Lessons from The Odyssey The Greek Textbook and Bible For the Greeks The Iliad and The Odyssey were the foundation of their education For Greek schoolboys these books were their Textbooks ID: 584040
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The Moral of the Story
Lessons from
The OdysseySlide2
The Greek Textbook and Bible
For the Greeks,
The Iliad
and The Odyssey were the foundation of their education.For Greek schoolboys, these books were their:Textbooks“Bibles”EntertainmentSlide3
Training Young People
Teachers and parents would use these stories to raise the new generation.
What lessons do you think they could teach from
The Odyssey?Think.Pair.Share.Slide4
Lessons for Each Stop
Each adventure Odysseus can be used to teach a lesson.
We will look at some of them.
Lotus EatersCyclops / AeoliaCirceHadesSirensScylla and
Charybdis
Helios’s cattleSlide5
Lotus Eaters
Narcotics are dangerous and addictive.
Distractions can cause us to never want to complete our goals.Slide6
Cyclops and Aeolia
Curiosity can be dangerous.
Often you need to think your way out of a situation, rather than fight your way out. Brain and brawn.
Follow through on your objectives.Don’t almost finish. Finish.Slide7
Circe
Lust can turn people into animals.
You can get too comfortable.
Stay loyal amid the worst temptations.Slide8
Hades
You sometimes need to experience the worst to get the best.
We can always learn from the past.
Heb. 12:1Slide9
Sirens
Some things sound good but aren’t.
Find a way to avoid temptation.
Don’t simply trust your strength to withstand it.Keep going. Do not rest on past accomplishments.Slide10
Scylla and Charybdis
This is where we get the expression “between a rock and a hard place.”
Sometimes you have to decide between two tough options.
Avoiding one problem may lead you to another.Trust God to get you out.Slide11
Helios
Obey the rules.
Remember your responsibilities.
Don’t allow other people to ruin things for you.Seemingly small actions can have huge consequences.Slide12
Main Lesson
Life is about having a goal and overcoming obstacles to reach that goal.
Obstacles come in different ways.
Some are self-inflicted.Some are from other people.Some are from “the gods.”Slide13Slide14
Overcoming Obstacles
Some obstacles are self-inflicted.
What are examples from
The Odyssey of self-inflicted obstacles?Odysseus’s pride.Others?What are examples from our lives of self-inflicted obstacles?ProcrastinationSlide15
Overcoming Obstacles
Some obstacles come from others.
What are examples from
The Odyssey of other people being obstacles?Cicones. Aeolus’s winds.Others?What are examples from our lives of obstacles that others present?Betrayal, drama…Slide16
Overcoming Obstacles
Some obstacles come from the
“
gods.”What are examples from The Odyssey from the gods?Storms, Helios’s cattle?Others?
What are examples from our lives of obstacles that we cannot help?
Our birth, our circumstances…Slide17
Overcoming Obstacles
How does Odysseus overcome the obstacles in his path?
The gods help? His own efforts?
How can we overcome the obstacles in our lives?