“ODYSSEY” DOL – INC. 1. HOMER, HE SEEMS TO HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF EVENTS, & KINGDOMS, HANDED DOWN FROM WAY WAY LONG BEFORE HIS TIME.

“ODYSSEY” DOL – INC. 2. ALTHOUGH FULL OF FINE QUALITYS ODYSSEUS ALSO REVEELS HIS WEAKNESS’S.

JOURNAL –”ODYSSEY” WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE MONSTER? WHICH FICTIONAL MONSTER DO YOU THINK IS MOST UNUSUAL/FRIGHTENING? WHY? BEST OR WORST?

“ODYSSEY” EPIC HERO THEME CHARACTER EPIC EPIC SIMILE SETTING

“ODYSSEY” EXTERNAL CONFLICT INTERNAL CONFLICT FORESHADOWING METAPHOR TONE

“ODYSSEY” SUSPENSE EPITHET IMAGERY IRONY TRAGEDY COMEDY

“ODYSSEY” VOCAB ADVERSARY APPALLED AVENGE DISDAIN ENTREAT STRATEGIST FORMIDABLE GUILE

“ODYSSEY” VOCAB INDIFFERENT PONDEROUS WHIM

“ODYSSEY” DOL – COR. 1. HOMER SEEMS TO HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF EVENTS & KINGDOMS HANDED DOWN FROM LONG BEFORE HIS TIME.

“ODYSSEY” DOL – COR. 2. ALTHOUGH FULL OF FINE QUALITIES, ODYSSEUS ALSO REVEALS HIS WEAKNESSES.

1) TROY TROJAN WAR WOODEN HORSE GREEKS WIN WAR TROJAN GODS ANGRY W/ODYSSEUS.

BOOK 9 BEIGNS: THE JOURNEY HOME TO ITHACA FOR ODYSSEUS.

2) CICONES-ALLIES TO TROY GRKS OVERCONFIDENT O & MEN RAID CICONES GREEKS CAUGHT OFF GUARD BY ARMY

2) CICONES ODYSSEUS’ MEN HELP THEMSELVES TO WOMEN, FOOD, & WINE. LOSE 72 MEN IN CONFLICT W/CICONES.

3) LOTUS EATERS O’S ONLY SENDS 3 MEN TO CHECK OUT ISLAND. GOOD LEADERSHIP MEN EAT LOTUS PLANT

3) LOTUS EATERS MEN DO NOT RETURN LOTUS PLANT MAKES THEM FORGET HOME. O GOES & DRAGS THEM BACK TO SHIP.

4) CYCLOPS LIVE IN CAVES, BARBAIC NO SENSE OF COMMUNITY NO LAWS/GOV’T CROPS GROW WILD

3) CYCLOPS – O TOOK 12 BEST MEN & BRANDY, 7 GOLDEN COINS, & SILVER WINE BOWL. CYCLOPS DOES NOT HONOR ZEUS OR GODS

CYCLOPS – O TELLS HIM POSEIDON DESTROYED SHIP ON ROCKS C- EATS 6 MEN O’S EGO / CURIOSITY– WANTS TO SEE CYCLOPS

ODYSSEUS’ PLAN MAKE A STAKE & HEAT IN FIRE TO POKE OUT P’S EYE O’S TELLS P HIS NAME IS “NOHBODY.”

P YELLS FOR HELP AFTER HIS EYE IS OUT. P TELL CYCLOPES THAT NOHBODY TRICKED HIM, SO NO ONE HELPED. MEN ESCAPE ON BELLIES OF RAMS.

LITERARY TERMS FORESHADOWING 899 – LINES 112-114 900 –LINES 130-132 908 –LINES 358-360

POINT OF VIEW - 1ST PERSON - ODYSSEUS METAPHOR : PG. 907 / L:299-303 – AXE IN COLD TUB / SPIKE IN EYE(HOT) PG.899 / L: 91-92 CYCLOP IS HUGE & UNSOCIABLE

SIMILE – PG.903 / L:193-194 – MEN / SQUIRMING PUPPIES - CYCLOP / LION L:195-197 PG.906 / L: 291-294 – O LEANS ON SPIKE / SHIPWRIGHT & DRILL

CONFLICT – EXTERNAL ODYSSEUS VS. GODS O & MEN VS. CYCLOPS MEN VS. GODS / CICONES ADD EXAMPLES IN CLASS!

CONFLICT – INTERNAL ODYSSEUS VS. EGO ODYSSEUS VS. LONLINESS ODYSSEUS VS. CURIOSITY ODYSSEUS VS. GUILT

IMAGERY PG. 900 / L: 144-146 – TWO DOZEN 4 WHEELED WAGONS ETC… PG. 903 / L: 191-203 – CYCLOPS EATS MEN.

IRONY PG. 904 / L: 244-251 SAVAGE KEEPS CHORES IN ORDER & ANIMALS IN ORDER.

THEME ODYSSEUS BRAGS TO THE CYCLOPS ABOUT HIS ADVENTURES & TRIUMPH OVER TROY. OUR SOCIETY LOOKS AT THIS AS BRAGGING.

CHARACTER ODYSSEUS – POOR LEADERSHIP W/ CICONES & CURIOSITY OF NEED TO SEE CYCLOPS. ( PUT HIS MEN IN DANGER.)

CHARACTER ODYSSEUS – CLEVER LEADERSHIP – LOTUS EATERS / SENT 3 MEN - NOBHODY PLAN / HIDE ON THE BELLIES OF RAMS.

CHARACTER ODYSSEUS – CLEVER LEADERSHIP NOT AFRAID TO ASK ATHENA FOR HELP –PG. 903 / L: 223-224

SETTING CICONES - ? LOTUS EATERS - ? CYCLOP - CAVE

TONE CYCLOPS TALKING TO HIS RAM: SEEMS TENDER & PITIFUL AT FIRST THEN FULL OF REVENGE FOR ODYSSEUS!

BOOK 9 ODYSSEUS TAUNTS CYCLOPS : PG. 911 / L: 416-419

CYCLOP’S RESPONSE : PG.912 / LINES 443-453 O NEVER SEES HOME AGAIN. IF DESTINY GETS HIM

HOME, THEN LET IT BE AFTER MANY YEARS. LET THOSE LONG YEARS BE DIFFICULT. LET HIM LOSE ALL HIS MEN.

WHEN HE ARRIVES HOME, LET ITHACA BE IN TURMOIL OVER CHOOSING A NEW RULER.