1. THE ODYSSEY PRESENTATION BOOK ONE: A GODDESS INTERVENES MR. HAKIM

2. PRESENTATION OVERVIEW 1.Summary of Book One 2.Response to Study Questions 3.Connections to the Epic 4.Connection to the Unit Question 5.Connection to Today

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6. BOOK ONE: A GODDESS INTERVENES Response to Study Guide Questions: Whom does Homer invoke to help him sing the story of Odysseus? Athena What did Odysseus’s men do to anger the sun god, Helios? They kill and feast on his cattle. How many years have passed after the Trojan War – the amount of time that Odysseus had been wandering on the seas? 10 years Who is Odysseus’s wife? Penelope Who is Odysseus’s son? Telemachus

7. BOOK ONE: A GODDESS INTERVENES Connections to Elements of the Epic: The Mentor Athena is invoked to tell the story of the Odyssey. She is “helping” Homer tell the story – just like she helps Odysseus in his journey The Epic Hero Odysseus – larger than life hero “man skilled in all ways of contending” Where are his flaws? Epithet “Daughter of Zeus” = Athena “The wanderer” = Odysseus

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