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The Cattle of The Sun God. By Billy Wilkinson , Aj Uhl, and Eoghan McGee. Setting. Agea sea cave, a grotto On the island of Thrinacia Owned by Helios and his cattle Later onto the Mediterranean sea Then arrives at Calypso's island. Characters.
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The Cattle of The Sun God ByBilly Wilkinson, Aj Uhl, andEoghan McGee
Setting Agea sea cave, a grotto On the island of Thrinacia Owned by Helios and his cattle Later onto the Mediterranean sea Then arrives at Calypso's island
Characters Odysseus- Main character, goes to war for 10 years, journeys back home for 10 years. Helios- God of Sun: gets mad at odysseus and his men because they ate the sacred cattle. Lampetia- A nymph, tatles on Odysseus my main man, to Helios.Hermes- The messenger of the Gods Zeus- Most powerful God. The Sacred Cattle- Helios' cattle
Motivation • Odysseus is motivated to return home to see his son and his wife, Penelope. • Helios' motivation is to punish Odysseus and his crew for feasting on his sweet cattle.
Storyline • Odysseus arrives at Thrinacia, the island of the sun god • Eurylochus persuades him to rest on the island • a storm arrives and holds them there for a month • the crew survives on the food and supplies in the ship
without listening to Odysseus the crew members slay the Sun god's cattle while Odysseus is sleeping • when the Sun God finds out he is furious! • he asks Zeus to punish them • once they set sail Zeus creates another storm which kills the entire crew except Odysseus • the storm brings Odysseus back to Charybdis which he escapes again • while sailing on the broken timbers of his ship he eventually reaches Calypso's island
Literary Elements Symbolism- • Cattle- show temptation • Eurylochus- is the source of mob mentality and how the shipmates choose not to listen to Odysseus when nobody else does Resolution- Zeus destroys their boats and Odysseus is washed up at Calypso's island
Major Conflicts Odysseus vs. Crew- His crew thinks that they should eat the cattle, but Odysseus disagrees. Odysseus vs Helios- Helios is mad with Odysseus and his crew for eating his cows. Zeus vs. Shipmates- Zeus kills all of the crew and the boat. Odysseus vs. Environment- Odysseus sails along the remains of the ship to arrive at Calypso's island.
Lesson Learned • Odysseus and his men hopefully learned about the true power of the gods. • Odysseus realized that with poor actions comes punishment. • Helios learned that Zeus can help him
Zeus Helios Odysseus | V Billy Wilkinson
Significant Passages "The cattle here are not for our provision, or we pay dearly for it" -Odysseus line numbers 839-840 "To this my fighters nodded. Yes..." -Odysseus line number 843 "Now on the shore Eurylochus made his insidious plea: 'Comrades' he said, you've gone through everything; listen to what I say. All deaths are hateful to us, mortals wretches, but famine is the most pitiful, the worst end that a man can come to" -Eurylochus line numbers 863-867
"And the lord Helios burst into angry speech amid the immortals: O' Father Zeus and gods in bliss forever, punish Odysseus' men!" -Helios line numbers 905-908 "When Zeus Cronion piled a thunderhead above the ship, while gloom spread on the ocean. We held our course, but briefly. Then the squall struck whining from the west, with gale force, breaking both forestays,..." -Odysseus line numbers 938-943 "A backstay floated dangling from it, stout rawhide rope, and I used this for lashing mast and keel together. These I straddled, riding the frightful storm -Odysseus line numbers 959-962
Discussion Questions • Do you think Zeus's punishment was fair? • What do the sun god's cattle represent? • What is Helios' position in the gods? • Do you believe Zeus is the ruler of all the other gods? • Do you think Odysseus' curse will carry on to his next crew? • Will Odysseus' curse ever disappear?