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The Odyssey

What is an Epic? A long narrative poem about a legendary hero. Recall the Gilgamesh epic from Mesopotamia.

Homer poet thought to be blind, but describes events as a seeing person lived around 1200 B.C.E

Homer Wrote the Illiad and the Odyssey - stories about the war between the Trojans and the Greeks which had happened between 900 and 700 B.C.E.

Illiad Story of the last year of the Trojan War War had lasted 10 years. Troy was defeated when Ulysses and his men were able to get inside the walls of Troy concealed within the body of the Trojan horse.

The Trojan Horse

The Odyssey The story of the journey of Ulysses and his men trying to get home after the Trojan War. 10 years an epic about humans on the journey of life overcoming temptations along the way.

Characters Ulysses or Odysseus Sirens - group of females who lured sailors by their singing

Characters Circe - goddess, enchantress, who turned men into swine Scylla - monster with 12 feet and 6 heads with 3 rows of teeth, carries off a sailor in each mouth

Characters Charybdis - 3 times a day pulls sailors into her whirlpool Hyperion - the sun (distinct from Apollo, the sun god) Jove=Zeus=Jupiter=leader of the gods Eurylochus - one of the crew members