Choose from 225 different sets of the odyssey lit book holt flashcards on quizlet. Its hard to consider a person educated in the literary tradition unless theyve familiar with this classic. Eurycleia goes upstairs to call penelope, who has slept through the entire fight. Mediterranean seaimportant characters in the odyssey in order of mention book 1 cyclopes sfklippcza race of book 12helios hcplcjsqthe sun god, oneeyed giants. Before reading before reading homers the odyssey, students should be introduced to the concepts of epic poetry and epic heroes, as well as to the author and his preceding work, the iliad.
Find links to help you with your research projects, explore the literature and history of different cultures, use interactive study aids, or get your own writing publishedall within classzone. The odyssey by homer book 23 summary and analysis youtube. Odyssey, are elaborated in later classical literature. This quiz contains 3 sections, matching characters with their descriptions, a multiple choice section, and a timeline section in which students need to chronologically order the locations odysseus visits in books 9 and 10. Odysseus goes to talk to his father who doesnt initially recognize him until odysseus shows him the scar and points out all the trees in the garden that laertes gave to.
Notice how the singer gives his listeners hints about how his slory is to end. Paraphrasing a passage when odysseus is faced with over 100 suitors, he confides in the cowherd and swineherd to assist him in killing them homer 21. In book 22, odysseus kills penelopes suitors and in book 23 eurycleia, penelopes maidservant, awakens penelope, who has been sound asleep. Choose your answers to the questions and click next to see the next set of questions. Use an intext citation for evidence used from the story, whether it is a direct quote or a reference to a scene example one. The poem is fundamental to the modern western canon, and is the secondthe iliad being the firstextant work of western literature. The creative team behind hey, kiddo has crafted a production that shines, demonstrating the potential in transforming a graphic novel for the audiobook world, said odyssey award committee chair sharon haupt. Consider a representative example, from when odysseus praises alcinous bard. In 2005, margaret atwood questioned how penelope feltthought and responded to events while odysseus and wrote a companion piece to the odyssey called the penelopiad. Book twentyfour begins with the dead suitors going to hades and telling the other dead souls how so many of them died at once. The wanderings of odysseus odysseus encounters the giant cyclops, the witch circe, and the bewitching sirens.
Agamemnons ghost celebrates penelopes fidelity and compares her favorably to his treacherous wife, clytemnestra 24. Translated by robert fitzgerald salamanca high school. Here are worksheets and a project to help you teach or appreciate the odyssey. Its edited to display odysseus adventures chronologically. Summary and analysis book 21 odysseus strings his bow. Mastering the california standards kylene beers, lee odell on. With such a large flock of sheep, the cyclops had a profusion of milk, cheese, and wool.
The odyssey books 16, 17, 21, 22, 23 flashcards quizlet. Book 23 eurycleia goes upstairs to call penelope, who has slept through the entire fight. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Evidence you make my stiff heart know that i am yours, 23. Holt, narrated by tess netting and cassandra morris and. Odysseus lays low for a while, and then finally gets reacquainted with. This is an edited series of clips from the odyssey. Now that the battle has ended and the house has been cleaned, good nurse eurycleia scurries up to penelopes quarters to tell her all that has happened. The poet invokes the muse to help him tell the story of odysseus. Her knees moved nimbly, but her feet trotted along beneath her. And the gods were sitting down to council, and among them zeus, who thunders on high, whose might is supreme. The odyssey at a glance cliffsnotes study guides book.
Litcharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in the odyssey, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work. It is, in part, a sequel to the iliad, the other work ascribed to homer. Check out our revolutionary sidebyside summary and analysis. Swbat use reading strategies to make meaning of the text. In the odyssey female characters were portrayed as. As much as penelope would like to believe that her husband has returned and vanquished the suitors, she is cautious and goes to the great. The earliest literary accounts of it, found in the iliad and the odyssey, are elaborated in later classical literature. The trunk of the olive tree so she too rejoiced, her gaze upon her husband, her white arms around him pressed although forever penelope is being compared to forever in this passage symbol the tree symbolizes the unity between penelope and odysseus and how. Like pipes his nostrils jetted crimson runnels, a river of mortal red. Holt literature textbook 9th grade unit 11 the odyssey published by bknight, 20161027 09. In this lesson, we will begin with a brief recap of book 22 of the odyssey. 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. Following are examples of epic similes in the odyssey.
When odysseus is faced with over 100 suitors, he confides in the cowherd and swineherd to assist him in killing them homer 21. Rl 7 analyze the representation of a subject or key scene in two different artistic mediums. Odysseus journey takes ten years, during which time his wife, penelope, waits faithfully and resists numerous suitors. Penelope doesnt believe anything that eurycleia says, and. Homers listeners must have felt their interest quickening at the appearance of this familiar hero of the trojan war days we feel the same pleasure today when a favorite character from one book or movie suddenly turns up in another. The stems are organized based on paragraph type ie. Eurycleia wakes up penelope to tell her odysseus has returned and killed the suitors. The odyssey worksheets, project, and test ereading worksheets. Figurative language in the odyssey consists of metaphors, personification, and epic or homeric similes. The cyclops planned to ravage odysseus and his men by eating them. Holt mcdougal literature hardcover june 16, 2010 by hm author see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions.
In this adventure, odysseus describes his encounter with the. The odyssey is homers epic of odysseus 10year struggle to return home after the trojan war. Eurycleia tells penelope that odysseus has finally come home and killed the suitors. 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. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans. For sport, telemachus attempts to string the bow and fails three times. The language of literature classzone is your gateway to the literature and authors featured in your textbook.
Book 23 is the next to last book of homers odyssey. He is about to succeed on his fourth try when odysseus privately signals him to back off. Athena advises telentaclnis homer opens with an invocation, or prayer, asking the muse9 to help him sing his tale. Learn the odyssey lit book holt with free interactive flashcards.
Home explore holt literature textbook 9th grade unit 11 the odyssey holt literature textbook 9th grade unit 11 the odyssey published by bknight, 20161027 09. The nurse goes upstairs excited by the news and she wakes penelope telling her that her husband has returned. Penelope announces the contest and retrieves odysseus great backsprung bow from a secret storeroom deep in the palace. Theres nothing better than when deep joy holds sway throughout the realm and banqueters up and down the palace sit in ranks, enthralled to hear the bard, and before them all, the tables heaped with bread and meats, and drawing wine. Essentials of american literature, 5th course by beers published by holt, rinehart and winston 5th fifth edition 2007 hardcover hardcover.
Epic similes are an elaborate comparison between two unlike objects using like or as. Holt elements of language readers handbook other resources 4 grammarusage. To assure herself of odysseus identity, penelope tests him. While odysseus battles mystical creatures and faces the wrath of the gods, his wife penelope and his son telemachus stave off suitors vying for penelopes hand and ithacas throne long enough for odysseus to return. Written by homer, the odyssey tells the story of odysseus return from troy. The retelling of penelopes story and odysseus revenge may be better understood if we remember that the epic was presented orally. Students are provided with sentence stems or sentence frames to help guide them through the essay. Homer, odyssey book 23 theoi classical texts library. The odyssey is an epic poem and epic similes in the odyssey abound. Homer, odyssey book 5 theoi classical texts library. She tells her that the old beggar was odysseus and he killed all the suitors. Course heros video study guide provides indepth summary and analysis of book 23 of homers epic poem the odyssey. Students familiar with some of the legends of the odyssey but new to the epic itself might be surprised to see that the section on the lotuseaters is only about twentyfive lines long 9.
The odyssey chapter of this holt mcdougal literature textbook companion course helps students learn the essential literature lessons of homers the odyssey. Penelopes test of odysseus in book 23 of the odyssey. 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. Homers epic poem the odyssey has fascinated readers and listeners for thousands of years. In book nine of the odyssey, homer writes, you are a ninny,or else you come from the other. Penelope tells her not to play tricks on her and eurykleia is surprised that penelope would joke about such a thing. But odysseus far away has lost his return to the land of achaea, and is lost himself.
Awake, penelope, dear child, that with thine own eyes thou mayest see what thou desirest all thy days. Use an intext citation for evidence used from the story, whether it is a direct quote or a reference to a scene. Odyssey is composed of many different stories, or episodes, in which the hero, odysseus, faces all sorts of challenges. To them athena was recounting the many woes of odysseus, as she called them. The basic form of narrative in the odyssey is very strongly oriented towards imagery. As much as penelope would like to believe that her husband has returned and vanquished the suitors, she is cautious and goes to. It was probably composed near the end of the 8th century bc. Essentials of american literature, 5th course by beers published by holt, rinehart and winston 5th fifth edition 2007 hardcover on. Start studying the odyssey books 16, 17, 21, 22, 23. The odyssey is one of two major ancient greek epic poems attributed to homer. Heres where youll find analysis about the book as a whole, from the major themes and. Each section of the clip is titled and it includes the following moments from the movie. Book 23 of the odyssey begins after odysseus has cleaned the palace of the foulness of battle and fumigated it.
He had gone there to accept a hecatomb of sheep and oxen, and was enjoying himself at his festival. The odyssey ends as odysseus wins a contest to prove his identity, slaughters the. Holt literature textbook 9th grade unit 11 the odyssey assessment practicereading comprehensionuse the excerpt from. The trunk of the olive tree greathearted odysseus, home at last, this terracotta plaque from ancient was being bathed now by eurynome greece depicts odysseus pleading and rubbed with golden oil, and clothed again with his wife. Penelope doesnt believe anything that eurycleia says, and she remains in disbelief even when she comes downstairs and sees her husband with her own eyes. Literary device diction the writers word choice expresses the clearness and effectiveness of what is currently happening. Bring holt literature book left side bring holt handbook all bring ssr book read to page 664 in holt literature book and add 2 entries to your reading log thursday. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of the odyssey and what it means. The odyssey planet ebook 100% free literature for win. Homer has touched on a universal theme, the lure of oblivion through drugs. Read an overview of the entire poem or a line by line summary and analysis. According to legend, the trojan war began after paris, a trojan prince, kidnapped the beautiful helen from her husband, menelaus mdnqelapes, the king of sparta. Homers epic poem the odyssey tells the story of odysseus, greek hero of the trojan war, and his adventures at sea during his travel home.
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