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Title: Odysseus


1
Odysseus Journey
  • It took him HOW LONG to get home?

2
Homer(the author)
  • Blind poet and bard
  • Very little is known about his life
  • Probably lived in the 8th or 9th century
  • Responsible for the first written literature
  • Wrote two epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey

3
Epic Poem
  • Long narrative (story-telling) poem
  • Cant be told in one sitting
  • Complex stories about several main characters
  • Cover many years
  • Often about the adventures of heroes

4
What Makes an Epic Hero?
  • Strong, but no super powers
  • Faithful to his family, his country, and his god
  • Brave
  • Intelligent
  • Help from a higher force or being

5
The Trojan War
  • Fought during 12th century BC (before Christ)
  • Homer wrote about it in the Iliad 2000 years
    later
  • Many movies have been made about it Troy
  • Trojans LOST the war the Greeks won

6
Heroes of the Trojan War
  • Many heroes fought in the Trojan War
  • Achilles (Brad Pitt)
  • Hector (Eric Bana)
  • Paris (Orlando Bloom)
  • Odysseus
  • Achilles is the main
  • character of the Iliad (the
  • book before The Odyssey)

7
Trojan Horse
  • Odysseus ideathanks to Athena
  • Held 100 men inside
  • Won the war for the Greeks after 10 years of
    fighting

8
Odysseus
  • King of Ithaca
  • Brilliant military leader
  • Athenas favorite
  • Built the Trojan Horse

9
Odysseus Flaws
  • Pride
  • Lack of vigilance (keeping an eye on things)
  • Easily tempted

10
The Voyage Home
  • Odysseus and his crew set sail for Ithaca
  • Approximately 600 miles
  • Should take only a few weeks
  • Takes 10 years (also spent a couple of years
    fighting the war, so he was really gone closer to
    20 years)

11
TROY
Ithaca
12
Why so long?
  • LOTS of stops on the way
  • Women
  • Monsters
  • Gods

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