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Odyssey

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

EPIC

  • Homer speaks in the third person and is omniscient.
  • Odysseus’s wanderings cover the Aegean and surrounding seas
  • Odysseus must return home and vanquish the suitors
  • the hiding of the arms and locking of the palace doors
  • Penelope’s challenge to the suitors; the stringing of the bow
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DA ODYSSEY

  • The beginning of Book 22, when the beggar in the palace reveals his
  • true identity as Odyssey
  • The power of cunning over strength; the pitfalls of temptation
  • Disguises; storytelling; seductresses