1. The Odyssey
Books I-IV

2. Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twists and turns driven time and again off course. . . .

3. Nearly Home
In his seventh year on Ogygia Island with Calypso, the nymph with lovely braids, Odysseus weeps for his homeland Ithaca and his wife Penelope
In Poseidon’s absence from Olympus, Athena plots Odysseus’ return

4. What foreshadowing from the Trojan conflict can be surmised for Odysseus’ homecoming?

5. Foreshadowing? Troy Catastrophe King Priam is killed
Hector, Priam’s son is killed
Sack of Troy
Ithaca
Potential catastrophe
Ody could be killed when on his homecoming
Tele could be killed when he returns
Suitors lay Ody’s house to waste

6. Foreshadowing? Odysseus Returning home Suitors vie for his place
Agamemnon
Returned home
Aegisthus had taken his place
Orestes achieves vengeance through matricide
Treachery
death
Odysseus
Returning home
Suitors vie for his place
Telemachus harbors vengeance
Treachery?
Death?

7. What father figures have been established in the Trojan conflict and its aftermath?

8. The Father Figure Priam (defeated) Agamemnon (murdered)
Nestor (honored)
Odysseus
Hector
Orestes
Pisistratus
Telemachus

9. Boyz 2 Men
Telemachus begins the process of maturation by seeking his own identity through his father
Pisistratus “already a captain of armies”

10. What can be said of the female roles in the Trojan conflict and aftermath?

11. Womanly Wiles? Menelaus (forgiving) Agamemenon (betrayed) Odysseus
Helen
Clytemnestra
Penelope

12. The Goddess Sisterhood
Helen gives Telemachus a potion to forget his grief
Penelope weaves and unweaves Laertes’ funeral shroud to beguile the suitors
Athena sends the phantom of Penelope’s sister to comfort her

13. Bewitching Women Telemachus Menelaus Odysseus The suitors Athena
Eidothea
Calypso
Penelope