There is nothing better or more delightful than when a whole people make merry together, with the guests sitting orderly to listen, while the table is loaded with bread and meats, and the cupbearer draws wine and fills his. Book 1 book 2 book 3 book 4 book 5 book 6 book 7 book 8 book 9 book 10 book 11 book 12 book book 14 book 15 book 16 book 17 book 18 book 19 book 20 book 21 book 22 book 23 book 24 themes all themes fate, the gods, and free will piety, customs, and justice cunning, disguise, and selfrestraint memory and grief glory and honor. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. This includes athena, who is presumably helping telemachus while odysseus stays with the phaeacians. We sacked the town, killed the men and took the women captive. After leaving troy, odysseus and his men sail to ismarus, which they attack and plunder. When odysseus shows up polyphemus eats 6 of his crew mates. Hermes on circes island, zeus off the island of the cattle of the sun, helios to whine about his cattle.
Oct, 2015 dear class, today well continue working with our reader the odyssey. Odysseus fought among the other greek heroes at troy and now struggles to return to his kingdom in ithaca. When autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically. Ulysses arrives at the island of aeolus, who gives him prosperous. Telemachus visits him in book 3 to ask about his father, but nestor knows little of odysseuss whereabouts. Most of the characters we met in books 16 dont appear much, if at all, in books 712. In book 10 and elsewhere, hermes is given the epithet slayer of argus, which alludes to a. Book x thence we went on to the aeoli island where lives aeolus son of hippotas, dear to the immortal gods. The odyssey by homer book 9 summary and analysis youtube. View homework help odyssey books 9 from engl 25600 at lindenwood university. Quiz questions ask about this journey, including important events. Odysseuss narrative makes up books 9 through 12 of the odyssey. Solveig klarin book 9 what effect does the lotus have on anyone who eats it. You should be able to cite examples of a few of these in.
Book 1 introduces some of the multitudes of characters, many interwoven plots, and significant themes encountered during odysseuss return home. The internet classics archive the odyssey by homer. The odyssey study guidecomp warren hills regional school. We learn that poseidon, god of the sea, holds a grudge though we dont know exactly why against odysseus and is making the guys voyage home a pretty difficult one. It is an island that floats as it were upon the sea, iron bound with a wall that girds it. The notion of hospitality is so strong in the world of the odyssey that guests can even be considered part of ones family. What does the invocation the first 12 lines say the poem as a whole will emphasize.
Course heros video study guide provides indepth summary and analysis of book 9 of homers epic poem the odyssey. Use your odyssey book and study guide to answer the following questions from book 9 and 10. Each of the following sentences suggests a word in the word list. He proceeds to tell the phaeacians stories of his long and arduous journey since the fall of troy. Dec 04, 2011 50 thoughts on week of 124 the odyssey book 9 nick k 4 december 5, 2011 at 3. Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position. Book i athena inspires the prince sing to me of the man, muse, the man of twists and turns driven time and again off course, once he had plundered the hallowed heights of troy. He despises odysseus for blinding his son, the cyclops polyphemus, and. Odysseus son telemachus is approaching manhood and shares his absent fathers house on the island of ithaca off the west coast of greece with his mother penelope and a crowd of about 100 boisterous young men. Here is this stranger, i do not know who he is, come wandering suppliant here to my house from the eastern or western people. Granted, its likely not every contemporary readers favorite work although you probably would have felt.
The basic geographic orientation of the odyssey begins with troy, which was on the coast of the country known today as turkey. Remember that the assessment for this novel will be a project, so it is important that you read as much as possible before we start with it. The new odyssey brings to mind the original epic with which this book has many parallels. Next we visited the lotus eaters, and three of my crew tasted this strange plant. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans.
Many cities of men he saw and learned their minds, many pains he suffered, heartsick on the open sea. Book 3 book 4 book 5 book 6 book 7 book 8 book 9 book 10. Rl 9 analyze how an author draws on and transforms source material in a specific work. As the suitors are odysseuss mortal antagonists, poseidon is his divine antagonist. Book nine my name is odysseus of ithaca, and here is my tale since setting out from troy. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of the odyssey and what it means. Zeus daughter athene may be the patroness of warfare but shes also the goddess of wisdom, so. Books 10 12 of homers odyssey contain a number of allusions to other events in classical mythology. Odyssey 912 greek and latin texts with facing vocabulary. Penelope tells her not to play tricks on her and eurykleia is surprised that penelope would joke about such a thing. Book ix and ulysses answered, king alcinous, it is a good thing to hear a bard with such a divine voice as this man has. This one here is called little aias, and the other is called big aias, or telamonian aias his dad was a dude name telamon. Reread your answers at the end prior to your final submission.
The poem is, in part, a sequel to the iliad, and concerns the events that befall the greek hero odysseus in his long journey back to his native land ithaca after the fall. Staying with aeolus odysseus and his crew stayed with aeolus for an entire month. Homer has touched on a universal theme, the lure of oblivion through drugs. Create marketing content that resonates with prezi video. Follow directions in each question you will be graded on following directions, correct answers, spelling, and punctuation and properly introduced and cited quotes. Homers epic poem the odyssey tells the story of odysseus, greek hero of the trojan war. Odysseus was present in the iliad but not with the same focus as this poem. In book 9 of homers the odyssey, we learn more about his travels after. I have just finished using steadmans edition of homer odyssey 912 in my fourth semester greek course here at miami university. If you plan to purchase a copy of the 2nd edition, please make sure that you are buying the 2nd edition and not accidentally picking up a used copy of the 1st edition. Underline the hidden word and then write it on the line. The nurse goes upstairs excited by the news and she wakes penelope telling her that her husband has returned.
It takes odysseus ten years to reach ithaca after the tenyear trojan war. Our first landfall was ismarus, in the land of the cicones. Odysseus is the main character of the odyssey, a tale which chronicles his. Students familiar with some of the legends of the odyssey but new to the epic itself might be surprised to see that the section on the lotuseaters is only about twentyfive lines long 9. Telemachus son of odysseus and penelope, the prince struggles to gain his. A distinguishing characteristic about him is that his mental skills are just as strong as his physical strengths, and this ability helps him escape some dangerous situations. Book 9 the odyssey 15 questions by kalihannah last updated. Literary works dont come much more venerable or influential than the odyssey, a 12,000line poem written in ancient greek and composed sometime in the eighth century b. Odysseus the central figure in the epic, he employs guile as well as courage to return to ithaca, defeat the suitors, and resume his proper place as king. Death death is hades, the god who rules over the dead. Penelope wife of odysseus and mother of their son, telemachus, she is shrewd and faithful in fending off the suitors. Odysseus is the main character of the odyssey, a tale which chronicles his homecoming and his journeys since his departure from troy. Most agree that the wanderings of odysseus took him to the vicinity of italy and sicily, although speculation has carried him as far afield as iceland. Trojan war, and odysseus has still not returned home.
Readers hear of the captive and long absent odysseus, observe the council of the gods, and learn of the trouble that penelope and telemachus face back home in ithaca. What are the nine archetypes that you will find in a heros. He had no family and he lives a little father away from the other cyclops. Rl 7 analyze the representation of a subject or key scene in two different artistic mediums.
In book 11 of the odyssey, odysseus continues his explanation of the difficult journey he has experienced. We sacked a city first off, but then reinforcements arrived and we lost many comrades. I wanted to leave immediately, but my men wanted to celebrate. The events in the main sequence of the odyssey excluding odysseus. Odysseus and his crew finally escape, having lost six men per ship. Books 1012 of homers odyssey contain a number of allusions to other events in classical mythology.
The protagonist of the odyssey, odysseus is a classic epic hero. Dear class, today well continue working with our reader the odyssey. The poet invokes the muse to help him tell the story of odysseus. The mortal tendency to succumb to temptation manifests itself throughout book 10. This is an edit of the hallmark channels made for tv movie, the odyssey. You should be able to cite examples of a few of these in books 9 and 12 of the odyssey. I left my copy of the odyssey at school, and i need to write down the chapter titles of books 9 and 10. The poem is commonly dated to between 800 and 600 bc. The odyssey is one of the two major ancient greek epic poems the other being the iliad, attributed to the poet homer. List the ten story elements that are common to all stories of a heros journey, such as star wars, the lion king, the wizard of oz, or the odyssey.
The odyssey book 9 characters polyphemus polyphemus is a cyclops. Please, read the following questions and answer them in your copybooks. Homer makes several references in the odyssey to the deceased traveling down to the realm of hades and his. What first impression does this book give us of the gods. Check out our revolutionary sidebyside summary and analysis. Odysseus is the husband of queen penelope and the father of prince telemachus. Book 9 page 896 words to know skillbuilder words to know adversary avenge entreat guile ponderous appalled disdain formidable indifferent whim a. He is by turns cunning, deceitful, clever, prudent, wise, courageous, and impulsive. Odysseus journey home from the trojan war will be emphasized according to the introduction.
What are the titles of chapters 9 and 10 in the odyssey. Odysseus may be the odysseys hero, but we actually think telemachos is more. Just as odysseus taunts the blinded polyphemus in book 9 by boasting about his defeat of the cyclops, the members of his crew prove unable to resist looking into aeoluss bag, and their greed ends up complicating their nostos, or homeward voyage. Home english literature classic books the odyssey book x. The following 77 pages are in this category, out of 77 total. The story focus on his trials at sea and on land and how, once he gets home, he must avenge his familys honor from the suitors. Now, in book 10 of homers the odyssey, he begins with his stay with aeolus, the wind king dear to the gods. Odyssey books 9 odyssey set 3 name solveig klarin book. Odysseus the central figure in the epic, he employs guile as well as courage to return to ithaca, defeat the suitors, and resume his proper place as king penelope wife of odysseus and mother of their son, telemachus, she is shrewd and faithful in fending off the suitors telemachus son of odysseus and penelope, the prince struggles to. She tells her that the old beggar was odysseus and he killed all the suitors.