1. Expectations Make Predictions Notes on conflict
Analyze character of Odysseus and take notes on the Epic Hero
Infer
Discuss foreshadowing
Discuss/identify literary elements
Epithets-take notes
Notes about Culture and Society of Ancient Greeks as we make inferences
PAY ATTENTION and PARTICIPATE in discussions.

2. Adversary * ponderous Appalled * whim Avenge * indifferent Disdain
Vocabulary-for each word, define it, write the part of speech and then use it in your own sentence as the correct part of speech. Your sentences must reflect an understanding of the word.
Adversary * ponderous
Appalled * whim
Avenge * indifferent
Disdain
Entreat
Formidable
Guile

3. Epic Hero
“that man skilled in all ways of contending, the wanderer, harried for years on end.”
notes-
“Weathered many bitter nights and days in his deep hear at sea, while he fought to save his life, to bring his shipmates home.”

4. Conflict
What types of conflict are introduced?

5. Epic Hero
“I am Laertes’ son, Odysseus. Men hold me formidable for guile in peace and war: this fame has gone abroad to the sky’s rim.”
Notes-

6. Epithet
Circe of Aeae, the enchantress

7. Internal Conflict
“But in my heart, I never gave consent. Where shall a man find sweetness to surpass his own home and his parents? In far lands he shall not, though he finds a house of gold.”
Notes-

8. Conflict
“What those years of rough adventure, weathered under Zeus? I might have made it safely home, that time, but as I came round Malea, the current took me out to sea, and from the north a fresh gale drove me on, past Cythera. Nine days I drifted on the teeming sea before dangerous high winds.
Notes-

9. How are the lotus eaters a threat to Odysseus and his men?
Conflict
How are the lotus eaters a threat to Odysseus and his men?

10. Infer
“In the land we found were Cyclopes, giant, louts, without a law to bless them.” What does this mean?
Why doesn’t Odysseus respect the Cyclopes?
What do we learn about Ancient Greek civilization here?

11. Cont. Infer
Notes-
What else do we discover about Ancient Greek values from Odysseus’ view of the Cyclopes?

12. Epic Hero
“Old shipmates, friends, the rest of you stand by; I’ll make the crossing in my own ship, with my own company, and find out what the mainland natives are for they may be wild savages, and lawless, or hospitable and god-fearing men.”
Notes-

13. Epic Poem
Find the example of personification.
Notes-

14. Infer
Infer what the Greeks valued about themselves, based on Odysseus’ description of the Cyclopes.
“He slept in this cave alone, and took his flocks to graze afield-remote from all companions, knowing none but savage ways, a brute so huge, he seemed no man at all of those who eat good wheaten bread; but he seemed rather a shaggy mountain reared in solitude.”

15. Foreshadowing
What does Odysseus mean when he says, “Yet, I refused, I wished to see the caveman, what he had to offer-no pretty sight, it turned out, for my friends.”
What does Odysseus mean when he says, “no pretty sight, it turned out for my friends?”
Why does Odysseus refuse his men’s “sound” request?

16. Inferring
“We would entreat you, great Sir, have a care for the gods’ courtesy; Zeus will avenge the unoffending guests.”
Why does Odysseus emphasize the social custom of giving hospitality to strangers and mentions the possible wrath of Zeus if the Cyclopes do not receive them hospitably?

17. Inferring pg. 902 What is the Cyclopes attitude towards the gods?
Why do you think Odysseus lies about his ship?

18. Similes pg. 903
The Cyclopes “Caught two (men) in his hands like squirming puppies.”
“Then he dismembered them and made his mean-crunching like a mountain lion.”
What do these two similes emphasize?

19. Why doesn’t Odysseus kill the Cyclopes at this time?
Pg. 903
Why doesn’t Odysseus kill the Cyclopes at this time?

20. Simile pg. 903
“the Cyclopes reset the stone as one would cap a quiver.”
What does this simile mean?

21. Pg. 904 Summarize to Clarify
What are the main points of Odysseus’ plan? 1 2 3 4 5

22. What do you think will happen next and why?
Make A Prediction pg. 904
What do you think will happen next and why?

23. Inferring pg. 904
Consider the characteristics of both men-Odysseus and the Cyclopes; Why does Odysseus seem to insult him while he is trying to get him to drink the wine?
“Cyclopes, try some wine. Here’s liquor to wash down the scraps of men. Taste it, and see the kind of drink we carried.”

24. Inferring/Predicting pg. 904
Why does Odysseus offer the Cyclopes the drink of wine?

25. Inferring pg. 906
Cyclops, you ask my honorable name? Remember the gift you promised me, and I shall tell you. My name is Nohbdy; mother, father, and friends, everyone calls me Nohbdy.”
What might Odysseus be planning?

26. Make A Prediction pg. 906
What will happen to Odysseus and his men after the Cyclops is blinded? Explain how he will escape from the cave.

27. source of Polyphemus’ pain?
Inferring pg. 907
What do the
other Cyclopes
assume to be the
source of Polyphemus’ pain?

28. Does Odyssues seem to be enjoying what he is doing? How do you know?
Inferring pg. 907
Does Odyssues seem to be enjoying what he is doing? How do you know?

29. Summarize to Understand pg. 908
How are the men escaping from the cave?

30. What does this say about Odysseus as an Epic Hero?
Epic Hero pg. 908
What does this say about Odysseus as an Epic Hero?

31. Suspense pg. 908
“Sweet cousin ram, why lag behind the rest in the night cave? You never linger so, but graze before them all, and go afar to crop sweet grass, and take your stately way leading right along the streams, until at evening you run to be the first one in the fold. Why now so far behind? Can you be grieving over your master’s eye?
Explain how Polyphemus’ speech to the ram beneath which Odysseus hides adds suspense to the passage.

32. Tone pg. 908
How does Polyphemus’ tone change at the end of his speech?

33. Making Predictions pg. 910
“O Cyclops! Would you feast on my companions? Puny am I, in a Caveman’s hands? How do you like the beating that we gave you, you damned cannibal? Eater of guests under your roof! Zeus and the gods have paid you!”
Predict what you think will happen next.

34. Epic Hero pg. 910 “The blind thing in his doubled fury broke a
hilltop in his hands and
heaved it after us. Ahead of our black prow it struck and sank whelmed in a spuming geyser, a giant wave that washed the ship stern foremost back to shore.”
Notes about Odysseus’ Character:

35. Inferring/Epic Hero pg. 910
How does the crew’s plea compare to the advice they gave earlier in the episode? (lines )
What does this tell us about Odysseus?

36. Epic Hero pg. 911 Why does Odysseus reveal so much about himself?
“Cyclops, if ever a mortal man inquire how you were put to shame and blinded, tell him Odysseus, raider of cities, took your eye: Laertes’ son, whose home’s on Ithaca!”

37. Irony pg. 911
Recall: What was the prophecy that Polyphemus heard a long time ago?
What is ironic
about the prophecy
That Polyphemus
remembers?

38. Epithet pg. 912
What is the Epithet in this third stanza?
(It was mentioned earlier as well on the pg. prior.)

39. “In these words he prayed, and the god heard him.”
Making Predictions pg. 912
“In these words he prayed, and the god heard him.”
Predict what this statement suggests about he fate of Odysseus and his men.

40. Interference of the gods
How do the gods interfere?

41. Writing Assignment: With a partner, answer the questions on pg
Writing Assignment: With a partner, answer the questions on pg , (2nd Question), 4, 5 and Literary Analysis Answer #1: What is your general impression of Odysseus, based on his adventures with the Cyclops? Answer 2nd Question: What does Odysseus think of the way the Cyclopes live? Answer # 4: Do you consider Polyphemus a villain? Do Odysseus’ actions toward him seem justified? Explain. Answer #5: From the characterization of Polyphemus, what conclusions can you draw about the qualities that ancient Greek society considered barabaric or uncivilized? Use specific examples from the poem to support your ideas. Do the Literary Analysis Chart

42. Study Your Vocabulary Do the VOCABULARY IN ACTION on pg. 915
Do Exercise A: 1-5
Do Exercise B: 105

43. Don’t forget to do your journaling!
Cyclops