A selection of 33 vocabulary words from book 1 of homers the odyssey. Complete this assessment to test your knowledge of this climatic event. They have no way out, since philoetius has locked the front door and eumaeus has. Oct 03, 2008 it also is the fulfillment of the prophecy that tells of the doom of the suitors. Character function 3 what evidence is there to show how athena thought highly of odysseus. As we begin book 22 of the odyssey, odysseus holds his bow and arrow, rips off his beggar rags, and stands in front of the suitors, who are taken completely by surprise. For one thing, it maintains the comic and domestic flavor that many critics find characteristic of the odyssey. Odyssey 68 greek and latin texts with facing vocabulary and. Mar 18, 20 a stellar adaptation of the odyssey, book 22, slaughter in the hall, and book 23, the great rooted bed, featuring brave odysseus, wise penelope, mutinous suitors, epic battles, and. The odyssey book 24 the odyssey book 9 the cyclops. The suitors are confused and believe this shooting to be an accident. Odyssey 68 greek and latin texts with facing vocabulary.
An odyssey now refers to any long wandering and eventful journey. Pylos when ithaca character analysis telemachus he helps his father in battling the suitors and obeys his orders, expressing the similarities between the father and son. Odyssey discussion questions salamanca high school. Monomyth book 22 in book 22 of the iliad, odysseus begins by killing the suitors.
It attaches the first page of the odyssey to the end. Hector now stands as the only trojan left outside troy. Read book 34 modern connections to the odyssey hw. What do the suitors learn about the stranger who kills antinous at the opening of book 22.
The greek text is faced with a running vocabulary and notes, and followed by a learning vocabulary. Symbolism and making predictions, part 5 april 19, 2020. The final book opens with hermes, the traditional guide, leading the souls of the dead suitors to the land. Before the suitors realize what is happening, odysseus shoots a second arrow through the throat of antinous. Hermes leads the suitors who squeal like bats into hades, where they encounter the ghosts of achilles and agamemnon. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Since steadman begins with book vi of the odyssey, it makes it a perfect. The odyssey books 1623 intro to the odyssey ppt epic analysis worksheet odyssey vocab words cultural analysis. Describe them and how they affect your life, read book 22 and 23 odyssey answer 22 23. Greek mythology a sea nymph transformed into a sea monster who lived on one side of a narrow strait. Odyssey discussion questions book 1 1 have the students explain where odysseus has been and why. Some of the tougher vocab from the odyssey all books now covered.
Book 1 book 2 book 3 book 4 book 5 book 6 book 7 book 8 book 9 book 10 book 11 book 12 book book 14 book 15 book 16 book 17 book 18 book 19 book 20 book 21 book 22 book 23 book 24 themes all themes fate, the gods, and free will piety, customs, and justice cunning, disguise, and selfrestraint memory and grief glory and honor. The fighting of book 22 is the only pitched battle in the odyssey, and while it cannot help but recall the iliad, which abounds in bloodshed, the description remains thoroughly odyssean. Odyssey 912 greek and latin texts with facing vocabulary. The odyssey books 2124 summary and analysis gradesaver. Eumaeus introduces telemachus to this stranger who talks to his son for the first time in twenty years. Odysseus sheds his disguise and does battle with the suitors, showing them no. This mini odyssey, coupled with odysseus need to escape the town and see his father, keeps the audience engaged for the final episode. Be sure you recall the details of the battle to vanquish the usurpers and more by taking this quiz over book 22 of the odyssey from enotes. Start studying odyssey book 23 vocab learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Achaeans here, a collective name for all greeks, including ithacans achilles famed warrior, hero of homers iliad ajax 4. It cannot be overemphasized how wonderful it is to have the vocab on facing pages. How does odysseus choose to punish the various people he thinks have. Book 8 the songs of a poet book 9 a pirate in a shepherds cave book 10 the winds and the witch book 11 the dead book 12 difficult choices book two tricksters book 14 a loyal slave book 15 the prince returns book 16 father and son book 17 insults and abuse book 18 two beggars book 19 the queen and the beggar book 20 the last banquet. The description of the deaths of the servant girls, who are compared to doves or thrushes beating their spread wings against some.
The poet invokes the muse to help him tell the story of odysseus. So he spoke, and the two went their way forth from the hall and sat down by the altar of great zeus, 380 gazing about on every side, ever expecting death. You dogs, you never thought i would any more come back from the land of troy, and because of that you despoiled my household, and forcibly took my serving women to sleep beside you, and sought to win my wife while i was still alive, fearing neither the immortal gods who hold the wide heaven, nor any resentment. Homers odyssey, probably composed around 700bc, is one of the oldest. Dec 16, 2014 sophomore english the odyssey vocab fagles short list for the january midyear. If you plan to purchase a copy of the 2nd edition, please make sure that you are buying the 2nd edition and not accidentally picking up a used copy of the 1st edition. The triumph of odysseus is part of the highly successful reading greek series.
Priam, overlooking the battlefield from the trojan ramparts, begs him to come inside, but hector, having given the overconfident order for the trojans to camp outside their gates the night before, now feels too ashamed to join them in their retreat. Odyssey quiz, notebook check, new vocab hw passed out odyssey vocab 2finish book 21 week 4 january 27th january 31st mon. In book 22 of the odyssey, who is saved from death and why. An unabridged text of books 21 and 22 of homers odyssey. In the twentysecond book of homers odyssey, odysseus begins his battle with the suitors. In his lyrical translation of the epic poem, robert fitzgerald brings the 8th century bc story of the odyssey home to a modern audience. Literature the odyssey quotes book 12 april 24, 2020. This quote shows how homers hints about the end of the book have come true. In book 22 of homers epic, the odyssey, odysseus gets his revenge on the suitors who were wooing his wife while he was away.
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