Odyssey Book 19 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4a27wEieqE
Write a list of all the main characters in Book 19 Key Characters in Book 19 Write a list of all the main characters in Book 19 ?
Write a list of all the main themes in Book 19 Key Themes in Book 19 Write a list of all the main themes in Book 19 ?
Summary of Book 19 1-50 50-100 100-150 150-200 200-250 250-300 300-350 350-400 400-450 450-500 500-550 550-604
Lines Find an example/ quotation that illustrates the themes, characterisation, literary devices etc. outlined in the green boxes Themes Storytelling Gods and Goddesses Characters Eurycleia ‘The women’ AOB
1-50 Odysseus commands Telemachus to hide the weapons Telemachus orders Eurycleia to lock the women away Eurycleia asks who will carry the lantern. Telemachus says Odysseus/beggar will but Athene does. Telemachus is in awe of Athene Themes Storytelling Gods and Goddesses Characters Eurycleia ‘The women’ AOB
50-100 Penelope comes down to sit by the fire Melantho berates Odysseus Odysseus warns Melantho to be kinder to beggars lest she get what she deserves from either Odysseus or Telemachus Themes xenia Revenge loyalty Characters Penelope Melantho B-Odysseus AOB
100-150 Penelope wants to question Odysseus-Beggar about Odysseus Penelope asks who O-Beggar is and where he comes from Odysseus compliments Penelope but refuses to answer her questions Penelope talks of her grief and explains her deceit of the suitors Themes Weeping Deception Characters Penelope AOB Penelope’s loom
150-200 Penelope asks again about Odysseus background Odysseus tells Penelope the Crete story Penelope is moved by Odysseus story and so she weeps Themes Storytelling Weeping Characters AOB
200-250 Penelope asks O-Beggar what Odysseus was wearing when they met Odysseus describes a purple cloak and brooch Penelope weeps when she hears his description Themes Characters AOB ekphrasis
How effectively does Homer make Odysseus’ description vivid? 10 mark time Resourceful Odysseus replied: ‘My Lady, it is difficult to recall, especially for someone who has been wandering so long. It is twenty years now since he sailed from there, and left my island. But I will picture him to you as far as I can remember. Noble Odysseus wore a purple cloak, fleecy and doubly-folded, and its golden brooch was pinned with double clasps. There was a curiously made device on the face: a hound holding a fawn under its paws, tearing at it as it writhed. Everyone marvelled at how the hound seemed to throttle and tear the fawn, and how the fawn seemed to writhe at its feet trying to escape, though they were only made of gold. I noticed his tunic too, gleaming like the sheen on a dried onion’s skin, smooth and sleek, glistening like the sun. All the women were fascinated. You may know whether Odysseus dressed like this at home, or whether some friend gave him the tunic when he took ship, or whether it was some stranger’s gift, since Odysseus had many friends, and few Achaeans ranked as high. I gave him a bronze sword myself, and a fine purple cloak, doubly-folded, and a fringed tunic, when I saw him off with full honours, aboard his oared ship. Then there was a squire who served him, a little older than himself, and I’ll describe him to you. He was dark- skinned, curly-haired, and round-shouldered. Eurybates was his name, and Odysseus honoured him above the rest, because they were of one mind.’ How effectively does Homer make Odysseus’ description vivid?
250-300 O-Beggar tells Penelope that he has news of her husband He tells the story of Helios’ cattle and the shipwreck He claims that Odysseus will be home in the month Themes Prophecy Characters AOB
300-350 Penelope thanks Odysseus but expresses her doubt of Odysseus return Penelope offers Odysseus a soft bed, foot-washing and oil Odysseus declines the soft bed and claims his feet will only be washed by someone who has suffered as he has Themes Hope/ Grief Xenia Suffering Characters AOB Olive oil!
350-400 Penelope praises O-Beggar for his wisdom and calls Eurycleia to wash his feet Eurycleia laments her master and notes the similarities between him and O-Beggar Odysseus suddenly worries that Eurycleia will recognise his scar and she does Themes Loyalty Hope Recognition Characters Eurycleia AOB
400-450 The hunting story Autolycus (Odysseus grandfather gives him his name ‘man of suffering’) When Odysseus visits Autolycus later he goes hunting and is injured by a wild boar Themes Xenia Growing to manhood Characters Young Odysseus AOB Odysseus’ name
450-500 Eurycleia recognises the scar and identifies Odysseus Eurycleia tries to gesture to Penelope but Athene has distracted her Odysseus seizes Eurycleia and threatens her to be silent Eurycleia assures Odysseus and offers to identify the disloyal maids Themes Divine Intervention Loyalty Deception Recognition Characters Eurycleia AOB
500-550 Penelope talks to Odysseus and explains her dilemma with the suitors Penelope talks of a dream in which an eagle kills her geese The eagle tells Penelope that he is Odysseus returned and that the geese are the suitors Themes Loyalty Prophecy Characters The Suitors AOB
550-604 Penelope talks about the two gates of dreams Penelope claims she will organise a competition for the suitors to fire an arrow through twelve axes with Odysseus’ bow O-Beggar urges Penelope not to delay this competition Themes Arete Prophecy Characters AOB Gates of Dreams
Book 19: 20 Mark Question To what extent could it be said that book 19 of The Odyssey is about recognition?