Odyssey Internet Activity
... Get a head start on our next unit, Greek Mythology and The Odyssey, by researching the following topics. Use the Internet to locate information on Homer and his epic poem. Begin with www.yahoo.com or www.google.com and type in your search word. ...
... Get a head start on our next unit, Greek Mythology and The Odyssey, by researching the following topics. Use the Internet to locate information on Homer and his epic poem. Begin with www.yahoo.com or www.google.com and type in your search word. ...
The Trojan Women - School-One
... Anyway, the fleece was venerated by the later inhabitants of Colchis, a “barbaric” city. It was guarded by a dragon in a sacred grove, where it hung on a tree. In a story that strikingly parallels that of Theseus, Jason uses a supernatural ship, the Argo, manned by the greatest heroes of the day, to ...
... Anyway, the fleece was venerated by the later inhabitants of Colchis, a “barbaric” city. It was guarded by a dragon in a sacred grove, where it hung on a tree. In a story that strikingly parallels that of Theseus, Jason uses a supernatural ship, the Argo, manned by the greatest heroes of the day, to ...
Medea Backstory
... Cheiron. Meantime his uncle lived in dread of an oracle's prophecy, which said he should fear the 'man with one shoe'. At the age of 20 Jason set off to return to Iolkos - on his journey losing a sandal in the river while helping Hera, Queen of the Gods, who was in disguise as an old woman. On arriv ...
... Cheiron. Meantime his uncle lived in dread of an oracle's prophecy, which said he should fear the 'man with one shoe'. At the age of 20 Jason set off to return to Iolkos - on his journey losing a sandal in the river while helping Hera, Queen of the Gods, who was in disguise as an old woman. On arriv ...
Medea.
... • Deus ex machina: the god from the machine. A crane which allowed characters to fly above the house and which usually provided striking entrances for the god. ...
... • Deus ex machina: the god from the machine. A crane which allowed characters to fly above the house and which usually provided striking entrances for the god. ...
The World of Greek Mythology
... • The Ring Composition: The story "comes full circle." In The Iliad, the locations and action of the first chapters are reflected in the last chapters. In The Odyssey, the action begins and ends in Ithaca, and then the heroes leave for another journey. ...
... • The Ring Composition: The story "comes full circle." In The Iliad, the locations and action of the first chapters are reflected in the last chapters. In The Odyssey, the action begins and ends in Ithaca, and then the heroes leave for another journey. ...
Odyssey Epic Conventions
... Homer lived around 800 B.C., but the events in the epics took place around 400 years earlier. Very little is known about Homer, but one legend says he was blind. ...
... Homer lived around 800 B.C., but the events in the epics took place around 400 years earlier. Very little is known about Homer, but one legend says he was blind. ...
Medea - TeacherWeb
... • Upon arriving in Colchis, Jason was given two impossible tasks by Aeetes to obtain the fleece. First, he had to harness two fire-breathing bulls with brazen hooves to a plow. Then, he had to use them to plow a field with dragon teeth. Those teeth would then sprout into skeletal warriors that Jaso ...
... • Upon arriving in Colchis, Jason was given two impossible tasks by Aeetes to obtain the fleece. First, he had to harness two fire-breathing bulls with brazen hooves to a plow. Then, he had to use them to plow a field with dragon teeth. Those teeth would then sprout into skeletal warriors that Jaso ...
Argonautica
The Argonautica (Greek: Ἀργοναυτικά Argonautika) is a Greek epic poem written by Apollonius Rhodius in the 3rd century BC. The only surviving Hellenistic epic, the Argonautica tells the myth of the voyage of Jason and the Argonauts to retrieve the Golden Fleece from remote Colchis. Their heroic adventures and Jason's relationship with the Colchian princess/sorceress Medea were already well known to Hellenistic audiences, which enabled Apollonius to go beyond a simple narrative, giving it a scholarly emphasis suitable to the times. It was the age of the great Library of Alexandria and his epic incorporates his researches in geography, ethnography, comparative religion and Homeric literature. However, his main contribution to the epic tradition lies in his development of the love between hero and heroine – he seems to have been the first narrative poet to study ""the pathology of love"". His Argonautica had a profound impact on Latin poetry. It was translated by Varro Atacinus and imitated by Valerius Flaccus. It influenced Catullus and Ovid and it provided Virgil with a model for his Roman epic, the Aeneid.