Odysseus wanted to leave, but his men decided to stay and plunder and feast. As soon as polyphemus collapses with intoxication, odysseus and a. Summary after identifying himself to the phaeacians at the feast, odysseus tells the story of his wanderings. Then in the morning when polyphemus lets the sheep out to pasture, the men escape with them. The next day, the people retaliate with a latearriving cavalry and kill many of odysseus men. The next stop is the land of the cyclops, lawless oneeyed giants. The poet invokes the muse to help him tell the story of odysseus.
About the odyssey the odyssey summary character list glossary themes quotes and analysis books 14 books 58 books 9 12 books 16 books 1720 books 2124 symbols, allegory and motifs metaphors and similes irony imagery the fractal structure of epics literary elements related links essay questions quiz 1 quiz 2 quiz 3 quiz 4 citations. Though his men urged him to take some of the food in the cave and run, odysseus wished to see. Odysseus travels to aeaea where he meets the witch god circe. This bibliography was generated on cite this for me on friday, september 18, 2015. Finish writing a draft introduction to your narrative before class on monday, sept 26. In the odyssey, the story begins twenty years into the story with telemachos and his story and travels. The odyssey is homers epic of odysseus 10year struggle to return home after the trojan war. The odyssey at a glance cliffsnotes study guides book. Achilles, son of peleus, athena, daughter of zeus, menelaus, son of atreus, etc. With apparent ease, they sack the city, kill the men, enslave the women, and enjoy a. Captain mixes strong apollo wine with milk for cyclops. He begins his story with odysseus trapped on the island of calypso, a nymph who. An outline the first four books of the odyssey largely. While odysseus battles mystical creatures and faces the wrath of the gods, his wife penelope and his son telemachus stave off suitors vying for penelopes hand and ithacas throne long enough for odysseus to return.
Odysseus and his men face a series of trials sailing home. And ulysses answered, king alcinous, it is a good thing to hear a bard with such a divine voice as this man has. Phemius, the renowned ithacan bard, outlines the tale early in the odyssey 1. The greeks thought its author homer was from chios or ionia and credited him with both this book and its prequel the iliad, the two masterpieces of greek literature.
Odyssey timeline book 112 odyssey timeline book 112 ithaca ithaca odysseus goal scheria calypsos island odysseus sails for twenty days until he arrives to scheria where king alcinous who organizes a banquet in odysseus honor. Following the victory at troy, he and his men sail to ismarus, the stronghold of the cicones. When the trojan war broke out, odysseus left his home in ithaca to go fight in troy. When polyphemus returns, odysseus gets him drunk on wine that he brought along from the ship. The odyssey books 911 timeline by prezi user on prezi. This map shows odysseus journey after he left troy. The odyssey book 9 lyrics ulysses declares himself and begins his storythe cicons, lotophagi, and cyclopes and ulysses answered, king alcinous, it is a good thing to hear a bard with such a. Finish odyssey timeline by class on friday, sept 23 if you did not finish in class. Hide browse bar your current position in the text is marked in blue. His most distinguishing trait, however, is his sharp intellect. Books five through eight are odysseus and his current position.
Odysseus has the defining character traits of a homeric leader. Odysseus just so happened to discover a village on the shore and, still caught up in the victory at troy, he decided to invade. Book 1 book 2 book 3 book 4 book 5 book 6 book 7 book 8 book 9 book 10 book 11 book 12 book book 14 book 15 book 16 book 17 book 18 book 19 book 20 book 21 book 22 book 23 book 24 themes all themes fate, the gods, and free will piety. How effective is odysseus leadership in book 9 of the. In the beginning of the journey, he and his men sacked the city of the cicones and carried away many spoils. Odysseuss quick thinking helps him out of some very tough situations, as when he escapes from the cave of the cyclops in book 9, or. The following timeline will chronicle odysseuss journey from the time he left ithaca, to when he was first shown in homer.
Cyclops removes boulder to catch men when they run. The odyssey timeline of events 10 years 1 2 years 7 8 years 1 month. The odyssey also has a more elaborate structure and chronology than the iliad. Odysseus and a few men were captured by one named polyphemus, and, after the. The odyssey, like the iliad, is divided into 24 books, corresponding to the 24 letters in the greek alphabet. Books nine through thirteen bring us back to the beginning of the story when odysseus tells the story of. As he begins his narrative, he relates that the cyclopes are a lawless people, which should. Books 9 through 12 are told as flashbacks, as odysseus sits in the palace of the phaeacians telling the story of his wanderings. Book twentyfour begins with the dead suitors going to hades and telling the other dead souls how so many of them died at once.
After taking the city odysseus men remained on the island drinking and were attacked by all the cicones friends. Circe drugs odysseuss crew and turns them into pigs. Odysseus goes to talk to his father who doesnt initially recognize him until odysseus shows him the scar and points out all the trees in the garden that laertes gave to. Women had less power and occupied a subordinate status. His journey back from the war took a little bit longer than expected, more or less 10 years longer than expected. Read the last two books of the odyssey before class on friday, sept 23. The odyssey books 911 timeline by isiah shechtman lotus aeolus gives odysseus a bag of winds to get odysseus and his crew home.
Odysseus and his crew escape the cyclops, as painted by arnold bocklin in 1896. Within the middle section of the poem books 9 12, odysseus describes all the. This is a special kind of homeric epithet used frequently in the iliad and the odyssey. In book 9 of homers odyssey, the title character tells about his adventures in the land of the cyclopes. Odysseus and his men suffer through three days of intense storms. The odyssey, written sometime in the 8th century bce although some scholars would place it in the 6th century bce, is an epic poem of more than 12,000 lines organised by scholars in alexandria into 24 books.
Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. What is an epic simile from book 9 of the odyssey answers. After leaving from troy, odysseus and his crew land in the city of ismaros and raid it for no good reason. Once they are in the clear, the men drop out of their slings and drive the rams to their ship. In the odyssey, the story begins twenty years into the story with telemachos and. To avoid involvement in the war against troy, odysseus pretended to be mad. These are the sources and citations used to research book 9 of the odyssey. The odyssey timeline a visual summary of the classical masterpiece, organized by page numbers. Books nine through thirteen bring us back to the beginning of the story when. While his encounters were fictional there were no lotus eaters, sirens, or cyclopes in the ancient. In the greek tradition, the war lasted for ten years. The next day, while polyphemus is outside pasturing his sheep, odysseus finds a wooden staff in the cave and hardens it in the fire. Created by an english teacher, this animation contains the complete story of the odyssey book 9 and provides the necessary information for any student to. The timeline shows events as they happened in time.
History odyssey combines classical and real book approaches to create a complete history curriculum for grades 1 through 12. Meanwhile the cicones called their neighbors for backup, and the expanded army killed many achaeans before the. In book 9, at lines 164168 odysseus and his men enjoy wine captured in the raid. The odyssey ends as odysseus wins a contest to prove his identity, slaughters the. The details are not articulated there either, but the story of ajaxs attempted rape of cassandra in athenas temple and the lack of punishment meted out to him by the greeks would have been well known. At 197210 he says that in the raid out of respect for the god, he protected maron, a priest of apollo living near the town, and marons family, from harm. The odyssey books 912 summary and analysis gradesaver. Chapter summary for homers the odyssey, book 9 summary. The cyclops wakes in the morning and, yes, has a few of odysseus men for breakfast. Trojan war calypso y s homecoming s me ps e s e s s sylla uos s ns d the odyssey the odyssey books 9 12 books 1 8 books 24 duration order of events homers order. Greek society was patrilineal lineage traced through the father and patriarchal ruled by men.
Level one elementary for grades 14, level two middle school for grades 5 and up can actually be used for some high school students but is best for grades 58, and level three high school for grades 9 12. There is nothing better or more delightful than when a whole people make merry together, with the guests sitting orderly to listen, while the table is loaded with bread and meats, and the cupbearer draws wine and fills his cup for every man. This quiz contains 3 sections, matching characters with their descriptions, a multiple choice section, and a timeline section in which students need to chronologically order the locations odysseus visits in books 9 and 10. Odysseus raid on the cicones at ismaros odyssey book 9. In return, maron gave odysseus fine gifts of gold, silver and strong wine. Polyphemus decides to sleep in the doorway to the cave in order to keep the mean from escaping, so odysseus ties each man to the underside of one of the giant sheep that the giant keeps with him in the cave. We learn that poseidon, god of the sea, holds a grudge though we dont know exactly why against odysseus and is making the guys voyage home a pretty difficult one. Polyphemos, the cyclops who lived in the cave, was not home. The odyssey timeline of events rampart high school.
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