Odyssey discussion questions book 1 1 have the students explain where odysseus has been and why. Students begin working on an independent reading assignment for book 18 assignment. You may have read the odyssey before, perhaps in grade school or for a classics course in college. I was choosing between this book and rosemary sutcliffes and mary pope osbornes versions of the odyssey for our homeschool study of the greeks. For example, even if you say, read excerpt from book 1 in lit book andor read excerpt from book 9 in lit book. Check out our revolutionary sidebyside summary and analysis. Odyssey discussion questions salamanca high school.
The war ends when laertes is strengthened by his sons return and athenas blessing, and kills eupithes. Elements of an epic the odyssey 2 extensions modifications. The nurse goes upstairs excited by the news and she wakes penelope telling her that her husband has returned. By the time homers audience encounters odyssey 23, odysseus has revealed his identity to his son. Omnibus i primary reading assignments essays are found in the lesson resources and omnibus textbook genesis. It corresponds to book 12 of the odyssey, when odysseus and his men meet the sirens, charybdis, and scylla. Iliad what happened after the end of iliad book 24. Agamemnons ghost celebrates penelopes fidelity and compares her favorably to his treacherous wife, clytemnestra 24. Iliad book 18 since our class meets every other day, i ask students to finish the assignment for homework student work. Sep 05, 2018 part 2 of a readthrough of emily wilsons translation of the odyssey by homer. If the iliad is the worlds greatest war epic, the odyssey is literatures grandest evocation of an everymans journey through life. The sirens, scylla and charybdis, the cattle of the sun after we were clear of the river oceanus, and had got out into the open sea, we went on till we reached the aeaean island. As predicted by circe, skylla who has six heads ate six ithakans. In section ii rutherford examines some very global similarities between the two.
These questions will get your students working through the books to learn the plot, themes and major characters. Hermes leads the suitors who squeal like bats into hades, where they encounter the ghosts of achilles and agamemnon. They meet the ghosts of achilles, ajax, and agamemnon. This mini odyssey, coupled with odysseus need to escape the town and see his father, keeps the audience engaged for the final episode. 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. The poet invokes the muse to help him tell the story of odysseus. A view of the odyssey this unit plan focuses on the characterization of telemachus, odysseus, penelope, and. The retelling of penelopes story and odysseus revenge may be better understood if we remember that the epic was presented orally, probably over a period of several days or even weeks. The use of language is firstrate and the fantastic pacing makes it a wonderful readaloud for my 6year old. Alan watts how to see through the game the secret to life happiness duration. These lesson plans were designed to teach the odyssey to 9th grade honors students. Agamemnon envies achilles and ajax their deaths in. This lesson begins with a brief recap of book 23 of the odyssey. Penelope tells her not to play tricks on her and eurykleia is surprised that penelope would joke about such a thing.
Cliffsnotes study guides are written by real teachers and professors, so no matter what youre studying, cliffsnotes can ease your homework headaches and. If thats true, then i encourage you to open it again and reexamine homers account for its lessons in manliness. Journeys book 1 book 2 book 3 book 4 book 5 book 6 book 7. In his hands he held his lovely golden wand with which he can lull mens eyelids or wake them from sleep. The odyssey discussion questions book 1 what do you think is the symbolic meaning of the greek gods and goddesses. Jul 18, 2017 the odyssey book summary in under five minutes. Prosperity is restored to ithaca, and odysseus is home at last. 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. Calypso, the sweet nymph of the odyssey by homer and translated by e. You have to be careful in the odyssey, because theres always that chance that youre inadvertently ticking off some immortal with powerful connectionslike a close family tie to the god of the sea. Lesson plans for the odyssey by homer free english learning and teaching resources from varsity tutors. The odyssey unit test multiple choice 2 points each please answer on loose leaf. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans.
Plot, character, epic, poetry, prose, conflict, allusion, alliteration. I am going to work from a lit book next year and i think it has excerpts too. The odyssey books 18 24 summaries by erin salona 2. This one here is called little aias, and the other is called big aias, or telamonian aias his dad was a dude name telamon. The odyssey meaning and life lessons the art of manliness. He held in his hands his wand, a fair wand of gold, wherewith he lulls to sleep the eyes of. Many cities of men he saw and learned their minds, many pains he suffered, heartsick on the open sea. What is the importance of odysseuss bed in homers odyssey.
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. There they meet achilles and agamemnon, who ask how so many young warriors could have died. Read an overview of the entire poem or a line by line summary and analysis. Agamemnon envies achilles and ajax their deaths in battle. The odyssey is an excellent work of literature for ninth or tenth grade students to read. While they leave for the house of laertes, hermes takes the souls of the fallen suitors down to the underworld to join the rest of the dead. What does it suggest about human behavior and the tragic fate of human individuals. The tenyear war waged by the greeks against troy, culminating in the overthrow. Meanwhile cyllenian hermes was summoning the ghosts of the suitors. After one recounts the tale, agamemnon contrasts the betrayal he suffered at the hands of his own wife with penelopes steadfast.
This page includes some overview questions on the epic as a whole followed by a series of questions related to each book. We will continue independent reading of the excerpts next class, and doing so in class, they will be able to. The odyssey book 2 lyrics assembly of the people of ithacaspeeches of telemachus and of the suitorstelemachus makes his preparations and starts for pylos with minerva disguised as mentor. At last, by the end of the book video, there will be. The final book of the odyssey opens in a different location from the previous chapter, with hermes bringing the souls of the dead suitors to the land of the dead.
Lesson plans for the odyssey by homer varsity tutors. Trojan prince paris had prompted the greek expedition to seek revenge and reclaim. See a complete list of the characters in the odyssey and indepth analyses of odysseus, telemachus, penelope, athena, calypso, and circe. Achilles speaks to agamemnon and pities his death at home instead of in battle where he should have died. Teaching the odyssey is an odyssey in the work of teaching and requires dedication, determination, and some of the versatility one finds in odysseus. Agamemnon and achilles discuss the suitors deaths in hades, and odysseus and. In this epic poem, clever odysseus attempts to find his way home after the end of the trojan war. The great epic of western literature, translated by the acclaimed classicist robert fagles a penguin classic robert fagles, winner of the penralph manheim medal for translation and a 1996 academy award in literature from the american academy of arts and letters, presents us with homers bestloved and most accessible poem in a stunning modernverse translation. If i could suggest anything to add to the lesson plan above, i would suggest adding in the reading schedule by day also. Start studying the odyssey book 24 vocabularyquestions.
Homers epic poem the odyssey tells the story of odysseus, greek hero of the trojan war, and his adventures at sea during his travel home. Learn these words from the translation by robert fitzgerald. Unit plan for the odyssey 1 homeros subjecttopic area. A vocabulary list featuring the odyssey by homer, books 1924. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of the odyssey and what it means.
The odyssey this unit was created by the louisiana department of education in partnership with learnzillion. The video is of book 2, called a dangerous journey and includes a short introduction before the reading. It is the gods who decide the fate of the humans, the gods who can declare war, and the gods who can make peace. When the assembly gathers the next day, wise old aegyptius points out that the group has not met in session since king odysseus left for the trojan war some 20 years before. When students complete the activities in this lesson plan, they.
As a man aches for his evening meal when all day long his brace of winedark oxen have dragged the bolted plowshare down a fallow field how welcome the setting sun to. Character function 3 what evidence is there to show how athena thought highly of odysseus. The odyssey is one of the most renowned epic poems. The lesson gets students thinking about what monsters show us about the society which created them. If you have never read the odyssey, treat yourself to it.
Under directions from zeus, athena stops the conflict and calls for peace and cooperation. Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. The odyssey by homer part 24 full audiobook youtube. Heres where youll find analysis about the book as a whole, from the major themes and. The closest the greeks came to the gods, one could argue, was through their writers for they, too, had complete control over their characters, and none had it. Reading comprehension ensure that you draw the most important information from the lesson on the specified part of the odyssey. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. We, after all of our struggles and adventures, have finally reached the pinnacle of the mountain. Book 18 iros, a real beggar, orders odysseus to leave the hall iros challenges odysseus to a fight athena secretly helps odysseus look bigger and scare iros the suitors are impressed and offer odysseus, the beggar, food odysseus, the beggar, warns them odysseus will.
It includes approximately 41 days of instructional materials including classroomready materials, assessments, graphic organizers, and texts. The description by odysseus of women in the underworld as a flock frames them as lessthanhuman, suggesting that they have lost an essential aspect of themselves in death. By this time most students have already been introduced to mythology, so that the. The purpose of this activity is to have students do a close reading with annotations of these passages and have the students complete the text dependent questions. See what you know about book 24 of this text by completing the practice problems found in. He commends the citizen who was bold enough to call for the meeting. Litcharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in the odyssey, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work. The odyssey by homer book 22 summary and analysis youtube. Book 18 iros, a real beggar, orders odysseus to leave the hall iros challenges odysseus to a fight athena secretly helps odysseus look bigger and scare iros the suitors are impressed and offer odysseus, the beggar, food odysseus, the beggar, warns them.