Odyssey Test
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- Books 1-4
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P.O.V- Telemachus
20th year since Odysseus left....10 years since fall of Troy - Books 5-8
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P.O.V- Odysseus
Same time period as 1-4.....He leaves Ogygia to go to the land of the Phaicians - Books 9-12
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P.O.V- Odysseus- flashback
Odysseus tells the story of his wanderings - Books 13-24
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P.O.V.- Odysseus and Telemachus
They are home and out to get back the kingdom - Medias Res
- in the middle of things- requires flashback
- much repetition
- emphasis- brings audience up to date- helps the poet
- Epithet
- a word or phrase used to characterize a person or thing- -Bright Eyed Athena- Rosy fingered dawn
- epic simile
- an extended comparison using like, as, and than
- dramatic irony
- when the reader knows something the characters dont
- invocation to the muse
- the poet asks the muse for inspiration to tell his story
- Aias
- greek name is Ajak- does hubris and is punsished
- gave odysseus a bag of winds to settle home
- aiolos
- great greek hero- honored with immoratality on olympos
- heracles
- cowherd of ithaca- assists in battle against the suitors
- philoetius
- who were the 4 men who fought agaisnts the suitors
- Philoetius, Odysseus, eumaeus, telemachus