1. Odyssey Warm-Ups & Closures
PAY ATTENTION! THESE QUESTIONS MAY APPEAR LATER ON A FINAL EXAM (WINK WINK)!

2. 11/15-11/16 BEFORE WE START READING
WARM-UP:
REVIEW THE DEFINITIONS OF THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND PROVIDE AN EXAMPLE OF EACH (YOU CAN FIND EXAMPLES IN THE TEXTBOOK OR ONLINE/PHONES):
EPIC (GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF AN EPIC OTHER THAN THE ODYSSEY)
HOMERIC SIMILE (YOUR EXAMPLE CAN BE FROM THE ODYSSEY)
EPITHET (YOUR EXAMPLE CAN BE FROM THE ODYSSEY)

3. 11/15-11/16 BEFORE WE START READING
Quick Write: Why might Homer have used Homeric (Epic) similes in The Odyssey?
(teachers: look in ‘notes’)
Understand and emphasize fantastic events through common experiences

4. 11/18 Warm-Up (after reading Book 1)
What could this passage from Homer’s opening prayer to the Muses be foreshadowing?
“But not by will nor valor could he save them,
For their own recklessness destroyed them all—” ( ).
(teachers: look in ‘notes’)
The inevitable death of Odysseus’ men

5. 11/21 AFTER READING BOOK 9 Closure:
1. What might Polyphemus, the Cyclopes, symbolize?
2. Why did Odysseus blind Polyphemus rather than kill him?
3. Explain why Odysseus tells Polyphemus that his name is Nobody?
4. What event is Odysseus alluding to when he tells Polyphemus :
“We are from Troy…
we served under Agamemnon, son of Arteus-
the whole world knows what city [we] laid waste” (Homer ).
(teachers: look in ‘notes’)
a brute force to overcome
Only Polyphemus can move the boulder blocking the exit.
Nobody creates the allusion that it is Odysseus’ name
4. The Trojan War

6. Inspirational lines from Book 9:
11/21 AFTER READING BOOK 9
Quick Write: Discuss the significance of HOSPITALITY as it has appeared in The Odyssey (so far).
Inspirational lines from Book 9:
“It was our luck to come here; here we stand
Beholden for your help, or any gifts you give…”