Thursday

Today we are going to review for tomorrow's test. 

 

ODYSSEY REVIEW GUIDE:
THEMES:
Be able to show three examples from the text to back up each of the following:
Loyalty

Hospitality

Pride/Arrogance

Coming of Age

Forgetting (or the evils of drugs and women) -

Deception –

Cycle of Violence -

MOTIFS:
Be able to explain the following and why they are used:

Storytelling-

Back story of Troy

Agammenon/Clytaimnestra

Other Epic elements:

Starts “in the middle of things”;

Odysseus’ tragic flaw;

Sports

Other things that reinforced Greek values

SYMBOLS:
Be able to explain the following:
Birds (especially eagles);

Hades;

Odyssey’s Wound

Odyssey/Penelope’s bed:

GODS (know the following and what they do in the text)::
Athena

Poseidon

Hermes

Zeus

Helios

SEDUCTRESSES: (know the following and their purpose)
Helen

Calypso

Circe

Sirens


CHARACTERS:
Be able to give a description of the following and their roles in the story (perhaps what the symbolize or represent – and connect to a theme)
Agammenon

Amphinomos-

Achilles

Telemachos

Helen

Laertes

Menelaus

Penelope

Aias (Ajax) - \

Antinoos

Orestes

Eurymachos

Nestor

Lotus Eaters

Mentor

Ciconians

Nausicaa

Polyphemos

Alcinoos

Scylla

Arete

Charybdis

Emaios

Aiolos

Theoclymenos

Elpenor

Melanthios

Teiresias -

Arnaios

Eurylochos

Eurycleia -

Cassandra -

Tityo-

Tantalus -

Sisyphus -


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Books 5-6

 

 

Books 9-12

 

 

 

Books 13-16

 

 

 

Books 17-20

 

 

Books 21-24