Housekeeping: Will you be here in class tomorrow?
Just for kicks and review...who is the epithet naming?
SEE IF NOW YOU CAN IDENTIFY THESE:
far seeing__________
breaker of horses____________
rose-red fingered_____________
quick-witted___________
wary and reserved_________
bright-eyed___________
Icarus' daughter _____________
warlord dear to Zeus____________
earth shaker___________
bard of Ithaca ______________
red-haired____________
flashing steel grey-eyed___________
Menelaus’ wife__________
Laertes' son____________
Agamemnon’s son____________
Clytemnestra’s lover ___________
Agisthesis’ murderer ____________
Agamemnon’s brother___________
. visits Ithaca and advises Telemachus__________
2 accompanies Telemachus to Sparta___________
Odysseus’ nursemaid ____________
glancing eyed_______________
Review Book V
Fast Forward Notes on Books VI-VII
HW: Book VIII ~ You will see O's character through his interactions with the Phaeacians.
Journal 22: Book VIII
Fast Forward Notes on Books VI-VII
HW: Book VIII ~ You will see O's character through his interactions with the Phaeacians.
Journal 22: Book VIII
- Odysseus is insulted by Broadsea. What does he accuse Odysseus of being? Why?
- With Athena's help, what athletic feat does Odysseus accomplish?
- Odysseus brags that he is an accomplished athlete but allows one test where the Phaeacians would likely win. To which test does he refer? Why?
- Why do you think Homer interrupts the narrative to have Demodocus sing about the love of Ares and Aphrodite?
- What do we learn about Odysseus through the contrast between his behavior and that of the young Phaeacians?
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