Unit: Epic Poetry: The Odyssey
... He ate the lotus plant which makes you believe anything you’re told. He had aged five years and looked in the mirror. He saw his ship covered by rocks from the changing tides. ...
... He ate the lotus plant which makes you believe anything you’re told. He had aged five years and looked in the mirror. He saw his ship covered by rocks from the changing tides. ...
Symbols
... They have been fascinated to discover that for centuries, people who had no contact with each other at all had passed down stories whose characters and events were strikingly similar. Many great thinkers have tried to explain this phenomenon. Noted psychoanalyst Carl Jung introduced a theory that hu ...
... They have been fascinated to discover that for centuries, people who had no contact with each other at all had passed down stories whose characters and events were strikingly similar. Many great thinkers have tried to explain this phenomenon. Noted psychoanalyst Carl Jung introduced a theory that hu ...
What are the characteristics of an epic poem?
... Scholars disagree about whether or not Homer wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey. ...
... Scholars disagree about whether or not Homer wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey. ...
Odyssey Epic Characteristics and Literary Terms
... Epics and Their Characteristics Epics Long narrative poems that tell of the adventures of heroes who embody the values of their civilization. Epic Conventions The work begins in medias res (in the middle of things) o Odysseus’s story begins in the middle of his journey The poem will often open ...
... Epics and Their Characteristics Epics Long narrative poems that tell of the adventures of heroes who embody the values of their civilization. Epic Conventions The work begins in medias res (in the middle of things) o Odysseus’s story begins in the middle of his journey The poem will often open ...
File - English with Mrs. Holt
... Paris chose Aphrodite, and she promised him that Helen, wife of Menelaus, would be his wife. Paris then prepared to set off for Sparta to capture Helen. In Sparta, Menelaus, husband of Helen, treated Paris as a royal guest. However, when Menelaus left Sparta to go to a funeral, Paris abducted Helen ...
... Paris chose Aphrodite, and she promised him that Helen, wife of Menelaus, would be his wife. Paris then prepared to set off for Sparta to capture Helen. In Sparta, Menelaus, husband of Helen, treated Paris as a royal guest. However, when Menelaus left Sparta to go to a funeral, Paris abducted Helen ...
Odyssey - Cobb Learning
... conquer Troy All based on revenge b/c Paris kidnapped Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world Iliad is the first / Odyssey is the sequel ...
... conquer Troy All based on revenge b/c Paris kidnapped Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world Iliad is the first / Odyssey is the sequel ...
Odyssey Epic Characteristics and Literary Terms
... The action consists of deeds of great valor or requiring superhuman courage. o In The Odyssey, Odysseus must overcome many challenges. There is evidence of supernatural forces at work. o In the Odyssey, the hero encounters gods, goddesses, sorceresses, monsters, giants, and the list goes on. T ...
... The action consists of deeds of great valor or requiring superhuman courage. o In The Odyssey, Odysseus must overcome many challenges. There is evidence of supernatural forces at work. o In the Odyssey, the hero encounters gods, goddesses, sorceresses, monsters, giants, and the list goes on. T ...
Man into Woman into Swine:
... Imbedded into the Circe episode is Odysseus’ voyage to Hades. There he has to meet Teiresias, who is supposed to give advice on how to pacify Poseidon. The advice given is obscure, as it refers to a time, when the immediate problem of our hero will already be solved, that is, after his return to Ith ...
... Imbedded into the Circe episode is Odysseus’ voyage to Hades. There he has to meet Teiresias, who is supposed to give advice on how to pacify Poseidon. The advice given is obscure, as it refers to a time, when the immediate problem of our hero will already be solved, that is, after his return to Ith ...
Zeus Speech
... throne. Obviously king of the gods. Zues’ main role in the Odyssey is his display of mercy towards Odysseues. In the opening scene, after some discussion about whether Odysseues deserves to be trapped on the Island of Ogygia by the nymph Calypso, Zues is questioned about his feelings against Odysseu ...
... throne. Obviously king of the gods. Zues’ main role in the Odyssey is his display of mercy towards Odysseues. In the opening scene, after some discussion about whether Odysseues deserves to be trapped on the Island of Ogygia by the nymph Calypso, Zues is questioned about his feelings against Odysseu ...
Telemachus in Ithaca: Delimitation of Identity Frontiers in the Ancient
... From what has been told, and after a tough debate with some of the suitors, Telemachus requests the collaboration of the other citizens in solving the tribulations that grieve him. The young man wishes for a manned ship and so explains to the citizens of Ithaca his plan of travelling in search of ne ...
... From what has been told, and after a tough debate with some of the suitors, Telemachus requests the collaboration of the other citizens in solving the tribulations that grieve him. The young man wishes for a manned ship and so explains to the citizens of Ithaca his plan of travelling in search of ne ...
English I Summer Reading the Odyssey by Homer
... both to his wanderings and to his resourcefulness. Whole lines are formulaic and often repeated; for example, ''As soon as early rosy-fingered dawn appeared.'' Whereas Virgil's density encourages readers to linger over every word, Homer's familiar formulas impel them quickly forward. One of the tran ...
... both to his wanderings and to his resourcefulness. Whole lines are formulaic and often repeated; for example, ''As soon as early rosy-fingered dawn appeared.'' Whereas Virgil's density encourages readers to linger over every word, Homer's familiar formulas impel them quickly forward. One of the tran ...
The Iliad and The Trojan War
... Achilles was dipped in the river Styx at birth making him invincible all over except the ankle which he was held by. ...
... Achilles was dipped in the river Styx at birth making him invincible all over except the ankle which he was held by. ...
Trojan War Background Information
... Agamemnon, Greek Commander-in-Chief, brother of Menelaus, vowed to fight for Helen. When Achilles was born, the Oracle said he would die in a war, so his mother made him “immortal” by dunking him in the River Styx, but she missed part of his heel. The Trojan War waged on for years before reaching a ...
... Agamemnon, Greek Commander-in-Chief, brother of Menelaus, vowed to fight for Helen. When Achilles was born, the Oracle said he would die in a war, so his mother made him “immortal” by dunking him in the River Styx, but she missed part of his heel. The Trojan War waged on for years before reaching a ...
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... Because of the wicked way they had treated Cassandra, Athena had been angry at all the Greeks indiscriminately, but before that, during the Trojan War, she had especially favored Odysseus. She delighted in his wily mind, his shrewdness and his cunning; she was always forward to help him. After Troy ...
... Because of the wicked way they had treated Cassandra, Athena had been angry at all the Greeks indiscriminately, but before that, during the Trojan War, she had especially favored Odysseus. She delighted in his wily mind, his shrewdness and his cunning; she was always forward to help him. After Troy ...
The Odyssey
... she threw a golden apple into the center of the party. On the apple were the words "to the most beautiful." More than one goddess declared that they should own the apple. Hera, Aphrodite, and Anthena all wanted it. To help decide who was the most beautiful, Paris, the King of Troy, was going to be t ...
... she threw a golden apple into the center of the party. On the apple were the words "to the most beautiful." More than one goddess declared that they should own the apple. Hera, Aphrodite, and Anthena all wanted it. To help decide who was the most beautiful, Paris, the King of Troy, was going to be t ...
AS-SR-Answer Key
... A beautiful and dangerous witch who turned every man who approached her into a beast; she turned Odysseus’ men into swine, but Odysseus himself resisted her curse with the help of Hermes Teiresias A prophet and holy man from Thebes, whom Odysseus visited in the underworld in order to get directions ...
... A beautiful and dangerous witch who turned every man who approached her into a beast; she turned Odysseus’ men into swine, but Odysseus himself resisted her curse with the help of Hermes Teiresias A prophet and holy man from Thebes, whom Odysseus visited in the underworld in order to get directions ...
The Trojan War Test prep
... • When everyone fell asleep, the soldiers hiding inside crept out and lit the city on fire. • The end of Troy was at hand. One guy luckily got away and eventually founded Rome. His name was Aeneas, and his story is told in The Aeneid. ...
... • When everyone fell asleep, the soldiers hiding inside crept out and lit the city on fire. • The end of Troy was at hand. One guy luckily got away and eventually founded Rome. His name was Aeneas, and his story is told in The Aeneid. ...
Outline of notes on the Trojan War
... prophesied that the first Greek to walk on the land after stepping off a ship in the Trojan War would be the first to die o Somebody had to try it! Protesilaus, leader of the Phylaceans, did this His wife followed him to his death (suicide) Brother took his place Importance of war Family m ...
... prophesied that the first Greek to walk on the land after stepping off a ship in the Trojan War would be the first to die o Somebody had to try it! Protesilaus, leader of the Phylaceans, did this His wife followed him to his death (suicide) Brother took his place Importance of war Family m ...
Odyssey Study Packet - fairbanksonline.net
... descriptions and the minute details of life in the late Bronze Age that dominate The Iliad and The Odyssey. Even though most of Homer’s information must have been handed down through centuries of memorized refrains, the pictures he presents often have the accuracy of documentary film. His descriptio ...
... descriptions and the minute details of life in the late Bronze Age that dominate The Iliad and The Odyssey. Even though most of Homer’s information must have been handed down through centuries of memorized refrains, the pictures he presents often have the accuracy of documentary film. His descriptio ...
The Odyssey
... seemingly unlike things using "like" or "as"). They can be found everywhere in The Odyssey. Homer often expands upon a simile, putting it into motion so to speak. These expanded similes are called Homeric or epic similes. As a man will bury his glowing brand in black ashes, off on a lonely farmstead ...
... seemingly unlike things using "like" or "as"). They can be found everywhere in The Odyssey. Homer often expands upon a simile, putting it into motion so to speak. These expanded similes are called Homeric or epic similes. As a man will bury his glowing brand in black ashes, off on a lonely farmstead ...
The Trojan War
... look as if the Greeks have given up. They will build a giant hollow horse (a symbol of Troy) and leave it outside the walls of the city. A group of men will hide inside and when the time is right, they will climb out, open the gates. The Greeks will rush in and Troy will fall. ...
... look as if the Greeks have given up. They will build a giant hollow horse (a symbol of Troy) and leave it outside the walls of the city. A group of men will hide inside and when the time is right, they will climb out, open the gates. The Greeks will rush in and Troy will fall. ...
Odyssey
The Odyssey (/ˈɒdəsi/; Greek: Ὀδύσσεια Odýsseia, pronounced [o.dýs.sej.ja] in Classical Attic) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the other work ascribed to Homer. The poem is fundamental to the modern Western canon, and is the second oldest extant work of Western literature, the Iliad being the oldest. Scholars believe it was composed near the end of the 8th century BC, somewhere in Ionia, the Greek coastal region of Anatolia.The poem mainly centers on the Greek hero Odysseus (known as Ulysses in Roman myths) and his journey home after the fall of Troy. It takes Odysseus ten years to reach Ithaca after the ten-year Trojan War. In his absence, it is assumed he has died, and his wife Penelope and son Telemachus must deal with a group of unruly suitors, the Mnesteres (Greek: Μνηστῆρες) or Proci, who compete for Penelope's hand in marriage.It continues to be read in the Homeric Greek and translated into modern languages around the world. Many scholars believe that the original poem was composed in an oral tradition by an aoidos (epic poet/singer), perhaps a rhapsode (professional performer), and was more likely intended to be heard than read. The details of the ancient oral performance, and the story's conversion to a written work inspire continual debate among scholars. The Odyssey was written in a poetic dialect of Greek—a literary amalgam of Aeolic Greek, Ionic Greek, and other Ancient Greek dialects—and comprises 12,110 lines of dactylic hexameter. Among the most noteworthy elements of the text are its non-linear plot, and the influence on events of choices made by women and serfs, besides the actions of fighting men. In the English language as well as many others, the word odyssey has come to refer to an epic voyage.The Odyssey has a lost sequel, the Telegony, which was not written by Homer. It was usually attributed in antiquity to Cinaethon of Sparta. In one source, the Telegony was said to have been stolen from Musaeus by Eugamon or Eugammon of Cyrene (see Cyclic poets).