The Odyssey Books V-VIII

Homecoming?  When Zeus releases Odysseus, he must make his way home “wrung with pains.”  The hero transcends through his trials.  When Zeus releases Odysseus, he must make his way home “wrung with pains.”  The hero transcends through his trials.

 What“roles” do the following female figures play in the hero’s encounter with the feminine?  Calypso  Ino  Nausicaa  Athena  What“roles” do the following female figures play in the hero’s encounter with the feminine?  Calypso  Ino  Nausicaa  Athena

Ody and the Women  Caylpso jealously wishes to keep Ody as her love slave  Ino rushes to his aide, as long as he strips off his clothes...  The girl Nausicaa is comically confronted by Ody, who is wearing only...  Caylpso jealously wishes to keep Ody as her love slave  Ino rushes to his aide, as long as he strips off his clothes...  The girl Nausicaa is comically confronted by Ody, who is wearing only...

... a really BIG olive leaf!... a really BIG olive leaf!

Ody and the Women  Ody throws himself at the feet of Arete, spinning in the garden  Nausicaa is awakened to the possibility of taking a bridegroom  Athena escorts Ody into King Alcinous’ palace as a pig-tailed little girl  Ody throws himself at the feet of Arete, spinning in the garden  Nausicaa is awakened to the possibility of taking a bridegroom  Athena escorts Ody into King Alcinous’ palace as a pig-tailed little girl

 Rhapsode: a classical Greek professional performer of epic poetry  Demodocus = Homer  Rhapsode: a classical Greek professional performer of epic poetry  Demodocus = Homer

Trapped in the Net  Deomodocus sings of the comical burlesque high jinx between Hephaestus and the adulterous Aphrodite  What drama awaits Odysseus and Penelope?  Immortal buffoonery vs. mortal pathos  Deomodocus sings of the comical burlesque high jinx between Hephaestus and the adulterous Aphrodite  What drama awaits Odysseus and Penelope?  Immortal buffoonery vs. mortal pathos

The Gifted Rhapsode  The gifted, blind Deomdocus (Homer?) twice moves Ody to tears singing of the sad Achaean exploits in Troy  Only Ody’s equal -- King Alcinous -- is aware  The gifted, blind Deomdocus (Homer?) twice moves Ody to tears singing of the sad Achaean exploits in Troy  Only Ody’s equal -- King Alcinous -- is aware

 How does Odysseus’ confrontation with Broadsea foreshadow events upon his return to Ithaca?

Challenged by Youth  Ody is righteously offended by Lord Laodamas’ and Broadsea’s impudent challenges  What awaits the insolent suitors on Ithaca?  Ody proves his chops!  Ody is righteously offended by Lord Laodamas’ and Broadsea’s impudent challenges  What awaits the insolent suitors on Ithaca?  Ody proves his chops!

 What power lies in a name?

Identity  King Alcinous implores, “Come, tell us the name they call you there at home --”