The Odyssey

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The Odyssey
The epic tale of one mans journey home
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Introduction
Odyssey What does this word mean?

• An extended adventurous voyage or trip.
• An intellectual or spiritual quest an odyssey of
  discovery.

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It is about his adventures when he is trying to
get home after the Trojan War.
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The Epic Hero
What is an epic hero?
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1. Intelligence
2. Bravery
3. Strength
4. Battles great monsters
5. Overcomes human weakness
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Now, a little about the poem
The Odyssey
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The Gods 1. Apollo God of music, poetry, and
medicine 2. Poseidon God of the sea 3. Zeus
King of all the gods and goddesses 4. Athena
Goddess of wisdom, skills, and warfare 5.
Hermes The messenger god. 6. Circe A goddess
and enchantress 7. Calypso A sea goddess
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The Monsters and The People

• 1. Odysseus The king of Ithaca and hero of The
  Odyssey
• 2. Charybdis a whirlpool personified as a
  woman
• 3. Polyphemos the Cyclops who imprisons
  Odysseus
• 4. Lotus Eaters inhabitants of an island, they
  eat flowers
• 5. Scylla A dangerous rock personified as a
  6-headed monster
• 6. Sirens Creatures whose songs lure sailors
  to their death
• Laertes Odysseus father
• Telemachus The son of Odysseus
• Penelope The wife of Odysseus

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After helping to lead the Greeks to victory in
the ten-year Trojan War, our hero Odysseus sets
out to return to his island kingdom of Ithaca.
Unfortunately, while destroying the city of
Troy, Odysseus knocked over a shrine for
Poseidon, not a good idea when he still had to
sail home. The god of the sea was very angry,
and decided that Odysseus will never get home.
The Odyssey is the tale of Odysseus ten-year
adventure, while trying to get home. Lets take a
look at a map of where Odysseus went.
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Sources Cited and Acknowledged
Homer. The Odyssey Prentice Hall Literature.
Kate Kinsella Ed. New Jersey. Prentice Hall
Publishing. 2002. http//www.dictionaryreferenc
e.com/search?qodyssey http//www.classics.upenn.e
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