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WU: Family Tree and Character Map

With a partner, draw map of Odysseus' family tree AND the main characters that impact it. For each character, list a few traits that help define him/her and include a line from the poem to back it up.

Summarize/discuss Book 1: What is Athena's agenda? What is the story of Agamemnon that the gods reference? Why is it important? Where is Odysseus, and what's going to happen to him? What are things like in Ithaca? What kind of character is Telemachus? Penelope? What does Athena do to help Telemachus? Who are the suitors and why are they important? How does Book 1 end? What changes are about to occur?

Read: Book 2 as a class

HW: Read OR read summaries of Books 2 and 3. List 5 key facts from **each** book (so, 10 facts total). These have to be in your own words. Shmoop is a good option: http://www.shmoop.com/odyssey/