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The Odyssey

The Odyssey. What is an Epic?. A long narrative poem about a legendary hero. Recall the Gilgamesh epic from Mesopotamia. What is a myth?. a sacred narrative explaining how the world and humankind came to be in their present form.

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The Odyssey

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  1. The Odyssey

  2. What is an Epic? • A long narrative poem about a legendary hero. • Recall the Gilgamesh epic from Mesopotamia.

  3. What is a myth? • a sacred narrative explaining how the world and humankind came to be in their present form. • For example: how/why the sun rises and sets, turning of seasons, etc.

  4. Homer • poet • thought to be blind, but describes events as a seeing person • lived around 900 B.C.E

  5. Homer • Wrote the Illiad and the Odyssey - stories about the war between the Trojans and the Greeks which had happened between 1194 and 1184 BCE.

  6. What is a homeric simile? • also called epic simile, is a detailed comparison in the form of a simile that is many lines in length.

  7. Illiad • Story of the last year of the Trojan War • War had lasted 10 years. • Troy was defeated when Odysseus and his men were able to get inside the walls of Troy concealed within the body of the Trojan horse.

  8. The Trojan Horse

  9. The Odyssey • The story of the journey of Odysseus and his men trying to get home after the Trojan War. • 10 years • an epic about humans on the journey of life overcoming temptations along the way.

  10. Characters • Ulysses or Odysseus • Sirens - group of females who lured sailors by their singing

  11. Characters • Circe - goddess, enchantress, who turned men into swine • Scylla - monster with 12 feet and 6 heads with 3 rows of teeth, carries off a sailor in each mouth • Penelope – wife • Telemachus – son

  12. Characters • Charybdis - 3 times a day pulls sailors into her whirlpool • Hyperion - the sun (distinct from Apollo, the sun god) • Jove=Zeus=Jupiter=leader of the gods • Eurylochus - one of the crew members

  13. Stops along the way • Troy • Ismarus • Lotus Eaters • Sicily (Polyphemus) • Aeolus • Laestrygonians • Aeaea (Circe)

  14. Stops along the way 8. Land of the Dead (Tiresias) 9. Aeaea (Circe) 10. Sirens 11. Charybdis 12. Scylla 13. Thrinacia (Hyperion) 14. Ogygia (Calypso)

  15. Stops along the way 15. Phaeacia 16. Ithaca (Penelope & Telemachus)

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