Study Guide Questions: Homer’s Odyssey Directions: Provide clear and accurate responses to the following questions. Incorporate quoted evidence for support ‚ provide page numbers‚ and insightful analysis (how or why the information/quote is important). Use blue/black ink and make your responses legible. Book I 1. What does the invocation (the first 13 lines) say the poem as a whole will emphasize? 2. What first impression does this book give us of the gods? How much of a role
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but me" she bathed her gave him clothes and revealing the Achaean strategy Helen and Menelaus’s story about fearless Odysseus " save all of them.(Homer 4‚265) Demodocus’s song at Alcinous’s palace reveals that Odysseus has aroused affection to Nausicaa can’t trump his desperate yearning desire to return to home
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Term Paper Epic poetry is lengthy poems that tell a story‚ usually about a character whose actions prove to be in favor of heroism. The idea behind the story typically deals in the traditions whether it is mythical or historical of a culture or nation. Mesopotamian mythology‚ an ancient civilization whose history goes back before the famous Greek civilization period‚ has a tale of a king of Uruk named Gilgamesh‚ whose actions lead his people to dislike him. Through actions that spit on the gods
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The first years Anime dates back to the birth of Japan’s own film industry in the early 1900s‚ and has emerged as one of Japan’s major cultural forces over the past century. Much of the work done in these early years was not the cel animation technique that would come to be the dominant production technique‚ but a host of other methods: chalkboard drawings‚ painting directly on the film‚ paper cut-outs‚ and so on. One by one‚ many of the technologies used today were added to Japanese animated
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How Is The Greek Idea of a Sound Mind and Body Essential for The Successful Characters of The Odyssey? If one were to only have a very fit and strong body‚ lacking mental ability‚ to the Greeks it would not suffice. If a man were merely smart and intelligent‚ without much physical capability‚ the Greeks would feel that he is not complete. They believed an individual must have have both‚ a well developed mind and a fit body‚ not only one or the other‚ to be ideal. This is the Greek concept
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[pic] The adventure of Odysseus What is an Epic? A long narrative poem about a legendary hero. Homer • poet • thought to be blind‚ but describes events as a seeing person • lived around 1200 B.C.E Ismarus City • From Troy‚ the ships first made land at Ismarus. • Ismarus – City of Ciconians • Odysseus lost six men from each ship. • Odysseus continued their sailing. • They were overtaken by a storm which drove them for NINE DAYS along the sea till they reached
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After hearing the words of Athena‚ Telemachus chose to return home to Ithaca. Athena also acts as Odysseus’ guardian during his journey home‚ and even after he had reached his homeland. When Odysseus washes upon the shores of Scheria‚ he is met by Nausicaa‚ the daughter of the king of the Phaeacians‚ who takes him to her father’s halls. Upon departure for
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Texts Read: Add Summary Below Each Gilgamesh-Author Unknown Characters Gilgamesh- Fifth King of Uruk; arrogant and boastful Enkidu- Close friend to Gilgamesh; uncivilized wild man turned into civilized and sexual human Humbaba- demon who guards the forest; head is taken as a trophy by Gilgamesh and Enkidu Shamhat- Temple prostitute who seduces Enkidu Enlil- god of earth wind and air Ishtar- goddess of love and fertility. and war Ninsun- mother of Gilgamesh. goddess. wife of Lugulbanda
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The Women of the Odyssey Many people regard Homer’s epics as war storiesstories about men; those people often overlook the important roles that women play in the Odyssey. While there are not many female characters in the Odyssey‚ the few that there are‚ play pivotal roles in the story and one can gain a lot of insight by analyzing how those women are portrayed. Homer portrays the females in contradictory ways: the characters of Athena and Eurykleia are given strong‚ admirable roles while Melantho
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changes in life that need to be made‚ then puts them to use. When at Ogygia‚ Calypso gets a visit from Hermes saying that he is able to leave. When he does‚ he journeys across the seas until he gets to the island of the Phaecians. When here he talks to Nausicaa who helps him see the king‚ her father‚ and get a ship for his trip to Ithaca. When he arrives on Ithaca he was told by Athena to be a beggar and not Odysseus. This way he is able to see what it is like without him. When he meets Telemachus for the
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