The World of Greek Mythology
... • Lived about 700 B.C. • Rumors: Blind poet? Warrior? • Why does he get credit for both the Iliad and the Odyssey? • Why is he important? ...
... • Lived about 700 B.C. • Rumors: Blind poet? Warrior? • Why does he get credit for both the Iliad and the Odyssey? • Why is he important? ...
Freshman English Summer Assignment 2016
... of Lacedaimon. Because of Aphrodite, however, she fell madly in love and leaves her husband to be with Paris in Troy. As a result, the Greek Kings made war on Troy to recover her. In the War, Troy is defeated, Paris is killed and Helen’s captured; Helen then returns to Troy with her husband. In the ...
... of Lacedaimon. Because of Aphrodite, however, she fell madly in love and leaves her husband to be with Paris in Troy. As a result, the Greek Kings made war on Troy to recover her. In the War, Troy is defeated, Paris is killed and Helen’s captured; Helen then returns to Troy with her husband. In the ...
PDF - Erik de Haan
... It is amazing how much insight The Odyssey, one of the oldest books in Western literature, can give us into something as apparently modern as ‘mentoring’. To show how instructive it can be to revisit the classics from time to time, I gladly share my own reading of Homer's Odyssey, an epic tale that ...
... It is amazing how much insight The Odyssey, one of the oldest books in Western literature, can give us into something as apparently modern as ‘mentoring’. To show how instructive it can be to revisit the classics from time to time, I gladly share my own reading of Homer's Odyssey, an epic tale that ...
Odyssey Epic Characteristics and Literary Terms
... particular quality or attribute of what is being described; often repeated throughout the text. Ex. Sparkling-eyed Athena. Greek epic poetry Written in dactylic hexameter Repetition is used because in the oral tradition, words were often lost the first time around. Point of view – Everything ...
... particular quality or attribute of what is being described; often repeated throughout the text. Ex. Sparkling-eyed Athena. Greek epic poetry Written in dactylic hexameter Repetition is used because in the oral tradition, words were often lost the first time around. Point of view – Everything ...
Classical Studies
... Tragedy in 5th C BC Foundation of modern theatre Individual vs the state loyalty to the gods the place of women The faults of humans ...
... Tragedy in 5th C BC Foundation of modern theatre Individual vs the state loyalty to the gods the place of women The faults of humans ...
The Lightning Thief (book 1) by Rick Riordan
... Goddess of Yesterday by Caroline Cooney The dramatic and bloody siege of Troy is one of the oldest and best of human stories, and in Goddess of Yesterday Caroline Cooney tells it afresh through the eyes of Anaxander, the daughter of the king of a tiny Greek island. As a child she is taken as a hosta ...
... Goddess of Yesterday by Caroline Cooney The dramatic and bloody siege of Troy is one of the oldest and best of human stories, and in Goddess of Yesterday Caroline Cooney tells it afresh through the eyes of Anaxander, the daughter of the king of a tiny Greek island. As a child she is taken as a hosta ...
Study Guide (Homework Questions) from The Odyssey, Part I Pages
... thought these were rules enforced by the gods. What does Odysseus say to the Cyclops that shows expectation of hospitality and respect for strangers? 4. What factors complicate the Greeks’ attempt at escaping the Cyclops’ cave? 5. The Cyclops asks for Odysseus’ name. a. What name does Odysseus tell ...
... thought these were rules enforced by the gods. What does Odysseus say to the Cyclops that shows expectation of hospitality and respect for strangers? 4. What factors complicate the Greeks’ attempt at escaping the Cyclops’ cave? 5. The Cyclops asks for Odysseus’ name. a. What name does Odysseus tell ...
REVIEW - Monroe Community College
... of Aeolia, home of Aeolus. He says “He married his daughters off to his boys,/ And they all sit with their father and mother/ Continually feasting on abundant good cheer/ Spread out before them. Every day/ The house is filled with steamy savor” (Homer 10.8-12). This is an important aspect of culture ...
... of Aeolia, home of Aeolus. He says “He married his daughters off to his boys,/ And they all sit with their father and mother/ Continually feasting on abundant good cheer/ Spread out before them. Every day/ The house is filled with steamy savor” (Homer 10.8-12). This is an important aspect of culture ...
Telemachus - English on Spot
... Olympus was the residence of the divine family, the twelve most important ruling gods and goddesses of ancient Greece, who therefore were called the Olympians. There they alllived together in an enormous palace, high above the clouds. Olympus is generally identified with Mount Olympus in Thessaly, ...
... Olympus was the residence of the divine family, the twelve most important ruling gods and goddesses of ancient Greece, who therefore were called the Olympians. There they alllived together in an enormous palace, high above the clouds. Olympus is generally identified with Mount Olympus in Thessaly, ...
Introduction to The Odyssey
... city was destroyed destroyed. 8. The Greeks set out for home in their ships. ships 9. Many gods and goddesses were offended ff d d when h G Greeks k desecrated d t d temples and did not make offerings ...
... city was destroyed destroyed. 8. The Greeks set out for home in their ships. ships 9. Many gods and goddesses were offended ff d d when h G Greeks k desecrated d t d temples and did not make offerings ...
Section 1 Notes
... Myths – traditional stories about gods and heroes Zeus – king of the gods The Greeks believed the gods controlled nature and shaped their lives. The 12 most important gods lived on the highest mountain in Greece, Mt. Olympus. Greeks sought their gods’ favor so they performed rituals – a set of actio ...
... Myths – traditional stories about gods and heroes Zeus – king of the gods The Greeks believed the gods controlled nature and shaped their lives. The 12 most important gods lived on the highest mountain in Greece, Mt. Olympus. Greeks sought their gods’ favor so they performed rituals – a set of actio ...
Background to The Odyssey PPT
... 3. Composed by Homer who was rumored to be a blind storyteller a. Homer did not create the Odyssey, he simply wrote it down. He would NOT have been able to write. The Odyssey was being told orally through storytellers long before Homer wrote it down b. The stories were easy to remember and they appe ...
... 3. Composed by Homer who was rumored to be a blind storyteller a. Homer did not create the Odyssey, he simply wrote it down. He would NOT have been able to write. The Odyssey was being told orally through storytellers long before Homer wrote it down b. The stories were easy to remember and they appe ...
File
... For 10 years, the Greek army battled the Trojans in the walled city of Troy. But the Greeks could not get over, under or through the walls that protected the city. Finally, Odysseus came up with the idea of a large hollow, wooden horse, filled with Greek soldiers. The people of Troy woke one morning ...
... For 10 years, the Greek army battled the Trojans in the walled city of Troy. But the Greeks could not get over, under or through the walls that protected the city. Finally, Odysseus came up with the idea of a large hollow, wooden horse, filled with Greek soldiers. The people of Troy woke one morning ...
Biography of Homer
... life of the man who composed the Iliad and the Odyssey. The details are few. We do not even know the century in which he lived, and it is difficult to say with absolute certainty that the same poet composed both works. The Greeks attributed both of the epics to the same man, and we have little hard ...
... life of the man who composed the Iliad and the Odyssey. The details are few. We do not even know the century in which he lived, and it is difficult to say with absolute certainty that the same poet composed both works. The Greeks attributed both of the epics to the same man, and we have little hard ...
Pre-reading WEBQUEST
... 18. The other great epic poem of Homer’s is the Illiad, which takes place before the Odyssey. Write down the three points on this panel. (By the way, Ulysses is the Roman name for Odysseus; they’re the same person.) ...
... 18. The other great epic poem of Homer’s is the Illiad, which takes place before the Odyssey. Write down the three points on this panel. (By the way, Ulysses is the Roman name for Odysseus; they’re the same person.) ...
The Odyssey
... returned to his kingdom in Ithaca. A large and rowdy mob of suitors who have overrun Odysseus’s palace and pillaged his land continue to court his wife, Penelope. She has remained faithful to Odysseus. Prince Telemachus, Odysseus’s son, wants desperately to throw them out but does not have the confi ...
... returned to his kingdom in Ithaca. A large and rowdy mob of suitors who have overrun Odysseus’s palace and pillaged his land continue to court his wife, Penelope. She has remained faithful to Odysseus. Prince Telemachus, Odysseus’s son, wants desperately to throw them out but does not have the confi ...
Study Guide
... spread the Greek culture all the way to India. 21. Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey? Homer 22. Who is Helen? How did she affect the Trojan War? Beautiful Helen of Troy. She ran away with Paris. Menelaus, her husband, had the Greek army get together to bring her home from Troy. 23. What were the t ...
... spread the Greek culture all the way to India. 21. Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey? Homer 22. Who is Helen? How did she affect the Trojan War? Beautiful Helen of Troy. She ran away with Paris. Menelaus, her husband, had the Greek army get together to bring her home from Troy. 23. What were the t ...
Greek Mythology, Epic Poetry, And The Odyssey
... • The world was formed from a great mass called Chaos • Out from Chaos came Gaea, the earth Goddess • She gave birth to a son, Uranus, and together they had six children Three 50 headed & 100-handed giants and three one-eyed Cyclopes • Uranus hated these children and sent them to the underworld • On ...
... • The world was formed from a great mass called Chaos • Out from Chaos came Gaea, the earth Goddess • She gave birth to a son, Uranus, and together they had six children Three 50 headed & 100-handed giants and three one-eyed Cyclopes • Uranus hated these children and sent them to the underworld • On ...
The Judgment of Paris - Harrison High School
... At that time, Paris was living in Mount Ida with his wife, Oenone, a mountain nymph, but he abandoned her for Helen. Oenone told Paris if he was ever wounded that ...
... At that time, Paris was living in Mount Ida with his wife, Oenone, a mountain nymph, but he abandoned her for Helen. Oenone told Paris if he was ever wounded that ...
File
... The beautiful wife of Odysseus, Penelope has always given critics difficulty. Does she refrain from expelling the suitors only because she fears their retribution, as she claims, or does she in some ways enjoy the attention? Though she weeps for Odysseus nightly, she does not even force the suitors ...
... The beautiful wife of Odysseus, Penelope has always given critics difficulty. Does she refrain from expelling the suitors only because she fears their retribution, as she claims, or does she in some ways enjoy the attention? Though she weeps for Odysseus nightly, she does not even force the suitors ...
Greek Mythology/Trojan War Background
... the hundreds of suitors with Odysseus’ help: the King must ask all the suitors to accept the one he chose for Helen’s husband and swear to stand by and help to win her back should anyone try to steal or otherwise harm her. The suitors agreed. Each one hoped that the choice would fall on him, and the ...
... the hundreds of suitors with Odysseus’ help: the King must ask all the suitors to accept the one he chose for Helen’s husband and swear to stand by and help to win her back should anyone try to steal or otherwise harm her. The suitors agreed. Each one hoped that the choice would fall on him, and the ...
Chapter 5 Section 1 Notes
... a. Thus loyalty was to your own city-state and not to a centralized government 2. Travel was very difficult G. Only about 20 % of the land was used for farm land H. With such little land the Greeks would search for lands to colonize J. The climate of Greece was mild 48 to 80 degrees II. Mycenaean Ci ...
... a. Thus loyalty was to your own city-state and not to a centralized government 2. Travel was very difficult G. Only about 20 % of the land was used for farm land H. With such little land the Greeks would search for lands to colonize J. The climate of Greece was mild 48 to 80 degrees II. Mycenaean Ci ...
Introductory Paragraph- Model
... Concluding Paragraph In conclusion, _______________________ is a hero. In the excerpt of the Cyclops scene, he faces many challenges. In order to return safely back to his ship he had to __________________________________________________ , ____________________________________________________________ ...
... Concluding Paragraph In conclusion, _______________________ is a hero. In the excerpt of the Cyclops scene, he faces many challenges. In order to return safely back to his ship he had to __________________________________________________ , ____________________________________________________________ ...
Geography of the Odyssey
Events in the main sequence of the Odyssey (excluding the narrative of Odysseus's adventures) take place in the Peloponnese and in what are now called the Ionian Islands (Ithaca and its neighbours). Incidental mentions of Troy and its house Phoenicia, Egypt and Crete hint at geographical knowledge equal to, or perhaps slightly more extensive than that of the Iliad. However, scholars both ancient and modern are divided as to whether or not any of the places visited by Odysseus (after Ismaros and before his return to Ithaca) were real.The geographer Strabo and many others came down squarely on the skeptical side: he reported what the great geographer Eratosthenes had said in the late third century BCE: ""You will find the scene of Odysseus's wanderings when you find the cobbler who sewed up the bag of winds.""