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The Odyssey

The Odyssey. By Homer. Click here to listen to audio file--MP3. Homer. Poet Lived around 1200 B.C. Blind Wandering minstrel (singer) Rhapsodes. What is an Epic?.

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The Odyssey

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  1. The Odyssey By Homer Click here to listen to audio file--MP3

  2. Homer • Poet • Lived around 1200 B.C. • Blind • Wandering minstrel (singer) • Rhapsodes

  3. What is an Epic? • A long narrative poem that tells the adventures of a legendary hero who in some way embodies the values of their civilization. • Tone and language

  4. Characteristics of an Epic? • Impressive/important hero • Vast setting • Quest • Supernatural • Glorification of hero • Specific culture and society

  5. Characteristics of an Epic Hero? • Usually of high/noble stature • Larger than life • Embodies values of culture • Extraordinary strength/intelligence • Tragic flaw

  6. How was an epic told? • Most of the story was improvised • Told aloud • Fit a particular rhythm • Repetition and formulas • Homeric similes used • Epics are long—The Odyssey is over 11,000 lines!

  7. Wrote The Illiad and The Odyssey • The Illiad tells of the tenth year of the Trojan war • Between the Trojans and the Greeks • The cause of the war—jealousy over a woman…

  8. The Greeks finally won the war • Odysseus thought of a way to get into the walled city of Troy… • The trick…the Trojan Horse

  9. The Odyssey, Homer’s 2nd epic, tells of Odysseus, who is trying to get home after the war

  10. Odysseus and his men act like pirates on their way home to Ithaca.

  11. Human Characters Odysseus (The Greeks in The Odyssey are often known as Acheans)

  12. Human Characters Penelope—Odysseus’ wife

  13. Human Characters Telemachus—Odysseus’ son

  14. Human Characters Antinous—One of Penelope’s main suitors

  15. Human Characters Alcinous—King of Phaeacia

  16. Supernatural Creatures Calypso--Beautiful nymph goddess

  17. Supernatural Creatures Circe— Enchantress and goddess

  18. Supernatural Creatures Polyphemus—one of the race of one-eyed giants

  19. Supernatural Creatures

  20. Supernatural Creatures Charybdis—Female monster who sucks in water three times a day to form a deadly whirlpool

  21. Supernatural Creatures Scylla—female monster with six serpent heads, each with a triple row of fangs

  22. Supernatural Creatures Sirens—Sea nymphs whose beautiful music lures sailors towards danger

  23. The Gods Zeus—The Most Powerful God.

  24. The Gods Athena—favorite daughter of Zeus; goddess of wisdom as well as war and peace—a reflection of Odysseus’s best qualities

  25. The Gods Hermes—Messenger god.

  26. The Gods Helios—Sun god.

  27. The Gods Poseidon—God of the sea; brother of Zeus; Odysseus has traits similar to Poseidon

  28. Themes in The Odyssey • Search for Home • Search for Self • Effects of Arrogance • and….

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