The Odyssey The Odyssey Odysseus King of Ithaca

The Odyssey Odysseus • King of Ithaca • Defining Greek leader • Strength, courage,

The Odyssey • Convincing, articulate speaker • Longs to win glory through great deeds

The Odyssey • Not allowed to return to his family • Idea for wooden

The Odyssey Telemachus • Infant son of Odysseus and Penelope • Devoted to: –

The Odyssey • Athena teaches him the responsibilities of being a young prince •

The Odyssey Penelope • Faithful wife of Odysseus • Mother of Telemachus • Forced

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The Odyssey

The Odyssey Odysseus • King of Ithaca • Defining Greek leader • Strength, courage, nobility, thirst for glory, confident in his authority • Sharp intellect

The Odyssey • Convincing, articulate speaker • Longs to win glory through great deeds • Personality changes during Odyssey – Identity to cyclops – Disguised as a beggar

The Odyssey • Not allowed to return to his family • Idea for wooden horse • Offended Poseidon: – Not giving credit to the gods – Blinding Polyphemus

The Odyssey Telemachus • Infant son of Odysseus and Penelope • Devoted to: – Mother – Maintaining father’s kingdom • Does not know how to deal with suitors

The Odyssey • Athena teaches him the responsibilities of being a young prince • Never schemes or speaks with the same skill as his father

The Odyssey Penelope • Faithful wife of Odysseus • Mother of Telemachus • Forced to deal with the suitors • Stalls suitors

The Odyssey

The Odyssey- Cyclops Polyphemus

The Odyssey

The Odyssey- Aeolus

The Odyssey- Laestrygonians

The Odyssey- Circe

The Odyssey- Underworld/Tiresias

The Odyssey- Sirens

The Odyssey- Scylla and Charybdis

The Odyssey- Cattle of Helios