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The Odyssey
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By Donald Case
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The Odyssey
“Sing in me, Muse, and through me
tell the story of that man skilled in
all ways of contending, the
wanderer, harried for years on end,
after he plundered the stronghold on
the proud height of Troy.”
--Homer
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Background for
The Odyssey
Links
Homer
The Iliad
Characters
End or e-mail
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THE ILIAD BY HOMER
A PowerPoint presentation
by Donald Case
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The Iliad
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The Iliad by Homer
The Archetype of Literature from
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800
B.C.
HOMER
Lived around
800 BC
Controversial,
but credited
with the
authorship of
The Iliad
and The
Odyssey
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Rembrandt’s Homer
HOMER AND HIS
THEMES HAVE
INSPIRED THE
GREAT MASTERS
THROUGHOUT THE
WORLD AND TIME.
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Gods and goddesses
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Athena
Aphrodite
Hera
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Images from the iliad
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Geography of the Trojan
War
TROY
ATHENS
SPARTA
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Helen
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Helen
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Books 1-4
Telemachus: Son of Odysseus
Avoids ambush by suitors with help from
Athena
Travels to Pylos and Sparta in
search of news of Odysseus
Meets with Menelaus and Helen
Returns to Ithaka after one year
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Calypso
Odysseus is trapped on Calypso’s
fragrant island. He has grown weary of
her enchantment. He weeps for his
wife, son and homeland. Seven years
have quickly passed.
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Calypso
Zeus sends Hermes to tell Calypso to release
Odysseus. She must agree.
Calypso provides Odysseus with a raft and provisions
to help him homeward.
Poseidon sends a storm and destroys the
raft.
Athena and a sea nymph save Odysseus. He
washes upon the island of Scheria broken and
battered.
He hides in a pile of leaves and falls into a
deep sleep.
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“I am Laertes’ son…”
Odysseus is found by Nausicaa, the
daughter of Alcinous, King of the
Phaeacians.
At a banquet he tells the court of his journey
since leaving Troy.
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The wanderings of
Odysseus
The land of the Lotus Eaters
The Cyclops Polyphemus
The Witch Circe
The Land of the Dead: Hades
The Sirens; Scylla and Charybdis
The Cattle of the Sun God
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Coming Home
The Meeting of Father and Son
Eumaeus receives a stranger and Telemachus
The King as Beggar
A shining example of the Guest/Host
relationship
Odysseus reveals himself to his Son
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The Faithful Dog Argos
Argos, now twenty years old, is
neglected, half destroyed by flies and
lying on a dung heap outside the gates
of the Palace of Odysseus.
Argos recognizes his master’s voice then dies.
Odysseus, disguised as a beggar,
wipes away a tear at the sight of
his faithful dog.
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The Test of the Great
Bow
An impossible task is proposed for the
suitors who wish to marry Penelope.
The stringing of Odysseus’ Bow
Many suitors boldly try the bow,
but not a man can even bend it
enough to string it.
The beggar has his try at the bow.
Zing goes the string
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Death at the Palace
Odysseus is ready to reclaim his rightful
kingdom.
More than 100 young and hostile suitors.
Antinous, the suitors ringleader
calls the beggar Odysseus a bleary
vagabond, a pest, and a tramp.
Antinous gets a throat full of feathers
Telemachus, the swineherd and the
cowherd join Odysseus in the fight.
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Odysseus and Penelope
Eurycleia tells Penelope of the return of
Odysseus and the defeat of the suitors.
The faithful wife suspects a trick from the
gods and decides to test this stranger who
claims to be her husband.
The trunk of the olive tree
The shared secret of husband and wife
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“Now from his breast into his eyes the ache of
longing mounted, and he wept at last, his dear
wife, clear and faithful, in his arms, longed
for…knowing the abyss behind; and so she too
rejoiced, her gaze upon her husband, her
white arms round him pressed, as though
forever…”
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Return to Contents
Telemachus
Calypso
Laertes’ Son
The Wanderings of Odysseus
Coming Home
The Faithful Dog Argos
The Test of the Great Bow
Death at the Palace
Odysseus and Penelope
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