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The OdysseyBackground Information
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IN THE BEGINNING…
TitansEnormous
Beings Incredible
StrengthCronus & RheaThe OracleZeus
THE FUTURE
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A Family Tree
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The 12 Olympians (+2) Zeus: Supreme Ruler;
thunderbolt; Jupiter Hera: Z’s wife & God-
dess of Marriage; Juno Poseidon: God of the
Seas; trident; NeptuneDemeter: Goddess of
the Harvest & Seasons; Ceres
Hades: God of the Under-world; Persephone; Pluto
Hestia: Goddess of Family Peace; Vesta
Athena: Goddess of Wisdom; Minerva
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Aphrodite: Goddess of Love & Beauty; Eros; Venus
Artemis: Goddess of the Hunt & Virginity; Diana
Apollo: God of Music, Archery & Medicine:
Dionysus: God of Wine; Bacchus
Hephaestus: God of Craftsmen; Vulcan
Hermes: Messenger God; Mercury
Ares: God of War; Mars
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The Muses: Daughters of Zeus & Mnemosyne
(memory)
History Astronomy Tragedy Comedy
Song
Lyrics
Dance
Poetry
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Homer
Homer was a blind minstrel who came from the Greek Island, Chios.
Traveling entertainmentTold stories—some
long, others short, usually in the evenings.
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Epic PoemsEpics are long narrative poems that tell
of the adventures of heroes who embody the values of their particular civilizations.
Homer’s Iliad is the model for War EpicHomer’s The Odyssey is the model for
the long journey home.Example: Huckleberry Finn & The Hobbit
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Heroes In Homer’s day,
HEROES were thought of as a special class of Aristocrats.
Heroes were somewhere in between the gods and ordinary humans.
The might experience pain & death, but they were always sure of themselves & never gave up on their “mission.” A Hero in Trouble:
Odysseus
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The Hero’s Journey—Joseph Campbell1. Departure
“Call to Adventure”Refusal of the “Call to Adventure”Supernatural aid
2. InitiationRoad of TrialsMeeting with the gods—”Belly of the Whale”Woman as temptress
3. ReturnRefusal to returnRescue Master of two worlds
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Odysseus’s Journey Home
After the Trojan War, Odysseus begins his journey home to Ithaca.
The Lotus EatersThe Cyclops—Son of PoseidonAeolus—God of the WindsLaestrygonians—giant cannibalsCirce—witch goddess; turns men to pigs
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Erebus—Land of the DeadSirens—1/2 woman; ½ birdScylla—sea monster with 6 headsCharybdis—deadly whirlpool (3 x daily)Helios—Sun God; “don’t eat cattle”Calypso—beautiful goddess –kept
Odysseus for nearly 7 yearsPhaecians—Alcinous & NausicaaHome to IthacaReunited with family
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Ithaca—the people at homePenelope—O’s beautiful & faithful wifeTelemachus—O’s & P’s sonLaertes—O’s fatherEumaeus—old swineherder & friend of
OEurycleia—O’s old nurse, T’s governessAntinous & Eurymachus— suitors
of Penelope