1. Monsters in The Odyssey

3. Lines
Lines
Lines
Lines
Lines
Limes

4. TASK (10 mins)
Pick out all the adjectives used to describe Polyphemus (or the cyclops)
Identify which descriptions are from observation and which from Odysseus’ narration.

5. How is Polyphemus characterised?
THINK
How is Polyphemus characterised?
Try to think about his characterisation in terms of other people/ civilisations we have encountered so far.

6. Lines
Lines
Lines

7. Task (20 mins)
Identify all the descriptive language from these passages (similes/ metaphors/ sensory language)
Analyse how effective this language is; how does it help to create a picture in the mind of the reader?
N.B. It is really important to be able to explain how or why description is effective (and not just list it).

8. How scary/ exciting do you find the cyclops?
Scare factor!
How scary/ exciting do you find the cyclops?

9. Essay “xenia as a custom was central to Classical Greek culture.”
Discuss (briefly)
Only write about the books you have read so far.
(10 marks)

10. Essay “xenia as a custom was central to Classical Greek culture.”
Discuss (briefly)
Only write about the books you have read so far.
(10 marks)
Your ‘body of evidence’ is going to be any instances of xenia in The Odyssey

11. Essay “xenia as a custom was central to Classical Greek culture.”
Think about how widely it is practiced and by whom
“xenia as a custom was central to Classical Greek culture.”
Discuss (briefly)
Only write about the books you have read so far.
(10 marks)
Need to think about cultural significance: practical/ religious importance

12. Essay – Examples of xenia
Athene Not a host = no xenia
Calypso Hosts Ody. and Hermes
Ino Not a host (although helpful)
Nausicaa ‘Hosts’ Ody. on beach
Arete Hosts Ody. In palace
Alcinous Hosts Ody. In palace
Priest of Apollo Hosts Ody. at Ismarus
Polyphemus ‘Hosts’ Ody.

13. Essay – Other People Athene Not a host = no xenia
Calypso Hosts Ody. and Hermes
Ino Not a host (although helpful)
Nausicaa ‘Hosts’ Ody. on beach
Arete Hosts Ody. In palace
Alcinous Hosts Ody. In palace
Find the sections of the books in which these people offer xenia so that you can include all the necessary details

14. Writing the essay Helping you to evaluate
What is xenia?
What is included in xenia?
Who shows the most/ best xenia?
Does everyone show xenia?
Why do people give xenia?