1、.What is Odyssey?Who is Odysseus?What idea did he make which helped the Greek to win the Trojan War?What happened to him after the war?Who can tell some famous stories he experienced during the journey home?Lead-inoutline retell one of the stories in your own words.Outline The Lotus EatersThe cyclop
2、s Polyphemusa one eyed giantThe island of windAt the shore of tall cannibals To the island of Circe:her predictionsThe Underworld The Sirens Song Sail between Scylla and CharybdisThe cattle of the sun god Helius:all are lost except OdysseusHe ends up on Ogygia,Calypsos island,stays for seven yearsNa
3、usica:lay him on the shore of Ithaca asleepInformed by Athena of thoses suitors in the palacePenelopes webReunion with his son Telemachus Disguised by Athena as a beggarArgus,his dog,recognizes and dies Requests audience with Penelope Tells her Odysseus is alive An old nurse recognizes Odysseus scar
4、 The contest of the bow The slaughter of the suitors Penelope tests Odysseus with the bed Final showdown with Ithacans:Athena stops it Next.The Odyssey is an epic story written by Homer that has been a significant piece of literature since it was first composed and will remain so for ages to come.Ba
5、ck.Odysseus is a hero and very famous from The lliad and The Odyssey.The legend of Odysseus is the subject of Homers Odyssey He was the husband of Penelope and very smart.In the Trojan War he was a brave warrior and very important,influential.His return home was a bigger trial.Eventually he made it
6、and succeeded his father Laertes as the King of Ithaca.Next.He is often shown in short traveling dress and wearing a pointed cap.Next.backClaude-Odysseus(Louvre）.The idea of the wooden horse.It was his idea to construct the wooden horse which successfully fooled the Trojans.He commanded the unit ins
7、ide the horse and was said to have been the first one out of the horse.The Greeks defeated the Trojans and brought the ten-year war to a conclusion.Back.Odysseus journey of ten years back.His long return home is the subject of Homers Odyssey.For Odysseus,the end of the war was just the beginning of
8、another chapter in his saga.From this point on,he attempted to return to his home and to Penelope,who waited faithfully for his return.It would be another ten years before Odysseus would set foot in Ithica again.Odysseuss Journey of ten years SummeryBack.8 stories of Odysseuss journey home In Sicily
9、,Polyphemus,an one eyed giant,son of Poseidon the island of the goddess Circe the Underworld,Teiresias,Hades the Sirens the cattle of the sun god,Helios the island of Calypso,daughter of the Titan Atlas Princess Nausica homecoming Back.Harbor of Cyclops IslandPolyphemus next.nextOdysseus stabbing Po
10、lyphemus in the eye with the olive polein the caveOdysseus Wine TocyclopsOdyseus and his men escaped from the cyclops by hanging on the bellies of the sheep as they left the cave.PoseidonOdysseus ship almost hit Back.BackCirce.:Taking up the ram and ewe left by Circe,Odysseus and his men sail toward
11、 the region of the“Men of Winter”,or Hades.When Odysseus and his men arrive,Odysseus digs a pit in which to spill the blood of the ram and the ewe in sacrifice to the dead of Hades.He promises Teiresias and the other dead more prized sacrifices when he arrives at Ithaca.In return,Tiresias warned Ody
12、sseus not to touch the herds of Helios.If he did,he would reach home by a foreign ship.back.nextthe Sirens.backthe Sirensthe Sirens.Helios was best known as the sun-godBack.Odysseus and Clypsoback.evident in this painting of the shipwrecked Odysseus found naked by Nausicaa and her entourage.One thin
13、g,however,is particularly remarkable about this painting,and it foreshadows an element that is to emerge strongly in later Dutch painting:the element of the portrait histori.We have the impression here that a historic event is being played by specific persons,as though in a theatrical role.In this p
14、ainting,the naked Odysseus not only looks like the great hero of the Trojan war,but he is also caricatured in his all too human role.Odysseus and NausicaaBack.Odysseus meets Penelope.nextTelemachusHome coming.Describe and Guess Athena Penelope Odysseus Telemachus Odysseus old dog Odysseus old nurse
15、suitors.Athena greeted him.She warned him of the nobles who had gathered at his home in his absence.They wanted to court Penelope and to assume Odysseuss throne.next.the return of Odysseusnext.The men in the contest would have to string Odysseus bow and shoot an arrow through rings in twelve axe han
16、dles.back.OdysseyAjaxs quarrel with Odysseus over Achilles armorBetween Scylla and CharybdisCirces wandPenelopePenelopes webAllusions in this chapter.Is Odysseus a hero?What kind of hero is he compared with other heroes in the Homeric epics?1.Consider the implications of Odysseus refusal to accept Calypsos offer of immortality.What does this refusal imply about Odysseusview of that it means to be human,as compared with Achilles in The Iliad?Group discussion:.
