Ϝίλιον (Wilion). This was later supported by the Hittite form Wilusa.A new capital called Ilium was founded on the site in the reign of the Roman Emperor Augustus. It flourished until the establishment of Constantinople and declined gradually during the Byzantine era.In 1865, English archaeologist Frank Calvert excavated trial trenches in a field he had bought from a local farmer at Hisarlık, and in 1868, Heinrich Schliemann, a wealthy German businessman and archaeologist, also began excavating in the area after a chance meeting with Calvert in Çanakkale. These excavations revealed several cities built in succession. Schliemann was at first skeptical about the identification of Hisarlik with Troy, but was persuaded by Calvert and took over Calvert's excavations on the eastern half of the Hisarlik site, which was on Calvert's property. Troy VII has been identified with the Hittite city Wilusa, the probable origin of the Greek Ἴλιον, and is generally (but not conclusively) identified with Homeric Troy.Today, the hill at Hisarlik has given its name to a small village near the ruins, supporting the tourist trade visiting the Troia archaeological site. It lies within the province of Çanakkale, some 30 km south-west of the provincial capital, also called Çanakkale. The nearest village is Tevfikiye. The map here shows the adapted Scamander estuary with Ilium a little way inland across the Homeric plain.Troia was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1998.