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The Odyssey An Introduction Journal What do you want the most from life? For example would you most want love? Peace? Nice teachers? Today we will…. • Learn new information to prepare for reading the Odyssey • Use what we did last week and tie it into our new information The Author Who wrote the Odyssey??? HOMER DOH!!! Not this one…….. Class, meet Homer. Isn’t he handsome??? Does HOMER have a first name? • Not much information was known about Homer. • This is what scholars have brainstormed about him Elements of Literature, pages 744-745 1. He was a blind singer 2. He’s a legend What exactly was HOMER? Homer was a RHAPSODY • Historian • Myth Maker (some religious) • Entertainer Page 745 HOMER George Washington meets Hercules who then performs karaoke at a TuPac Concert + + = HOMER • Homer wrote 2 (two) epics • Iliad (we’ve already read a selection from this) • Odyssey Epic Definition Long narrative poems that tell of the adventures of heroes who in some way embody the values of their civilizations Page 740 Epics and Values Not so EPIC definition Really long poem that tells about a hero’s adventure in which the people support the hero How Epics Were Told • Believed to be told out loud by people who could not read or write • “Scholars have found that oral epic poets are still composing today in Eastern Europe and other parts of the world.” Page 745 Where the Epics were Told • Greece • Between 1200 and 700 BC How Epics Were Told • They were improvised or made-up with a formula • Usually they would summarize the story and sing the rest • YOU ARE NOW PART OF THAT AUDIENCE!!!!!! Iliad “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” Iliad • About the Trojan War Trojan War You see, what had happened was….. The king of Sparta (Menelaus) was married to Helen (a beautiful woman) who was then kidnapped by Paris (a Trojan). The Spartans joined together with the Greeks under the command of Agamemnon, brother of Menelaus. {basically Menelaus got flamed} Trojan War King of Sparta (Menelaus) One HOT Mamma (HELEN) Paris (KIDNAPPER?) Odyssey The Odyssey This epic tale begins with the assumption that YOU, the audience, has prior knowledge Prior Knowledge Important things to know • The Greeks/Spartans were able to enter the city of Troy • The Greeks/Spartans won the war (the fall of Troy) • Achilles (Brad Pitt) died in the last year of war • Agamemnon returned home only to be murdered by his unfaithful wife (bummer….) p.744 Focus of the Odyssey Odysseus BRAWN + BRAINS = my kind of man!!! Center of the epic tale HERO Heroes are ranked between gods and human Odysseus is a hero in trouble Odysseus Married Penelope Had a son (Telemachus) Odysseus the proud father Odysseus was called to war when his son was just a toddler. Which war? The Trojan War p.742 Odysseus the proud father • • • • • Acted insane Plowed fields as a peasant Army too smart for even Odysseus Threw Telemachus in front of the plow Odysseus had no choice but to save his son The Epic Adventure The Odyssey is about a Greek soldier (gee I wonder who) getting home after war LONG JOURNEY Odysseus’ role in the Trojan War • For 10 (ten) years the war was fought on the outside of the city wall. • It was ODYSSEUS who had the idea for the horse. The Horse • The warriors put a wooden horse in front of the city gate • Unknown to the Trojans the horse was filled with Greek/ Spartan soldiers • The Trojans believed it to be a peace offering and brought it inside of the gates • At night, the warriors got out of the horse and opened the gates for their fellow soldiers. The Horse continued…. • Inside Troy, the Greeks/ Spartans destroyed the city • Took valuables • Burned buildings • Killed women • Odysseus is in trouble with the gods And the story begins….. Logically the story would begin with Odysseus leaving Troy….. However this IS Mrs. Perkins’s class So the story starts with Telemachus and he is in his 20’s. And the story begins…. It has been 10 years since Odysseus left Troy And 20 years since he left his wife and child en media res (Latin for “in the middle”) And the story begins….. Mythology in The Odyssey • Homer is considered to be a religious individual (gods control all) • Some Greek gods and goddesses can be seen as alter egos Page 744 1. Athena 2. Odysseus was known for his wise choices 3. Poseidon 4. Represents Odysseus’s arrogance and brutishness THANKS FOR PAYING ATTENTION (NOW YOU HAVE A QUIZ)