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Odyssey Travel Brochure and God/Goddess Project
Odysseus visited many places on his trip back home from Troy. You are to create a cruise brochure based on
these travels. This brochure should be colorful, creative, and written to entice travelers to spend their money on
this cruise. Use persuasive language and many strong adjectives and verbs that will encourage would-be
travelers to join you on your cruise.
Travel Brochure
What to Include:
 Description of the cruise, including:
 name of the fictional cruise line
o using the name of your god/goddess
 picture of the cruise ship
o should be in keeping with ships of ancient Greece
 length of the trip
o cost
o what is included
 contact information for the cruise line
 Sites visited, including at least five of the following:
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Ismarus
Island of the Lotus Eaters
Land of the Cyclopes
Aeaea (home of Circe)
Aeolia (home of Aeolus)
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Land of the
Laestrygonians
Land of the Dead
Island of the Sirens
Scylla
Charybdis
Map
 include a detailed map tracing your ship’s
route
 be sure to include all of the
locations/sites/attractions above, even if you
don’t visit them
Trivia about Odysseus’ travels
 include a minimum of ten facts about his
travels
 include a drawing of one of the creatures
that Odysseus faced
How to get started:
Prewriting
 brainstorm ideas on names of the cruise
line and cruise ship
 brainstorm ideas for descriptions of the
cruise
 choose the seven sites you will include
about Odysseus’ travels
 choose the seven facts you will include
about Odysseus’ travels
 design for your brochure (where the map
will go, where the descriptions and facts will
go, where the drawing of the creature will
go) DISTRIBUTE YOUR INFORMATION
IN SUCH A WAY THAT THERE ARE NO
BARE SPOTS ON YOUR BROCHURE!!!!!
Creating
 write/type your descriptions and facts
 draw/print your map
 draw/print your graphics
 create the finished product
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Land of Helios
Ithaca
Other locations from the
story
Three additional area
locations
Greek Olympiads and Lesser
Gods/Goddesses
Aphrodite
Apollo
Ares
Artemis
Asclepius
Athena
Cronus
Demeter
Dionysus
Eris
Hephaestus
Hera
Heracles
Hermes
Hestia
Hypnos
Hades
The Muses
Pan
Persephone
The Graces
Zeus
Helios
The Erinnyes
Uranus
The Fates
The Graces
The Amazons
Poseidon
Creatures and Monsters
Cerberus
Hydra
Charybdis
Pegasus
Sphinx
Cyclopes
Minotaur
Sirens
Centaurs
Griffins
Gorgons
Scylla
Harpies
Satyrs
Chimera