1. **Journal collection tomorrow—3 journals (11/26, 11/27, 12/6)**
Thursday 12/6
**Journal collection tomorrow—3 journals (11/26, 11/27, 12/6)**
What makes a hero? Write down the names of people, real or fictional, whom you consider heroic. Then, list character traits you think each one should have. Are these traits universal, or do they reflect only our own culture?

2. Homer
The Odyssey
Homer’s
Odysseus

3. Characteristics of the Epic
Epic Hero
Epic Setting
Epic Plot
EPIC
Epic Themes
Archetypes

4. The Epic In literature, an epic is a long narrative poem
It shows the adventures of an epic hero

5. Epic Hero Possesses superhuman strength, craftiness, and confidence
Is helped and harmed by interfering gods
Embodies ideals and values that a culture considers admirable
Emerges victorious from perilous situations

6. Epic Plot Involves a long journey, full or complications, such as:
Strange creatures
Divine intervention
Large-scale events
Treacherous weather

7. Epic Setting Includes fantastic or exotic lands
Involves more than one nation

8. Archetypes
Characters, situations, and images that are recognizable in many times and cultures:
Sea monster
Buried treasure
Wicked temptress
Suitor’s contest
Epic hero
Loyal servant

9. Epic Themes Reflect such universal concerns as: Courage
The fate of a nation
A homecoming
Beauty
Loyalty
Life and death

10. Homer: The Epic Poet Lived sometime between 900 and 700 B.C. Blind
Homer’s epics are all that remains of a series of poems that told the whole story of the Trojan War

11. Places in The Odyssey

12. Reading an Epic Poem
Keep track of the events (use the chart I am giving you)
Visualize the imagery
Notice how figurative language, including epic similes, makes the story vivid and interesting
Read difficult passages more than once. Use the side notes to help in comprehension
Read the poem aloud, as it was originally conveyed

13. Characters you will encounter…
The Lotus Eaters- race of people living on an island near North Africa dominated by lotus plants.
Calypso- keeps Odysseus on her island for 7 years so she could make him her immortal husband!
Cyclops- gigantic, one- eyed, traps Odysseus and his men in a cave using a huge stone, then eats remaining men by removing their brains.

14. Characters continued…
Scylla & Charybdis- sea monsters; Scylla was a six-headed monster, and Charybdis was a whirlpool off the coast of Sicily
Sirens- devious creatures portrayed as beautiful women, who lure nearby sailors with their enchanting music and voices to shipwreck
Cattle of the Sun God- Had a pasture of cattle (in modern day Sicily) that were to be untouched by anyone

15. Period 3 Groups Group 1: David, Josh, Andrew, Grayson, Evan,
Group 2: Christian, Princess, Delmy, Robby, Devin,
Group 3:Melba, Hilda, Taylor, Blake, Jason, Jared
Group 4:Basit, John G., Tiesha, Derek, Laura,
Group 5: Miranda, Keith, John M., Steven, Makenna,
Group 6: Emily, Mackenzie, Sam, Sabrina, Joseph

16. Period 4 Groups Group 1:Nicole, Hunter D., James, Fahris, Camden
Group 2: Joel, Daniel, Kirk, Cesar, Abby
Group 3: Chuka, Casey, Diamond, Troy, Nick
Group 4:Karen, Carson, Tianna, Evan, Domenic, Dante
Group 5: Ben, Luke, Justin, Wisam, Kelsie Watson
Group 6:Charles, Sydnee, Sean, Noah, Michael, Hunter W.

17. Group Assignments Group 1: Calypso (pgs. 652-top of 658)
Group 2: The Lotus Eaters (pgs. 658)
Group 3: The Cyclops (pgs )
Group 4: The Enchantress Circe (pgs )
Group 5: The Sirens, Scylla and Charybdis (pgs )
Group 6: The Cattle of the Sun God (pgs )