- English 251—10/12/2001
- quizzes back with explanation and breakdown
- 10-4=A+
- 9-3=A
- 8-4=B
- 7-3=B-
- 6-9=C
- 4-1=F
- 3-4=F
- images
- Herakles—see Odyssey p. 362-3
- Significances of journey to Hades?
- Circe and Odysseus—transformation to animals and back
- Penelope unravelling her web—p. 462
- What scene would you paint?
- Some possible paper topics
- Revenge and justice: the Bible, Homer, and in your view
- Violence—celebration or condemnation? in the Bible, Homer and today’s media
- Gods and people—who created who in their own image?
- Desire and love in the Odyssey
- Deception and control—the Joseph story and the Odyssey
- Leaders and followers in Exodus and the Odyssey
- The marriage bed in the Odyssey—its significance and relation to other beds
- The maturation of Telemachus
- Phaiakia—a utopian society?
- Odysseus’ scar—structural role in the story and symbolic significance
- Defend or condemn Odysseus treatment of the suitors
- "Greeks"—fraternities, sororities and Achaians
- The way a painting or sculpture interprets the text it illustrates
- Passages to consider
- Book XIII
- Punishment of Phaiakians—381
- Athena describes his home to Odysseus who’s forgotten—they both lie
- Force and fraud; prudence; "intelligence," knowledge of good and evil=experience—384-386
- Testing; separating the sheep from the goats—the loyal vs. disloyal
- Book XIV
- Eumaios—hospitality and piety—respect, awe, humility—vs. arrogance—390; confidence in morality of immoral gods; charity for the unfortunate; give gods their due—nobility in slavery; he has noble blood 412
- Courtesy vs. discourtesy—nobility; generosity; magnanimity
- Book XV
- Helen and Menelaos at peace after the war—model couple
- Telemachus returns
- Book XVI
- Odysseus reveals self to son 421—secret bonding around killling enemies
- Restraint, disguise and plotting
- Strategy of suitors—their treachery p.428
- Book XVII
- Rudeness of Melanthios—bad guys—seven samurai—marshall comes to town
- Argos the dog recognizes him and dies—437-8
- Odysseus comes through his own door, a mendicant 438--spying
- Any beggar could be a hero or god
- Crude behavior of suitors—Antinoos flings stool—442
- Book XVIII
- Iros the real tramp—worse than Melanthios—satisfying violence of Odysseus; suitors getting uneasy about his presence—laughing uncontrollably
- Young blades living dangerously 451
- Penelope’s appearance before them
- Everybody wants the suitors whipped—her temptation, not to wait loyally and with faith—keeping faith
- Her deception of suitors; eliciting gifts 455
- Book XIX *
- Shut the women in quarters
- Odysseus resisting revealing himself to Penelope, like resisting sirens 464
- The scar—468*; Autolycus who named the child—thief; odium and distrust
- Slowing down the action, then speeding it up—470*; recognition and supression
- Penelope decides now to have the contest and end her delay
- Book XX
- Covey of women; Odysseus’ rage 474
- Ktesippos throws cows foot at Odysseus—Telemachus shows his mettle 481
- Book XXI*—test of the bow
- Penelope brings the bow—its history—485
- Telemachus playing with suitors—signals from Odysseus
- Odysseus reveals himself to Eumaios and the cowherd
- Locking the doors
- Eurymachus cant string it—postpone the bow 490
- Telemachus insists he’s in charge 492
- Tension and relaxation in the narrative; like stringing the bow
- Stringing scene: 492-494*
- Book XXII—the battle
- Massacre and torture of Melanthios
- We kill them father and son
- Athena’s participation
- Killling the women 506—cleaning the place out
- Book XXIII*
- Penelope’s resistance
- Secrecy in the house—just the family
- The final test and the embrace 511-514*