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New seating chart.

Author background: Homer and //The Odyssey// https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1q5TzvUT2jhCdeLusLrOaRndtgYF-etuGdqocxc6XTT8/edit?usp=sharing Take notes on the basic structure of an epic poem and the literary devices that Homer used in creating his work.

Family Tree: on a page in your notebook other than you vocabulary sheet, copy down Odysseus' Family Tree

Odysseus' mother and father: Laertes and Anticlea

Odysseus' wife: Penelope (from Sparta)

Odysseus' son: Telemachus


 * Important gods and goddesses that interact with the characters: **

Athena (very supportive of Odysseus because she values his cunning and intelligence)

Poesidon (not supportive of Odysseus because he has a conflict with Poseidon's son Polyphemus) Zeus Hermes

I**mportant nymphs, "witches" or "monsters" that interact with the characters:** Scylla Charybdis The Sirens Circe Calypso Polyphemus

Read: Book 1--focus on the invocation

HW: Finish reading Book 1 as best you can. It's okay if you're a bit lost in places--you'll get there.