Invocation In Homer's Odyssey

.What is an Invocation?

.Who is the narrator speaking to in the first stanza? How does Homer establish the

.significance of the story he is about to tell? Cite text to support your answer. Where is

.Odysseus when the story begins? How long has he been there? What has

. happened to Aegisthus and why is Zeus upset about it? Why do

. you think Homer begins the work by having Zeus discuss this story?

.Look up the story of Aegisthus and Clytemnestra. What parallels is the poet drawing

. by including this story? When the Gods hold their meeting, where is Poseidon and

.why is this significant? What first impression of the Gods does this

. book give us? What role do they seem to play in human affairs and