Odyssey Background Notes - Hafner - English 1 Flashcards
Credit for the work is given to
Homer
Epic Poem
Very long poem that follows the Hero’s Journey
Epic Hero
Protagonist in an epic poem
Epic Hero in the Odyssey
Odysseus
Odyssey picks up after
The Illiad
Ex Dues Machina
Divine intervention
Epithat
A descriptive word or phrase added to someone’s name
The Illiad covers
Odysseus’ call to arms and the Trojan War. The events prior to the Odyssey
Odyssey focuses on
Odysseus’ journey back to Ithaca and arrival home
The events in the story
Do not follow a linear model
Narration
Shifts, POV shifts
Most of the plot is revealed when
Odysseus is telling his story to Arete & Alacous
Odysseus
King of Ithaca
Penelope
Queen of Ithaca
Telemachus
Odysseus’ son
Athena
goddess of wisdom & war, favors Odysseus, disguises herself at times
Poseidon
God of Sea and EQ’s
Circe
Sea nymph who can turn humans into animals
Calypso
Nymph who lives on the island of Osysia
Zeus
Main god
Helios
god of the sun, also called Hyperion
Alcinues & Arete
King and Queen of Phaincia
Polyphemus
cyclops, Poseidon’s son
Teiresics
A blind prophet
Scyilla
A monster
Charybdis
Living whirlpool