Here are worksheets and a project to help you teach or appreciate the odyssey. After the trojan war, odysseus sets off on his journey back to ithaca. Keep these qualities in mind as you read this part of the odyssey. One means a pretty easy activity, two means a harder one, and three means a challenging activity. See more ideas about teaching, lesson plans and heros journey.
Athena travels to sparta, where she finds telemachus and pisistratus, nestors son. The poem is commonly dated to between 800 and 600 bc. Telemachus asks about his mother and eumaius tells him that she is worn out by grieving. Odyssey discussion questions salamanca high school. Following athenas instructions, he proceeds to the farmstead of eumaeus. Homers epic poem the odyssey has fascinated readers and listeners for thousands of years.
When telemachus came up, the dogs did not bark, but fawned upon him, so ulysses, hearing the sound of feet and noticing that the dogs did not bark, said to eumaeus. In book 15 of homers odyssey, we return to the story of telemachus, who has been searching for his long lost father, odysseus. The sirens, scylla and charybdis, the cattle of the sun after we were clear of the river oceanus, and had got out into the open sea, we went on till we reached the aeaean island. Named a best book of 2017 by npr, library journal, the christian science monitor, and newsday a kirkus best memoir of 2017 shortlisted for the 2017 baillie gifford prize from awardwinning memoirist and critic, and bestselling author of the lost. The dogs do not bark at him and eumaius is so happy he covers him with kisses. Dear class, today well continue working with our reader the odyssey. The odyssey is one of the two major ancient greek epic poems the other being the iliad, attributed to the poet homer. Use this literature study guide as a format for your book report or novel project. In the opening of that book, the goddess athene goes to lacedaemon. The unit includes vocabulary, geography, crosscurricular researched reports, and a bibliography for teachers.
Click on the following files to open honors odyssey assignments. Some say that it was made of honey, water, fruit, cheese, olive oil and barley. Unit plan for the odyssey 1 homeros subjecttopic area. These lesson plans were designed to teach the odyssey to 9th grade honors students. There he makes the acquaintance of the tattered guest and sends eumaeus to his mother to announce his safe return. Odysseus spells out the requirements of honor for telemachus and eumaeus. Compare divine attitudes toward human beings in job and in the odyssey, noting what similarities there are, if any. The odyssey worksheets, project, and test ereading. Look at book 1 of the odyssey, where athena and zeus discuss human behavior, odysseus, and justice.
Athena comes to odysseus in the night and guarantees success even if he were to face fifty bands of mortal fighters 20. Eumaios jumps up to greet telemachos enthusiastically. Eumaios introduces the beggar to telemachos and asks if hell look after the old man. As the popular percy jackson series for younger readers attests, kids are fascinated by greek tales of gods, monsters, and heroes, and the odyssey is the original olympian tale. What is the importance of odysseuss bed in homers odyssey. The odyssey worksheets, project, and test ereading worksheets. The poet invokes the muse to help him tell the story of odysseus. Athena restores odysseus normal appearance, enchancing it so that telemachus takes him for a god. Then, on the right side, jot down qualities that you think might hinder a person from being an effective hero.
In the odyssey ambrosia has other uses, as in the present instance. Unlike his friend, peisistratos, telemachus is wide awake, thinking about what he has learned about his father. But as the sun was rising from the fair sea into the firmament of heaven to shed light on mortals and immortals, they reached pylos the city of neleus. These lesson plans for the odyssey have been gathered over the protest of angry suitors throughout the kingdom. On the left side, jot down qualities that you think would be helpful to a hero, such as physical strength. Tantalus, who was condemned to eternal punishment for stealing ambrosia from the gods. Hermes magic sandals, which enable him to fly, are referred to as ambrosial. I wish that i were truly as young as i am in spirit, or a son of stately odysseus were here, or he himself might come in from his wandering. Its hard to consider a person educated in the literary tradition unless theyve familiar with this classic. This is the state athena finds telemachus in as book 15 of homers the odyssey begins.
He survives encounters with the lotus eaters and sirens only to face. Aug 3, 2017 dont spend twenty years wandering the world wide web for odyssey lesson plans and teaching supplements. The epic hero, odysseus, overcomes supernatural creatures. For more on teaching with this material, you might also consider some of the questions and activities suggested in this learning network lesson. Odyssey book 14 19 questions by chloechapman last updated.
Three recent books show that much remains to be said and. 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, customs, and justice cunning, disguise, and selfrestraint memory and grief glory and honor. Book i athena inspires the prince sing to me of the man, muse, the man of twists and turns driven time and again off course, once he had plundered the hallowed heights of troy. Homer the odyssey translated by robert fagles book i athena inspires the prince sing to me of the man, muse, the man of twists and turns. Now look at the book of job, where god and satan arrange to test job to satisfy satans cynical curiosity about jobs goodness. Aug 01, 2017 one means a pretty easy activity, two means a harder one, and three means a challenging activity. If such things could be, another could strike my head from my shoulders if i did not come as an evil thing to all those people as i entered the. The odyssey book 10 circe the witch lesson plan by. Presentation powerpoint file 123 kb 6 pages product description.
Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of the odyssey and what it means. Circe, the grace of the witch detail of tilla durieuxas circe about. The introduction contains thorough treatments of homer the poet, the phaeacian episode books 612, meter, and the text of the poem. Follow our ancient ancestors footsteps out of africa and into every corner of our planet. And goodly odysseus noted the fawning of the hounds, and the sound of footsteps fell upon his ears. Now the people of pylos were gathered on the sea shore to offer sacrifice of black bulls to neptune lord of the earthquake. Summary and analysis books 1516 the prince sets sail for home.
A teacher should keep in mind that the odyssey is comprised of twentyfour books or chapters. The odyssey isnt just an important book, its also a very exciting book and a beautiful work of literature. Based on the odyssey though not limited to it, the guide includes resources for online reading, a reading schedule, and multiple pages of reading. Nevertheless, a poetic version has its appeal, and this is one of the best. Although telemachus does not believe he can provide protection for the disguised odysseus in book 16 of homers the odyssey, he offers to. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans. Ninth graders compare the development of text in book 5 of the odyssey to alfred lord tennysons poem the lotus eaters. How a fisherman on a jutting rock casts his bait with his long pole. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. It includes approximately 41 days of instructional materials including classroomready materials, assessments, graphic organizers, and texts. Book 16 book 17 book 18 book 19 book 20 book 21 book 22 book 23 book 24.
Read through all the activity questions before selecting activities to work with. Many cities of men he saw and learned their minds, many pains he suffered, heartsick on the open sea, fighting to save. Preparation for battle must include intervention by the gods. A deeper appreciation these materials ask students read the epic and appreciate the spirit of the age that produced it. Book xvi meanwhile ulysses and the swineherd had lit a fire in the hut and were were getting breakfast ready at daybreak for they had sent the men out with the pigs. There is no separate section on the elements of homeric grammar, which commentaries of this type, at least ones that were printed many years ago, used to include. The odyssey, a project students prepare an intinerary for their own odyssey. Telemachos arrives to find eumaios chatting with a beggar. Books 1516 cliffsnotes study guides book summaries. The odyssey, books 68 by homer meet your next favorite book. Telemachos shows his hospitality by inviting the guest in as soon as he sees him well, technically her, but telemachos doesnt know that, refraining from asking his name and business, and immediately taking him inside, stowing away his effects, and feeding him at a fine table. The odyssey is worlds oldest adventure story, filled with gods and monsters, shipwrecks and sorceresses. Oct, 2015 dear class, today well continue working with our reader the odyssey. Students will create a flow map of the events in the poem and find examples of their terms in the poem.
The odyssey this unit was created by the louisiana department of education in partnership with learnzillion. For the closure activity today, i will ask my students to work with a partner to list some of the problems that odysseus and his men faced in the order that they faced them at the bottom of pg. Get together with a partner to brainstorm a word web. 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. By the time homers audience encounters odyssey 23, odysseus has revealed his identity to his son. Teaching the odyssey is an odyssey in the work of teaching and requires dedication, determination, and some of the versatility one finds in odysseus. Many cities of men he saw and learned their minds, many pains he suffered, heartsick on the open sea. Athena travels to sparta and finds telemachus with nestors son peisistratos at the house of menelaus. Literature network homer the odyssey book iii book iii but as the sun was rising from the fair sea into the firmament of heaven to shed light on mortals and immortals, they reached pylos the city of neleus. After discussing the comparisons of the two text within a group, they create an original piece of work or. Lesson plans for the odyssey by homer varsity tutors.
Character function 3 what evidence is there to show how athena thought highly of odysseus. Odyssey discussion questions book 1 1 have the students explain where odysseus has been and why. The poem is, in part, a sequel to the iliad, and concerns the events that befall the greek hero odysseus in his long journey back to his native land ithaca after the fall. Remember that the assessment for this novel will be a project, so it is important that you read as much as possible before we start with it. The internet classics archive the odyssey by homer. Narrative verse being an extinct genre in english, it might seem better to translate such a work into prose, and very fine prose versions exist. Meanwhile ulysses and the swineherd had lit a fire in the hut and were were getting breakfast ready at daybreak for they had sent the men out with the pigs. Tantalus, who was condemned to eternal punishment for. Please, read the following questions and answer them in your copybooks.
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