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The Odyssey A PowerPoint Project By Donald Case 12/02/02 Created by Donald Case 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 12/02/02 Created by Donald Case Background for The Odyssey Links Homer The Iliad Characters End or e-mail 12/02/02 Created by Donald Case THE ILIAD BY HOMER A PowerPoint presentation by Donald Case 12/02/02 Created by Donald Case The Iliad 12/02/02 Created by Donald Case The Iliad by Homer The Archetype of Literature from 12/02/02 Created by Donald Case 800 B.C. HOMER Lived around 800 BC Controversial, but credited with the authorship of The Iliad and The Odyssey 12/02/02 Created by Donald Case Rembrandt’s Homer HOMER AND HIS THEMES HAVE INSPIRED THE GREAT MASTERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND TIME. 12/02/02 Created by Donald Case Gods and goddesses 12/02/02 Created by Donald Case Athena Aphrodite Hera 12/02/02 Created by Donald Case Images from the iliad 12/02/02 Created by Donald Case Geography of the Trojan War TROY ATHENS SPARTA 12/02/02 Created by Donald Case Helen 12/02/02 Created by Donald Case Helen 12/02/02 Created by Donald Case 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 12/02/02 Created by Donald Case 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. 12/02/02 Created by Donald Case 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. 12/02/02 Created by Donald Case “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. 12/02/02 Created by Donald Case 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 12/02/02 Created by Donald Case 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 12/02/02 Created by Donald Case 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. 12/02/02 Created by Donald Case 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 12/02/02 Created by Donald Case 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. 12/02/02 Created by Donald Case 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 12/02/02 Created by Donald Case “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…” Comment to: [email protected] 12/02/02 Created by Donald Case 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 12/02/02 Created by Donald Case