1. Look up: Valor, Contend, Plunder
Reading Questions
Look up: Valor, Contend, Plunder
Identify which characters are introduced
Answer:
What happened to the shipmates?
Which god did the shipmates offend?
Which god was angry with Lord Odysseus?
Which goddess fights for the release of Odysseus?
How does Zeus view Odysseus?

3. You need a pen and a highlighter.
March 3, Words to Know
You need a pen and a highlighter.
Epithet (n.) - a phrase that's given to a person or a thing that describes a quality
Immortal (adj.) - not able to die
Discourse (n.) - speech
Contend (vb.) - to struggle, to oppose
Valor (n.) - bravery
Plunder (vb.) - to rob valuables
Ponder (vb.) - to think

5. Let's read over the reading comprehension questions to see what we can learn from them. Highlight clues about the text.
Book I “A Goddess Intervenes” Pages 1-10
Which goddess does Homer ask for help to tell his story?
Why did the shipmates die?
Why was the lone survivor unable to return home? (Hint - there are a number of reasons.)
According to Zeus, what was wrong with mortals?
What did AigÍsthos do?

6. Identify at least three epithets that Homer uses in his epic poem.
What does Athena ask of Zeus? Explain her plan.
What is the current state of Ithaka?
What information does Telémakhos receive from Mentês? What does the reader learn about what must he do?

7. Quick Write - Based on today's reading, what can we tell about the Greeks' relationship with the Greek gods?

8. 3/10/17 Pro Pro Muse - Page 1 god of sea raging, cold
goddess of art and music
daughter of Zeus
Pro
god of sea
raging, cold
Father of Kyklopes
Poseidon - Page 2
Con
god of gods
father of men
decides people's fate
summoner of clouds
Zeus - page 2
Pro
gray-eyed goddess
goddess of war
and wisdom
Athena - page 3
Pro
sea nymph
father - Atlas
Holds Odysseus
captive in her cave
Pro
Kalypso - page 1, 3
Titan
Atlas
sun god
Pro
Helios
Odysseus crew ate cows
messenger god
Wayfinder
Hermes
Pro

9. Suitor - pursues a person with goal to be married
Odysseus
Brave King
Mastermind of war
Castaway
The Wanderer
very smart respectful of gods

10. Odysseus' son
Prince of Ithaka
Telemakos
Odysseus' wife
Queen of Ithaka
Penelope

11. King Agememnon -- Wife
Has affair with Aigisthos
Goes to fight in the Trojan War
Aigisthos kills Agememnon the day he comes home from war
Eventually is killed by Agmemnon's son

12. 3/13/17

13. 3/15/17 Book I “A Goddess Intervenes” Pages 1-10
Which goddess does Homer ask for help to tell his story?
Why did the shipmates die?
Why was the lone survivor unable to return home? (Hint - there are a number of reasons.)
According to Zeus, what was wrong with mortals?
What did AigÍsthos do?
Identify at least three epithets that Homer uses in his epic poem.
What does Athena ask of Zeus? Explain her plan.
What is the current state of Ithaka?
What information does Telémakhos receive from Mentês? What does the reader learn about what must he do?