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The odyssey presentationbook one: a goddess intervenes
Mr. hakimSlide2
Presentation overview
Summary of Book One
Response to Study Questions
Connections to the Epic
Connection to the Unit Question
Connection to TodaySlide3
Book one: a goddess intervenesSummary:
A muse- Athena- is called
To tell the story of Odysseus Slide4
Book one: a goddess intervenesSummary:
An important lesson…
For the shipmatesSlide5
Book one: a goddess intervenesSummary:
Again, Athena is invoked to tell the story of Odysseus Slide6
Book one: a goddess intervenes
Response to Study Guide Questions:
Whom
does Homer invoke to help him sing the story of Odysseus
?
Athena
What did Odysseus’s men do to anger the sun god, Helios
? They kill and feast on his cattle. How many years have passed after the Trojan War – the amount of time that Odysseus had been wandering on the seas? 10 years Who is Odysseus’s wife? Penelope Who is Odysseus’s son
?
Telemachus Slide7
Book one: a goddess intervenes
Connections to Elements of the Epic:
The Mentor
Athena is invoked to tell the story of the Odyssey.
She is “helping” Homer tell the story – just like she helps Odysseus in his journey
The
Epic Hero
Odysseus – larger than life hero“man skilled in all ways of contending”
Where are his flaws?
Epithet
“Daughter of Zeus” = Athena
“The wanderer” = Odysseus Slide8
Book one: a goddess intervenesConnections to Unit Question:
What’s more important—the journey or the destination?
Muse is invoked to tell the journey—destination is secondarySlide9
Book one: a goddess intervenesConnections to Unit Question: Slide10
Book one: a goddess intervenesContemporary Connection:
Positive Thinkers
Persistence Despite Challenge
Perspective Taking
Live Right
Emapthy
Confidence