Trojan War
... • describes the events of 51 days during the last year of the war when • Achilles kills Hector ...
... • describes the events of 51 days during the last year of the war when • Achilles kills Hector ...
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 ...
The Odyssey – Character List Odysseus: The protagonist of the
... 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 islandhome of Ogygia. Calypso holds him prisoner there for seven years until Hermes, the messenge ...
... 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 islandhome of Ogygia. Calypso holds him prisoner there for seven years until Hermes, the messenge ...
Summary
... cannibals who destroy every ship in the fleet except one. At their next stop, several men scout ahead and encounter the sorceress Circe, who turns them all into pigs except one man lucky enough to escape. Warned, Odysseus sets out for Circe’s house armed with an herb Hermes has given him. When Circe ...
... cannibals who destroy every ship in the fleet except one. At their next stop, several men scout ahead and encounter the sorceress Circe, who turns them all into pigs except one man lucky enough to escape. Warned, Odysseus sets out for Circe’s house armed with an herb Hermes has given him. When Circe ...
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... Odysseus made his men promise not to harm the oxen. That night, a great storm was sent by the angry Poseidon. For a whole month they could not leave the island. There was little food on the island and the men became hungry, so they killed and ate some of the oxen. This angered Helios who asked Zeus ...
... Odysseus made his men promise not to harm the oxen. That night, a great storm was sent by the angry Poseidon. For a whole month they could not leave the island. There was little food on the island and the men became hungry, so they killed and ate some of the oxen. This angered Helios who asked Zeus ...
The Odyssey
... • Greeks believed in prophecies, given by the god Apollo. There were human ‘messengers’ who received the prophesies from Apollo. • Odysseus goes to see one of these men. ...
... • Greeks believed in prophecies, given by the god Apollo. There were human ‘messengers’ who received the prophesies from Apollo. • Odysseus goes to see one of these men. ...
The Odyssey
... What is Homer describing in the opening lines, “Helios, leaving behind the lovely standing waters, rose up/ into the brazen sky to shine upon immortals/ and also mortal men across the grain-giving farm land.” (lines 1-3) How does Nestor feel about the Trojan War? (lines 104-124) Try to determine wha ...
... What is Homer describing in the opening lines, “Helios, leaving behind the lovely standing waters, rose up/ into the brazen sky to shine upon immortals/ and also mortal men across the grain-giving farm land.” (lines 1-3) How does Nestor feel about the Trojan War? (lines 104-124) Try to determine wha ...
Getting to the Bottom of the Pool
... immortal, but he keeps refusing, wanting only to return home to Ithaca and Penelope. And Penelope? Three years earlier, she was forced to cope with a sudden influx of suitors, the finest young men of Ithaca and the nearby islands, all vying for her hand. Her husband was obviously dead, along with th ...
... immortal, but he keeps refusing, wanting only to return home to Ithaca and Penelope. And Penelope? Three years earlier, she was forced to cope with a sudden influx of suitors, the finest young men of Ithaca and the nearby islands, all vying for her hand. Her husband was obviously dead, along with th ...
The Odyssey
... get home after the Trojan War. 10 years an epic about humans on the journey of life overcoming temptations along the way. ...
... get home after the Trojan War. 10 years an epic about humans on the journey of life overcoming temptations along the way. ...
Homer`s The Odyssey - Waterford Public Schools
... home to Ithaca (where his wife and child await) that he fails to make a proper sacrifice to the gods. His homecoming is delayed for ten years because of the anger of the gods; finally, ten years after the end of the war, he is allowed to return home. For most of the ten years he has been living on a ...
... home to Ithaca (where his wife and child await) that he fails to make a proper sacrifice to the gods. His homecoming is delayed for ten years because of the anger of the gods; finally, ten years after the end of the war, he is allowed to return home. For most of the ten years he has been living on a ...
The Iliad and the Odyssey, Part 2
... alive. Telemachus even ventured to Sparta and Pylos to try to get some information about his father. But nothing turned up. Then, one day, an old beggar came to the palace. He told Penelope that Odysseus was on his way home. What he did not tell her was that he -- the old beggar himself -- was Odyss ...
... alive. Telemachus even ventured to Sparta and Pylos to try to get some information about his father. But nothing turned up. Then, one day, an old beggar came to the palace. He told Penelope that Odysseus was on his way home. What he did not tell her was that he -- the old beggar himself -- was Odyss ...
Homer`s The Odyssey
... • Homer did not compose each epic all at once: he told them in a series of short episodes that could be recited in an evening. • Editors, not Homer himself, organized the epics in 24 books. ...
... • Homer did not compose each epic all at once: he told them in a series of short episodes that could be recited in an evening. • Editors, not Homer himself, organized the epics in 24 books. ...
The Iliad and the Odyssey, Part 2
... ordered his men to quietly approach Troy from a nearby island. In the meantime, a secret door was swung open in the belly of the wooden horse. The Greek soldiers, fully armored, climbed down the statue. They opened the gates and let Agamemnon's troops in. Together, their joined forces launched a sur ...
... ordered his men to quietly approach Troy from a nearby island. In the meantime, a secret door was swung open in the belly of the wooden horse. The Greek soldiers, fully armored, climbed down the statue. They opened the gates and let Agamemnon's troops in. Together, their joined forces launched a sur ...
The Iliad and the Odyssey, Part 2 - spear
... Menelaus was delighted by the news. He thought the war would be over. But he was wrong. Deiphobus, Paris' brother, had fallen in love with Helen. Now he forced her to marry him, so the war dragged on. Eager to end the conflict once and for all, Odysseus mulled over all the available options. He knew ...
... Menelaus was delighted by the news. He thought the war would be over. But he was wrong. Deiphobus, Paris' brother, had fallen in love with Helen. Now he forced her to marry him, so the war dragged on. Eager to end the conflict once and for all, Odysseus mulled over all the available options. He knew ...
Homer`s World
... about a hero’s adventures. Both stories were first told orally, possibly even sung, and it may not have been until several generations later that these traditional stories were set down in writing. The poems are traditionally credited to a blind poet named Homer. Although there have been many transl ...
... about a hero’s adventures. Both stories were first told orally, possibly even sung, and it may not have been until several generations later that these traditional stories were set down in writing. The poems are traditionally credited to a blind poet named Homer. Although there have been many transl ...
The Odyssey background info
... home to Ithaca (where his wife and child await) that he fails to make a proper sacrifice to the gods. His homecoming is delayed for ten years because of the anger of the gods; finally, ten years after the end of the war, he is allowed to return home. For most of the ten years he has been living on a ...
... home to Ithaca (where his wife and child await) that he fails to make a proper sacrifice to the gods. His homecoming is delayed for ten years because of the anger of the gods; finally, ten years after the end of the war, he is allowed to return home. For most of the ten years he has been living on a ...
he Odyssey
... swallowed alive by a hideous, six-headed monster called Scylla. He heard Sirens' enchanted songs but had to fight the urge to swim ashore, for the music would lead him to a deathtrap. After these and several more near-death experiences, Odysseus finally made it home -- nine years later! To Odysseus' ...
... swallowed alive by a hideous, six-headed monster called Scylla. He heard Sirens' enchanted songs but had to fight the urge to swim ashore, for the music would lead him to a deathtrap. After these and several more near-death experiences, Odysseus finally made it home -- nine years later! To Odysseus' ...
The Odyssey
... The Odyssey is about Odysseus’ adventures in Ithaca on his way home from Troy. He departed from Troy with a fleet of 12 ...
... The Odyssey is about Odysseus’ adventures in Ithaca on his way home from Troy. He departed from Troy with a fleet of 12 ...
Teacher Guide Grades K -6 - Boxtales Theatre Company
... Encourage students to identify character traits, attitudes, and situations that are true both in the story and in our present day society. ...
... Encourage students to identify character traits, attitudes, and situations that are true both in the story and in our present day society. ...
A Most Dangerous Sea and the Beauteous Scarf
... Kadmos, also called Leukothea, saw him. She had formerly been a mere mortal, [335] but had been since raised to the rank of a marine goddess. Seeing in what great distress Odysseus now was, she had compassion upon him, and, rising like a seagull from the waves, took her seat upon the raft. “My poor ...
... Kadmos, also called Leukothea, saw him. She had formerly been a mere mortal, [335] but had been since raised to the rank of a marine goddess. Seeing in what great distress Odysseus now was, she had compassion upon him, and, rising like a seagull from the waves, took her seat upon the raft. “My poor ...
Introduction to *.. The Odyssey
... was known for his clever and agile mind. It was he who thought of using the Trojan horse to gain entrance to the impregnable walls of Troy. The story of The Odyssey follows his wayward struggle to return home to his wife, Penelope, and son, Telemachus, after The Trojan war Odysseus, who was later ca ...
... was known for his clever and agile mind. It was he who thought of using the Trojan horse to gain entrance to the impregnable walls of Troy. The story of The Odyssey follows his wayward struggle to return home to his wife, Penelope, and son, Telemachus, after The Trojan war Odysseus, who was later ca ...
2013 FJCL State Latin Forum Mythology
... 23. The list of people visited by Odysseus which is in the correct order is a. Laestrygonians, Lotus Eaters, Polyphemus, Calypso, Circe. b. Lotus Eaters, Laestrygonians, Polyphemus, Circe, Calypso. c. Lotus Eaters, Polyphemus, Laestrygonians, Circe, Calypso d. Laestrygoinans, Polyphemus, Lotus Eater ...
... 23. The list of people visited by Odysseus which is in the correct order is a. Laestrygonians, Lotus Eaters, Polyphemus, Calypso, Circe. b. Lotus Eaters, Laestrygonians, Polyphemus, Circe, Calypso. c. Lotus Eaters, Polyphemus, Laestrygonians, Circe, Calypso d. Laestrygoinans, Polyphemus, Lotus Eater ...
Medusa - TeacherWeb
... be a traitor and tells the Trojans that the Greeks have sailed away and left the horse as a peace offering. The Trojans bring in the horse and begin celebrating their victory. ...
... be a traitor and tells the Trojans that the Greeks have sailed away and left the horse as a peace offering. The Trojans bring in the horse and begin celebrating their victory. ...
CHAPTER 12 A DIFFERENT KIND OF HERO: THE QUEST OF
... coast of Norway (Scheria), Zealand of Denmark (Pelops), and the island of Bornholm with the town Nexo (Naxos). Ithaca itself he pronounces to be the Danish island of Lyo. He locates Troy by the town of Toija in Finland, and explains the shift in geography to Greece and the Mediterranean by a deterio ...
... coast of Norway (Scheria), Zealand of Denmark (Pelops), and the island of Bornholm with the town Nexo (Naxos). Ithaca itself he pronounces to be the Danish island of Lyo. He locates Troy by the town of Toija in Finland, and explains the shift in geography to Greece and the Mediterranean by a deterio ...
Odyssey Epic Characteristics and Literary Terms
... island's leaders to protest the invasion of the suitors. Soon after, he is to visit King Nestor of Pylos and King Menelaus of Sparta, old comrades of his father's, to gather from them any new of Odysseus. At the assembly, the two leading suitors — the aggressive Antinous and the smooth-talking Eurym ...
... island's leaders to protest the invasion of the suitors. Soon after, he is to visit King Nestor of Pylos and King Menelaus of Sparta, old comrades of his father's, to gather from them any new of Odysseus. At the assembly, the two leading suitors — the aggressive Antinous and the smooth-talking Eurym ...
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).