The Odyssey Background Information. IN THE BEGINNING… Titans Enormous Beings Incredible Strength Cronus & Rhea The Oracle Zeus THE FUTURE.

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The Odyssey Background Information

IN THE BEGINNING… Titans Enormous Beings Incredible Strength Cronus & Rhea The Oracle Zeus THE FUTURE

A Family Tree

The 12 Olympians (+2) Zeus: Supreme Ruler; thunderbolt; Jupiter Hera: Z’s wife & God- dess of Marriage; Juno Poseidon: God of the Seas; trident; Neptune Demeter: Goddess of the Harvest & Seasons; Ceres Hades : God of the Under-world; Persephone; Pluto Hestia: Goddess of Family Peace; Vesta Athena: Goddess of Wisdom; Minerva

 Aphrodite: Goddess of Love & Beauty; Eros; Venus  Artemis: Goddess of the Hunt & Virginity; Diana  Apollo: God of Music, Archery & Medicine:  Dionysus: God of Wine; Bacchus  Hephaestus: God of Craftsmen; Vulcan  Hermes: Messenger God; Mercury  Ares: God of War; Mars

The Muses: Daughters of Zeus & Mnemosyne (memory) History Astronomy Tragedy Comedy Song Lyrics Dance Poetry

Homer Homer was a blind minstrel who came from the Greek Island, Chios. Traveling entertainment Told stories—some long, others short, usually in the evenings.

Epic Poems Epics are long narrative poems that tell of the adventures of heroes who embody the values of their particular civilizations. Homer’s Iliad is the model for War Epic Homer’s The Odyssey is the model for the long journey home. Example: Huckleberry Finn & The Hobbit

Heroes In Homer’s day, HEROES were thought of as a special class of Aristocrats. Heroes were somewhere in between the gods and ordinary humans. The might experience pain & death, but they were always sure of themselves & never gave up on their “mission.” A Hero in Trouble: Odysseus

The Hero’s Journey—Joseph Campbell 1. Departure “Call to Adventure” Refusal of the “Call to Adventure” Supernatural aid 2. Initiation Road of Trials Meeting with the gods—”Belly of the Whale” Woman as temptress 3. Return Refusal to return Rescue Master of two worlds

Odysseus’s Journey Home After the Trojan War, Odysseus begins his journey home to Ithaca. The Lotus Eaters The Cyclops—Son of Poseidon Aeolus—God of the Winds Laestrygonians—giant cannibals Circe—witch goddess; turns men to pigs

Erebus—Land of the Dead Sirens—1/2 woman; ½ bird Scylla—sea monster with 6 heads Charybdis—deadly whirlpool (3 x daily) Helios—Sun God; “don’t eat cattle” Calypso—beautiful goddess –kept Odysseus for nearly 7 years Phaecians—Alcinous & Nausicaa Home to Ithaca Reunited with family

Ithaca— the people at home Penelope —O’s beautiful & faithful wife Telemachus —O’s & P’s son Laertes —O’s father Eumaeus —old swineherder & friend of O Eurycleia —O’s old nurse, T’s governess Antinous & Eurymachus — suitors of Penelope