Book 9: The Cyclops New Major Characters Polyphemus: Cyclops who curses Odysseus’ return journey after being blinded by him. Odysseus begins his tale with the sacking of the Cicones of Ismarus where he and his crew made their first blunder. Escaping from Ismarus he and his crew then sail for many days, landing on the ...
Most of the tragedies written by Greek authors in the fifth century before Christ have been lost, but some of the dramas of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides survive. Aeschylus, the oldest, died in 456 B.C. Sophocles and Euripides, his younger contemporaries, died a few years before the close of the Peloponnesian War in 404 B.C. ...
Odysseus, the mythical king of the island Ithaca , is the basic hero in the epic poem of Homer, Odyssey, and he also plays a decisive role in the other epic of Homer, Heliad. He is widely known for his smartness and inventiveness, and famous for the ten years he spent to return home after ...
Book 3: Telemachus With Nestor New Major Characters Nestor: Friend and comrade to Odysseus who now tells Telemachus all he knows of his father’s survival. Menelaus: Brother of Agamemnon and commander of the return fleet from troy, Nestor sends Telemachus to speak with Menelaus. Orestes: A son who also lost his father and in turn ...
A guide that I created a while ago to ace a The Odyssey test: *May not contain every epithet, but lacks very few if any at all* Book One that man skilled in all ways of contending – Odysseus Peisenor’s son – Ops Polybos’ son – Eurymakhos Eupeithes’ son – Antinoos Ikarioss daughter – Penelope ...
There are many characteristics present in Homer’s “The Odyssey” that clearly define the poem as an epic. The basic definition of an epic is that of a very lengthy poem that has an elevated style with a heroic figure present who faces many challenges during the course of the story. In “The Odyssey,” these characteristics ...