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 * Pre-Assess: Answer these on a separate sheet of paper to be turned into me **

1) Who was Homer? What do you know about him?

2) What do you know about //The Odyssey// or characters in it?

3) What is an epic poem? What components does it have?

Please create a page in your journal for vocabulary about Homer/epic poetry--these notes will help you as you take your final for this class!
 * Background Info: Power Point **

Take notes on: 1) Homer (the author): slide 9 2) Epic poetry--components: slides 10-12 3) The muses: slide 14--also note Calliope and her role on slide 18 4) The invocation: slide 19

Read: the invocation (first 12 lines)--take note of plot/conflicts, characterization of Odysseus, emerging themes, author style (epithet, simile, repetition, etc.), foreshadowing of major events.

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.

Many cities of men he saw and learned their minds,

many pains he suffered, heartsick on the open sea,

fighting to save his life and bring his comrades home.

But he could not save them from disaster, hard as he strove—

the recklessness of their own ways destroyed them all,

the blind fools, they devoured the cattle of the Sun

and the Sungod blotted out the day of their return.

Launch out on his story, Muse, daughter of Zeus,

start from where you will—sing for our time too.

We also read through the end of lines 24 and discussed their meaning.

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 Poesidon Zeus Hermes

Important nymphs, "witches" or "monsters" that interact with the characters: Scylla Charybdis The Sirens Circe Calypso

HW: No homework **unless you need to prepare to present or work on late work. I will take late work (//Warriors Don't Cry// and on) until January 15th. NO EXCEPTIONS.**