Then the king asked odysseus to play some games of skill, which odysseus did not really want to do, but finally he took a discus and threw it farther than anyone else could. Find a summary of this and each chapter of the odyssey. Book 14 7 suppose you were telemachus and your father had been gone for as long as you remember. Nausikka returns to her house, and odysseus waits in a forest outside of town until she has arrived, and then athena, in the form of a little girl, protects odysseus as he walks to the palace.
It is, in part, a sequel to the iliad, the other homeric epic. Odysseus is received in book 7 as an unknown guest by nausi caas father, king. The odyssey paperback deckle edge, november 1, 1997. Odysseus is received in book 7 as an unknown guest by nausi. Delays and interuptions are characteristic of the odyssey and iliad. Homer, odyssey, book 7, line 1 perseus digital library. His maturation, especially during his trip to pylos and sparta in books 3 and 4. Summary and analysis books 68 odysseus among the phaeacians.
Odysseuss stay at alcinouss palace provides the reader with some relief as it bridges the narrative of odysseuss uncertain journey from calypsos island and the woeful exploits that he recounts in books 9 through 12. Odysseus fought among the other greek heroes at troy and now struggles to return to his kingdom in ithaca. The problem came when i sat down to write my summary of books 1 through 6 and couldnt work out the exact playbyplay. If its a little much for you, feel free to skip down to the thoughts section. Character list cliffsnotes study guides book summaries. It is attributed to homer if such a person ever even really existed, but he did not write it. Odysseus the central figure in the epic, he employs guile as well as courage to return to ithaca, defeat the suitors, and resume his proper place as king penelope wife of odysseus and mother of their son, telemachus, she is shrewd and faithful in fending off the suitors telemachus son of odysseus and penelope, the prince struggles to gain his own maturity. Each chapter in the book has an assigned theme, technique, and correspondences between its characters and those of homers odyssey.
Odysseus sailed forth to the river ocean, which encircles the earth, and offered the proper sacrifice on the shore. As the odyssey opens, odysseus is stuck on calypsos. A distinguishing characteristic about him is that his mental skills are just as strong as his physical strengths, and this. He is by turns cunning, deceitful, clever, prudent, wise, courageous, and impulsive. Athena makes herself appear to be mentes and says odysseus is not dead.
However in book 20 odysseus and telemachus continue to struggle with the. When he asked directions to the palace, it was athena in the form of a little girl who showed him the way. Book ix 46k book x 45k book xi 48k book xii 38k book xiii 36k book xiv 43k book xv 44k book xvi 38k. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of the odyssey and what it means.
Upon returning to the land of the living, aeneas leads the trojans to settle in latium, where king latinus. Character function 3 what evidence is there to show how athena thought highly of odysseus. The notion of hospitality is so strong in the world of the odyssey that guests can even be considered part of ones family. The odyssey book 7 by sarah katherine crispell on prezi. Here is this stranger, i do not know who he is, come wandering suppliant here to my house from the eastern or western people. 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. The odyssey books 17 characters flashcards quizlet. The blacksmith god hephaestus has even provided two brazen hounds to guard the entrance. The odyssey is a fundamental work in the modern western canon, being the oldest extant piece of western literature, second to the iliad. Your mother is in trouble, you are not sure if your father is dead or alive, and you have all. Describing the events of book 7 delay is also characterisitic of homeric xenia in action. Hermes on circes island, zeus off the island of the cattle of the sun, helios to whine about his cattle. Books ivii learn with flashcards, games, and more for free.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading odysseus awakening odyssey one book 6. Telemachus son of odysseus and penelope, the prince struggles to gain his. Book xvii 47k book xviii 36k book xix 48k book xx 34k book xxi 36k book xxii 39k. Character analysis in the odyssey characters in the odyssey are defined by the qualities that they represent for greek society.
While odysseus sleeps, athena makes her way into the phaeacians city in the beginning of book 6 in homers the odyssey. Summary book 6 athena schemes to introduce odysseus to the daughter of the phaeacian king alcinous, nausicaa. Calypsoulysses reaches scheria on a raft and now, as dawn rose from her couch beside tithonusharbinger of light alike to mortals and immortalsthe gods met in council and with. Odyssey discussion questions book 1 1 have the students explain where odysseus has been and why. Athena, in the guise of a young girl, meets odysseus and guides him to the palace, having enveloped him in mist so that he might not be seen. Book seven odysseus waited in the grove as instructed and then entered the city of the phaeacians. The epic begins with the invocation of the muses, requesting inspiration and the beginning of odysseuss story. First elpenor spoke, requesting cremation and burial. Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position. Telemachus visits him in book 3 to ask about his father, but nestor knows little of odysseuss whereabouts. Book 19 35 what is revealed about the characters of telemachus and penelope by how the treat the beggar.
The following cast of characters includes only those who take part. In book eight after a nights sleep, they had the entertainers tell odysseus stories, which made him cry. Question 4 question 5 question 3 later that night, arete recognizes the clothes that odysseus is wearing and gets suspicious. The morning after odysseus rugged landing, athena disguised as a friend sends their daughter, nausicaa, and some of her handmaidens to wash clothes near the spot where the beleaguered hero. Odysseus goes right up to the queen and puts his case to her as a suppliant.
Homer author, robert fagles translator, bernard knox introduction 4. Many cities of men he saw and learned their minds, many pains he suffered, heartsick on the open sea. Odysseus the central figure in the epic, he employs guile as well as courage to return to ithaca, defeat the suitors, and resume his proper place as king. We all know about odysseus and penelope and telemachus and athena but not as much with the others. Now, having feasted, go home and take your rest, and tomorrow at dawn we shall call the elders in, in greater numbers, and entertain the guest in our halls, and to the immortals accomplish fine sacrifices, and after that we shall think of conveyance, and how our guest without annoyance or hardship may come again. He is covered in a mist until he reached the feet of alkinoos wife arete, and begged for mercy and hospitality. One visit finishes all men but yourselves, twice mortal. The lotuseaters when odysseus lands on the lotuseaters land, a few men are sent out to go scout the land. Nov 11, 2010 im a bit late with my first post about the odyssey for trishs readalong. In book 7 of the odyssey, odysseus is taken in by king alcinous and queen arete. Rather than creating unique characters with believable human characteristics, homer constructs the ultimate hero in odysseus, the archetypal faithful wife in penelope, and the portraits of temperamental gods as they. When she reached her fathers house she drew up at thegateway and her brothers. The odyssey character list alphabetical agamemnon former king of mycenae, brother of menelaus, and commander of the achaean forces at troy. Then odysseus roused himself to go to the city, and athena, 15 with kindly purpose, cast about him a thick mist, that no one of the greathearted phaeacians.
This one here is called little aias, and the other is called big aias, or telamonian aias his dad was a dude name telamon. Odysseus is the husband of queen penelope and the father of prince telemachus. The odyssey has been divided into the following sections. Odysseus awakening odyssey one book 6 kindle edition by currie, evan. Ironically, for all of his poise, odysseus cannot remain at peace even when he finds himself outside the direct influence of the wrath of various.
The shade of tiresias appearing to odysseus during the sacrifice c. A distinguishing characteristic about him is that his mental skills are just as strong as his physical strengths, and this ability helps him escape some dangerous situations. Ive been listening to ian mckellen read the epic to me on audio, which is fantastic. Odyssey discussion questions salamanca high school. 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. We are a thracian tribe whose capital city is raided by odysseus and his men after leaving troy. Check out our revolutionary sidebyside summary and analysis. Odysseus is given a seat at the table, and during dinner, he tells the king and. The magnificent palace and its lovely garden impress odysseus.
Circe gave them food and addressed them hearts of oak, did you go down alive into the homes of death. The main characters of the book are, pitt, giordino, dirk, summer, admiral sandecker and rudi gunn. He proceeds to tell the phaeacians stories of his long and arduous journey since the fall of troy. I like how the story is split into books, which strike me as being sort of like individual episodes in the tv series of the odyssey. Whatever you call it either works fine for me, please be aware that the odyssey is not a book. Its been 10 years since the conclusion of the trojan war and everyone but odysseus and his comrades has returned from their service in troy. Homer, odyssey book 7 theoi classical texts library. The project gutenberg ebook of the odyssey, by homer this ebook is for the use of anyone. Well received, he dines among the nobles of phaeacia. In this lesson, we will look at book 7 of homers epic, the odyssey. 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. Including, odysseus, penelope, telemachus, athena, artemis, melanthius, antinous, and ctesippis. By the time homers audience encounters odyssey 23, odysseus has revealed his identity to his son.
What is the importance of odysseuss bed in homers odyssey. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The internet classics archive the odyssey by homer. Book xviii 36k book xxii 39k book xxiii 33k book xxiv 43k download. The husband and wife are both descendants of the god poseidon. Athena covers him in a fog so that no one will hinder him and she comes to him in the form of a small girl holding a jug. On his way to the palace of alcinous, the king of the phaeacians, odysseus is stopped by a young girl who is athena in disguise.
The great epic of western literature, translated by the acclaimed classicist robert fagles a penguin classic robert fagles, winner of the penralph manheim medal for translation and a 1996 academy award in literature from the american academy of arts and letters, presents us with homers bestloved and most accessible poem in a stunning modernverse translation. They kept sailing back to circes island and they buried elpenor. There are many characters that have an important role in book 20 of the odyssey. Book i 35k book ii 36k book iii 40k book iv 62k book v 39k book vi 31k book vii 31k book viii 46k.
Most of the characters we met in books 16 dont appear much, if at all, in books 712. Nausicaa rides home and goes to her own room as odysseus walks into the city and to the palace. Due to their devouring of hyperion the sungods oxen. She lures nausicaa and her maids near the shore where odysseus has been sleeping, and he is roused by the sound of them playing nearby. Thus then did ulysses wait and pray but the girl drove on tothe town. The poet invokes the muse to help him tell the story of odysseus. Odysseus stops on the palace threshhold, utterly dazzled. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Odysseus seeks help in returning home from the king and queen of the phaeacian people, alcinous and arete. Agamemnon was murdered by his wife, clytemnestra, and her lover, aegisthus, upon his return from the war.