The Odyssey*
Resources
The Odyssey - Background PowerPoint
- This PowerPoint will give you an introductory overview of the story and its major themes of homecoming, fame, heroism, fathers and sons.
Crash Course Literature: the Odyssey
- Everything John Green does is cool.
The Odyssey - Book-by-Book Discussion Questions by Dr. Fidel Fajardo-Acosta
- I will probably be taking several writing assignment prompts from the questions on this site.
The Odyssey - Full Text
- This is a link to the very readable translation by Stanley Lombardo.
Mythology Power Point
The Hero's Journey
Greek versus Roman Names
- Courtesy of Mr. Bayer, this powerpoint contains fundamental info about mythology.
The Hero's Journey
- Also courtesy of Mr. Bayer, the Hero's Journey is one of the fundamental stories of the human experience.
Greek versus Roman Names
- Mr. Bayer's helpful chart comparing Greek and Roman gods.
Lecture Notes, Readings, and Questions
Lecture Notes #1: Background and Four Motifs
Lecture Notes #2: Background and Key Terms
Lecture Notes #3: Key Motif: Fathers and Sons
Lecture Notes #4: Key Motif: Xenia, the Sacred Law of Hospitality
Lecture Notes #5: Key Motif: Identity and Names
Lecture Notes #6: Xenia and the "Other": Odysseus as Violator of Hospitality
Lecture Notes #2: Background and Key Terms
Lecture Notes #3: Key Motif: Fathers and Sons
- Fathers and Sons: Prereading Questions
- Fathers and Sons Focus Passage: Athena and Telemachus, Book 1, lines 230-237 (Fagels)
- Discussion Questions: The Odyssey - Book-by-Book Discussion Questions by Dr. Fidel Fajardo-Acosta
Lecture Notes #4: Key Motif: Xenia, the Sacred Law of Hospitality
- Xenia Prereading Questions
- Xenia Focus Passage: Antinous and Telemachus, Book 2, Lines 88-142 (Fagels)
Lecture Notes #5: Key Motif: Identity and Names
- Identity and Names Prereading Questions
- Identity and Names Focus Passage: Odysseus and Nausicaa, Book 4, lines 131-203 (Fagels)
- Discussion Questions: The Odyssey - Book-by-Book Discussion Questions by Dr. Fidel Fajardo-Acosta
Lecture Notes #6: Xenia and the "Other": Odysseus as Violator of Hospitality
- Xenia and the Other Prereading Questions
- Xenia and the Other Focus Passage: Odysseus and the Cyclops, Book 9, lines 155-557 (Lombardo)
Lecture Notes #7: Dual Motif: Fathers and Sons, Kleos and Nostos
Lecture Notes #9: Identity #2: Reunion and Recognition Scene
Translation and Close Reading: Polyphemus' Prayer to Poseidon
- Dual Motif Prereading Questions
- Dual Motif Focus Passage: Odysseus Speaks to Dead Achilles, Book 9, lines 486-567 (Lombardo)
- Leadership Prereading Questions
- Focus Passages: Odysseus and the Sirens/ Scylla and Charybdis, book 12, lines 173-208 (Lombardo)
- Discussion Questions: The Odyssey - Book-by-Book Discussion Questions by Dr. Fidel Fajardo-Acosta
Lecture Notes #9: Identity #2: Reunion and Recognition Scene
- Reunion and Recognition Scene Reading Questions
Focus Passages: Reunion With Telemachus Book 16, lines 154-319 (Lombardo)
- Revenge and Reunion Reading Questions
- Odysseus the Beggar Short Writing Assignment/uploads/1/8/5/1/18513336/odysseus_the_beggar_short_writing_assignment.docx
- Focus Passages: Odysseus the Beggar (book 17, lines 248-662) Odysseus' Revenge, Reunion with Penelope, books
Translation and Close Reading: Polyphemus' Prayer to Poseidon