The odyssey by homer books 67 summary and analysis youtube. Being a proud member of the former, less prominent group, i have always been a little put off by this phenomenon. In book seven odysseus is welcomed by king alcinous into his palace and is asked to tell the story of how he arrived on the island of the phaecians. The epic begins with the invocation of the muses, requesting inspiration and the beginning of odysseuss story. She offers to guide him to the kings house and shrouds him in a protective mist that keeps the phaeacians, a kind but somewhat xenophobic people, from harassing him. Odysseus seeks help in returning home from the king and queen of the phaeacian people, alcinous and arete. Nestor knows that odysseus started out from troy with 12 ships and 720 men. As the odyssey opens, odysseus is stuck on calypsos island. Book 5 opens on mount olympus at another council of the gods. Check out our revolutionary sidebyside summary and analysis.
Nausicaa rides home and goes to her own room as odysseus walks into the city and to the palace. Heres where youll find analysis about the book as a whole, from the major themes and. It is highroofed, bronze plated walls, circling in blue frieze, solid golden doors, silver door posts with silver lintel above, golden handles, gold and silver dog statues, and drapes of brocade. Odysseus was praying to athena while waiting in a grove near the city of the phaeacians at the opening of book 7 in homers the odyssey. Download the free study guide and infographic for homers.
Synopsis the night when odysseus reaches scheria and rests on the shore, athena appears in the dream of nausicaa, the daughter of the king of phaeacia. Litcharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in the odyssey, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work. Grendel sparknotes literature guide by john gardner making the reading experience fun. She takes the form of one of the princesss friends and tells her that she should be married soon, so she should go and do a ritual washing of clothes in the river. Immediately download the the odyssey summary, chapterbychapter analysis, book notes, essays, quotes, character descriptions, lesson plans, and more everything you need for. These are short answer questions, so the best way to test yourself over these are to test in the written answer type. Odysseuss stay at alcinouss palace provides the reader with some relief as it bridges the narrative of odysseuss uncertain journey from calypsos island and the woeful exploits that he recounts in books 9 through 12. With this final story, odysseus finishes his tale for the phaeacians. Calypso, when the gods assembled in council, proposed the method.
Athena is also reminded that she must continue aiding telemachus in his journey home, particularly when it comes. Athena once again asks zeus to assist odysseus, and zeus decides to send hermes to help him break free of his captivity by the lustrous calypso. Book i athena inspires the prince sing to me of the man, muse, the man of twists and turns driven time and again off course, once he had plundered the hallowed heights of troy. The odyssey book 1 lyrics the gods in councilminervas visit to ithacathe challenge from telemachus to the suitors tell me, o muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after. He bound his sandals on to his comely feet, girded his sword about his shoulder, and left his room looking like an immortal god. The odyssey cliffsnotes study guides book summaries, test. Calypso, the sweet nymph athena pleads to the gods and zeus at mount olympus to release odysseusheld captive by the immortal nymph calypso calypso is the daughter of the titan atlas and was forced to live on the island ogygia as a punishment for siding with her father and the. Summary book 6 athena schemes to introduce odysseus to the daughter of the phaeacian king alcinous, nausicaa. On his way to the palace of alcinous, the king of the phaeacians, odysseus is stopped by a young girl who is athena in disguise. And then just look back at it and see how accurate you were to my answer. Alcinous calls his people to the meeting grounds, unknowingly aided by athena, who helps rouse interest. In book 7 of the odyssey, odysseus is taken in by king alcinous and queen arete.
Mentor gives telemachus encouragement since telemachus did not have much experience in public speaking. The poem opens within forty eight days of the arrival of ulysses. What is the importance of odysseuss bed in homers odyssey. What i find interesting is that those few remaining conscientious students that actually read the book in its purest form are less prepared for the class and assignments than those who bookmarked sparknotes on their browsers. Now, having feasted, go home and take your rest, and tomorrow at dawn we shall call the elders in, in greater numbers, and entertain the guest in our halls, and to the immortals accomplish fine sacrifices, and after that we shall think of conveyance, and how our guest without annoyance or hardship may come again. Reception of ulysses at the palace of king alcinous. Disguised as a little girl, she guides him to the castle. This video provides an indepth summary and analysis of the plot, characters and themes of books 6 7 of homers epic poem the odyssey. The phaeacian section of the odyssey seems most likely influenced by fairy tales or folk legends. Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position. The sacred sun, above the waters raised, through heavens eternal brazen portals blazed. Ironically, for all of his poise, odysseus cannot remain at peace even when he finds himself outside the direct influence of the wrath of various. Ogden and his insect collection make their home in a cool, dry, preservationfriendly environment, far removed from prying eyes. Overall, books 712 were nearly reminiscencefree, with all the storytelling compacted into book 11, in the land of the dead.
And wide oer earth diffused his cheering ray, to gods and men to give the golden day. The poet invokes the muse to help him tell the story of odysseus. Question 4 question 5 question 3 later that night, arete recognizes the clothes that odysseus is wearing and gets suspicious. It is, in part, a sequel to the iliad, the other work ascribed to homer. He collects insects and has traveled in pursuit of various specimens to the north pole, the souh pole, and poland. Odysseuss stay at alcinouss palace provides the reader with some relief as it bridges the narrative of odysseuss uncertain journey from. Book 7 on his way to the palace of alcinous, the king of the phaeacians, odysseus is stopped by a young girl who is athena in disguise. The husband and wife are both descendants of the god poseidon. Engage your students during remote learning with video readalouds. Many cities of men he saw and learned their minds, many pains he suffered, heartsick on the open sea.
The meeting between nausicaa and ulysses so here ulysses slept, overcome by sleep and toil. While poseidon is away accepting an offering, athena convinces the rest of the gods that odysseus should be released. Homer odyssey books 18 study guide questions reading. The odyssey cliffsnotes study guides book summaries. The notion of hospitality is so strong in the world of the odyssey that guests can even be considered part of ones family. Athena enters his palace to find his daughter nausicaa.
Book 18 of all that breathes and crawls across the earth, our mother earth breeds nothing feebler than a man. She was, as christopher marlowe would write more than 2,000 years after the creation of the odyssey. The odyssey is one of two major ancient greek epic poems written by homer. With athenas help, what athletic feat doe s odysseus accomplish. If you plan to purchase a copy of the 2nd edition, please make sure that you are buying the 2nd edition and not accidentally picking up a used copy of the 1st edition. Created by harvard students for students everywhere, sparknotes is a new breed of study guide.
Every book on your english syllabus summed up in a quote from the office. While odysseus sleeps, athena makes her way into the phaeacians city in the beginning of book 6 in homers the odyssey. What is strange about their relationship is that they. Odysseuss stay at alcinouss palace provides the reader with some relief as it bridges the narrative of odysseus s uncertain journey from calypsos island and the woeful exploits that he recounts in books 9 through 12. In this lesson, we will look at book 7 of homers epic, the odyssey. The poem is fundamental to the modern western canon, and is the second oldest extant work of western literature, the iliad being the oldest. Book 1 book 2 book 3 book 4 book 5 book 6 book 7 book 8 book 9 book 10 book 11 book 12 book book 14 book 15 book 16 book 17 book 18 book 19 book 20 book 21 book 22 book 23 book 24 themes all themes fate, the gods, and free will piety, customs, and justice cunning, disguise, and selfrestraint memory and grief glory and honor. Its been 10 years since the conclusion of the trojan war and everyone but odysseus and his comrades has returned from their service in troy. If one of the gods who rule the skies up there, youre artemis to the life. Odyssey books 110 at xavier college preparatory studyblue. The odyssey quizzes about important details and events in every section of the book. Odysseus brags that he is an accomplished athlete but allows one test where the phaiakians would likely win. As odysseus walks toward the city, athena surrounds him with a protective mist. Here i am at your mercy, princess are you a goddess or a mortal.
The grove belongs to the king alcinous, father to nausicaa. When she reached her fathers house she drew up at thegateway and her brothers. The new odyssey brings to mind the original epic with which this book has many parallels. Book seven odysseus waited in the grove as instructed and then entered the city of the phaeacians. Council of the gods and athenas exhortations to telemachus 110 proem 1121 poseidons wrath 2295 council and deliberations of the other gods 96112 athena disguised as mentes 143 guest is received 14454 suitors dine. He commands his citizens to find a ship and crew to help take odysseus home to ithaca, promising that once a crew is found they will hold a celebratory feast. Some characters you will be quizzed over include athena and odysseus. Together with its companion poem the iliad, the odyssey describes the action and. Odysseus explains that he is the son of laertes, king of ithaca, who is attempting to travel home after battling in the trojan war. Nestor tells what he knows of the greeks return from troy. Book three dawn finds the travelers in the kingdom of pylos, who fought with odysseus in the trojan war. Granted, its likely not every contemporary readers favorite work although you probably would have felt differently 2,000 years. The odyssey book 7 by sarah katherine crispell on prezi.
The king of the island on which he landed, skheria, is alcinous. Ironically, for all of his poise, odysseus cannot remain at peace even when he finds himself outside the direct influence of the wrath of various gods. Geared to what todays students need to know, sparknotes provides. It fits a genre, found in many cultures, in which a beautiful, innocent young girl, often a princess, is attracted to a rugged, handsome stranger who usually is older and always more experienced.
When telemachus and mentor athena travel to pylos, they watched a ceremony where many bulls were given as a sacrifice to poseidon, god of the sea. The worksheet and quiz are tools that were put together to check your knowledge of questions on the odyssey book 7. Literary works dont come much more venerable or influential than the odyssey, a 12,000line poem written in ancient greek and composed sometime in the eighth century b. However, zeus warns that odysseuss journey home will not be easy. When he asked directions to the palace, it was athena in the form of a little girl who showed him the way. Well received, he dines among the nobles of phaeacia. By the time homers audience encounters odyssey 23, odysseus has revealed his identity to his son. Frost bites by charles ogden, rick carton nook book. One thing i did not enjoy was the disgustingly graphic description of just what it was that happened to the cyclops eye when it was stabbed with the redhot spear. The magnificent palace and its lovely garden impress odysseus. Thus then did ulysses wait and pray but the girl drove on tothe town.
See a complete list of the characters in the odyssey and indepth analyses of odysseus, telemachus, penelope, athena, calypso, and circe. Homer odyssey books 18 study guide questions for those of you who may be following our reading of homer remotely or just via the web, heres our schedule of reading over the next three months and below that i have put the reading questions that i distributed to each reader for the first call, which is tonight. She lures nausicaa and her maids near the shore where odysseus has been sleeping, and he is roused by the sound of them playing nearby. Athena covers him in a fog so that no one will hinder him and she comes to him in the form of a small girl holding a jug. Sparknotes is here for you with everything you need to ace or teach. Poseidon, angry with odysseus over the blinding of the cyclops poseidons son, is refusing to let odysseus go home. Homers epic poem the odyssey tells the story of odysseus, greek hero of the trojan war. Telemachus leaves odysseus at eumaeuss hut and heads to his. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Here is this stranger, i do not know who he is, come wandering suppliant here to my house from the eastern or western people. Synopsis of odyssey books 112 the line numbers follow the greek text in the 1917 oxford edition by t.
We learn that poseidon, god of the sea, holds a grudge though we dont know exactly why against odysseus and is making the guys voyage home a pretty difficult one. See important quotations explained another beggar, arnaeus nicknamed irus, saunters into the palace. Read an overview of the entire poem or a line by line summary and analysis. She appears as one of nausicaas girlfriends and suggests to go to the river to wash her clothes in the morning. Athena, in the guise of a young girl, meets odysseus and guides him to the palace, having enveloped him in mist so that he might not be seen.