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THE ODYSSEYTHE ODYSSEYBy, HomerBy, Homer
Part 1: An IntroductionPart 1: An Introduction
Jeanette K. LaskoJeanette K. Lasko
What is an epic?What is an epic?
A long, narrative poemA long, narrative poem
Tells the adventures of heroesTells the adventures of heroes
The heroes and characters The heroes and characters reveal qualities about their reveal qualities about their civilization and time periodcivilization and time period
Who was Homer?Who was Homer?
Possibly a blind Possibly a blind minstrelminstrel
MinstrelsMinstrels were were people who people who traveled from town traveled from town to town singing to town singing about legendary about legendary events or about events or about godsgods
HOMERHOMER
He was possibly He was possibly just a legendjust a legend
Possibly a Possibly a womanwoman
The People and The People and Their TimesTheir Times Approximately Approximately
800 B.C.800 B.C.
Very violent Very violent cultureculture War War and death were and death were commoncommon
The People and The People and Their TimesTheir Times People worshiped People worshiped
gods and gods and goddessesgoddesses
People concerned People concerned about their about their relationship with relationship with gods since they gods since they controlled all thingscontrolled all things
People believed in People believed in mythsmyths
Example of Example of a goda god
This is the god This is the god PoseidonPoseidon
He is the god of He is the god of the seathe sea
Odysseus angers Odysseus angers him him
Here we see Here we see Poseidon punish Poseidon punish OdysseusOdysseus
How The Story Was Told…How The Story Was Told…
The story was The story was passed on by passed on by Oral TraditionOral Tradition
This means by This means by word of mouthword of mouth
How The Story Was Told…How The Story Was Told…
Stories and historical events Stories and historical events were not recorded; just told to were not recorded; just told to generation after generationgeneration after generation
Many people couldn’t read or Many people couldn’t read or write, so to be educated they write, so to be educated they had to listenhad to listen
How The Story Was Told…How The Story Was Told…
Many words and parts were made up Many words and parts were made up on the spot to fit the rhythm of the on the spot to fit the rhythm of the storystory
There is much There is much repetitionrepetition it gave the it gave the singer time to prepare and think aheadsinger time to prepare and think ahead
The epic is divided into The epic is divided into partsparts, and then , and then into into booksbooks
Important TermsImportant Terms
Homeric SimileHomeric Simile- compares - compares epic events to everyday epic events to everyday eventsevents
– Helps people unfamiliar with Helps people unfamiliar with war and heroes understand war and heroes understand the events betterthe events better
Important TermsImportant Terms
The language used is The language used is ArchaicArchaic
This means some of it is old and This means some of it is old and outdatedoutdated
Examples:Examples:– Beeves= cowsBeeves= cows– Combers= large wavesCombers= large waves
CreditsCredits Leeming, David A. (2003). The Odyssey: An Leeming, David A. (2003). The Odyssey: An
Introduction byIntroduction by
David Adams Leeming. In David Adams Leeming. In Elements of Literature Elements of Literature (pp.878-886). New York: Holt, Rinehart and (pp.878-886). New York: Holt, Rinehart and
Winston.Winston.
Websites (used for images):Websites (used for images):– www.ensemblestudios.comwww.ensemblestudios.com– www.library.thinkquest.orgwww.library.thinkquest.org– www.livius.orgwww.livius.org– www.legion-fourteen.orgwww.legion-fourteen.org– www.cumbavac.comwww.cumbavac.com– www.artsales.com/artistory/ancient_shipswww.artsales.com/artistory/ancient_ships