The OdysseyThe Odyssey

Books V-VIIIBooks V-VIII

Homecoming?Homecoming?

When Zeus releases Odysseus, he must make his way home “wrung with pains.”

The hero transcends through his trials.

When Zeus releases Odysseus, he must make his way home “wrung with pains.”

The hero transcends through his trials.

What“roles” do the following female figures play in the hero’s

encounter with the feminine? Calypso

Ino Nausicaa Athena

What“roles” do the following female figures play in the hero’s

encounter with the feminine? Calypso

Ino Nausicaa Athena

Ody and the WomenOdy and the Women

Caylpso jealously wishes to keep Ody as her love slave

Ino rushes to his aide, as long as he strips off his clothes. . .

The girl Nausicaa is comically confronted by Ody, who is wearing only. . .

Caylpso jealously wishes to keep Ody as her love slave

Ino rushes to his aide, as long as he strips off his clothes. . .

The girl Nausicaa is comically confronted by Ody, who is wearing only. . .

. . . a really BIGolive leaf!

. . . a really BIGolive leaf!

Ody and the WomenOdy and the Women

Ody throws himself at the feet of Arete, spinning in the garden

Nausicaa is awakened to the possibility of taking a bridegroom

Athena escorts Ody into King Alcinous’ palace as a pig-tailed little girl

Ody throws himself at the feet of Arete, spinning in the garden

Nausicaa is awakened to the possibility of taking a bridegroom

Athena escorts Ody into King Alcinous’ palace as a pig-tailed little girl

Rhapsode: a classical Greek professional performer of epic poetry

Demodocus = Homer

Rhapsode: a classical Greek professional performer of epic poetry

Demodocus = Homer

Trapped in the NetTrapped in the Net

Deomodocus sings of the comical burlesque high jinx between Hephaestus and the adulterous Aphrodite

What drama awaits Odysseus and Penelope?

Immortal buffoonery vs. mortal pathos

Deomodocus sings of the comical burlesque high jinx between Hephaestus and the adulterous Aphrodite

What drama awaits Odysseus and Penelope?

Immortal buffoonery vs. mortal pathos

The Gifted RhapsodeThe Gifted Rhapsode

The gifted, blind Deomdocus (Homer?) twice moves Ody to tears singing of the sad Achaean exploits in Troy

Only Ody’s equal -- King Alcinous -- is aware

The gifted, blind Deomdocus (Homer?) twice moves Ody to tears singing of the sad Achaean exploits in Troy

Only Ody’s equal -- King Alcinous -- is aware

How does Odysseus’ confrontation with Broadsea foreshadow events

upon his return to Ithaca?

How does Odysseus’ confrontation with Broadsea foreshadow events

upon his return to Ithaca?

Challenged by YouthChallenged by Youth

Ody is righteously offended by Lord Laodamas’ and Broadsea’s impudent challenges

What awaits the insolent suitors on Ithaca?

Ody proves his chops!

Ody is righteously offended by Lord Laodamas’ and Broadsea’s impudent challenges

What awaits the insolent suitors on Ithaca?

Ody proves his chops!

What power lies in a name? What power lies in a name?

IdentityIdentity

King Alcinous implores, “Come, tell us the name they call you there at home --”

King Alcinous implores, “Come, tell us the name they call you there at home --”