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Weekend Assignment .....The Odyssey Due: Monday 219198 Character Analysis & Display

I} Select one (1) of the eight (8) characters from. ourcharncter sheet(Zens, Athella,-Poseidon, Circe~ Calypso~.Odysseus~Telemach~Penelope).

2) Write one (l}to two-(2) paragraphs about this character. The paragraph should have: • Introduction Sentence that tells us the name of the character (who and

what beorsh'em·) and: the:. story (how heorshe relat~to thestory) Whotwhat:

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How the character looks innhvsical .auce

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1. The goddess oCwisdom. 2. Odysseus stayed on her Island Cor 10 PENELOPE years, then she made a raft Cor him 3. TbJs goddess turned all trespassors Into 8nimalsBke pigs, goats1lDd Hons. 4. The-son oCPosiden 5. The land oCOdysseus 6. A king and great warrior oCthe ZEUS Trojanwar. 7. A story written by Homer 8. The wlCe oCOdysseus

ITHACA9. The god ofthe-sea 10. Zeus protectedthese people CYCLOPS 11. SonoCOd,.sseas 12. A dtywbere there was a war 13. King oCthe Gods

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I have told you about the great war fought by the Greeks and the Trojans. Today I willle" you about one of the Greek heroes of this war-Odysseus. I will speak about his long trip home, and about the trouble .he fOund when he finally arrived~

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The Greeks believecl in many gods. The most powerful of them all was Zeus, the god of the sky. But it was Zeus' brother, Poseiclon, wilD caused Odysseus tD have so much trouble when he came home from. {he war. Poseidon was the god of the sea. .

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No, dear Athena, it is Poseidon who keeps Odysseus frDm going home. Odysseus made Poseidon very angry by blinding his son, the Cyclops,

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ItI_nan Odyueu. wa.t on hi' way home. II great storm sank his ship •.

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Poor Odysseus' For so IDng you have been iad.8utwhydo you $it alone on the shorelYour ship. and your Intin are gone forever.

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You are lovely, Calypso, but hDw can I fDrgetthe people who have not forgotten me?

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Welcome, stranger I We always honor travelers who are far from their homes.

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Who are mose drunken II .. mEtn who eat your food without a prayer to the gq{,ll or .thanks to you"

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. That night after dinner, a minstrel" 111111/ a .adsongabout Odyu,eusand the IuNDeS of II» war with Troy.

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The gods must have taken away Yf:)ur fearl But no god will make· you king of Ithaca, . even though that tItle should be yours.

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~s:\r~~r My father is not far away. Soon you wilsee him for yourself.

There are evil things happening in my house. Our riches are being eaten up by men 0' Ithaca who bother my mother. -~-----------

It il your mother, Penolope. who IS to blame'---,-'

Three years ago she began to weava it robe for Odysseus' father, Laertes. "Let me finish thist she said, "and then I Will choose one of you for a husband."

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No man has called a meet-L i here 5ince the great ~'Lsseus. !,nd ha sailed for Troy nineteen years ago. , think it is another man who caUs us here today. Do ou have news of your fatYter's return, Telemachus1

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Let us not argue.· The gods know what will hap"en. I will go-to Pylos to find out about my father. If I learn that he is dead, my motller will choose one of you.'---'.,

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00 not Odysseus.Your luck will hold. It is the will of Zeus that you see your home again.

So OdySSIIUS came at last to the .hore ofScheria. He fell asI8tIP under a wild olive tree that grew by a riller.

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Give the strangerfood and clothing. let him wash in the river.

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You must go on alone, ~ stranger. Go to mymother, the queenJ and fall at her knees. IT she likes you, my father witl give you you want.

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I beg you to help me. I have su ffered so muchI May the ~ods grant you • JOY if you help mel4~"to return to my ~ . home. . . . _ ~)" ....~,.

As they at~ someone sangabout the {(ojan War. Tears filled Odysseus' eYeS as he thot/flht of his lost friends. Kmg Alcinous saw this andspoke.

You shall have your wish, stranger. But now a feast is ready. You will be our guest.

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Ten years ago we won tlte war llgain't Tl'Oy. I lelt for home with .twelve ,hip, lind the good mOil of Ithaca.

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During tl,e night we were attacked bV the . C;cDnians, wl.D lived jlJ a ne"rbv village. Mltlrv men were killed betute

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Next, a terrible storm came up that lasted "irlll daysJ

We had come to the island 01 the one-eyed giants called Cyclops. They were said to be a wild bunch, but we decided to go to a calle whINe one lived. .

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We are poor strangers. We ask you to treat us kindly. sir. After all, Zeus cares the stranger.

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Then I had another plan. We tied three sheep together. Each of us got out bV holding OI,to them underneath.

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The eVe/ups came to the shure as we sailed awav. I called back to him.

Then the Cvclops cried out to poseidon, ,/Ie god of the sea.

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.....U ~ wishl Curse- Odysseus. Kill his men, sink his ships, and give him troublo whon he comes to his home.

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You must be Odysseus. Hermes me that my magic would no on you. Come, put away sword. let us be friends.

Then I will turn thorn back into, men. Anrt I promise not to play any more tricks.

For a whole year we feasted to forget about what wa had baen through: And we decided to rest in CIIIe trouble lay ahead. '

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Oh,Odysseusl You haw known What only gods may know. Before you can return to the land of the living, you must go to the land 0 f the dead. Only the prophut e Tiresias" can tell you how to get home.

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When you return to your home, it will be filled with men who are trying to steal your wife and your money. Don't teU anyone Who you are. Dress yourself as a poor stranger, ~nd Zeus will help you.

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Be careful when you hear the songs of the Sirensl· You will die jf you listen to them for long. ~

Meanwhile" I have given you lood. When you come to thu .island where the cattle of Apollo, the sun god, grale,"" do nut harm them. If they are harmed, you . ! will lase your stup I

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So OdySSllus ~ Helpl I'm justwalklJd to the ~apooroldhut of Eumaeus. ..I traveler I But as he drew llear, he was attacked bydogs.

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comlnt/ hom" fromI hi' selll'Ch for newl

ofhis father. Athena.

When mDrnJng found him watelling comus, do not return to your father's housel Go to the hut of old Eumaeus.

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He is a traveler, and I must leavahim in your 1{C?od care. I Will go and tell your mother of your return~ You may come home With the stranger later.

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But Telemachus I am not a god. I am your stepped back ill fath~r. TO{Jether we will fear. Was this a sweep away this bad luck man or was it a which has fallen on ourgod who stood home.before him? So Odysseus came

to him and

spake.

JLet Telemachus /I know your SflCret.

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Jback to his real sell.

Father. you must be cralY I I know you are strong and brave. but there (»-..~.... are more than 8 - -hundred menl

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Of course I will help but you had belter think of someone else to help U$ too.

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I 60 NOW AGE ILLUSTRATED TMOdyUlly Now you must go home GO away, you I was once itI alone. You must teU flO beggarl Why noblemanone who I am. Don't be should I care too. but Iufraid. I· will come soonl if you are never refused ~ hungry? to feed a

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If there is a god whoanJOI.g '"em watc:hes over traveler begging for food. I pray that he wilt- of rhe men

i' give Antinous whattheir! he dOserYal

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eVBn greatBr IBast than usual. ....... Penelope-whoI.--.. 0] will get a husband todavl

Oh, Odysseus I Tears fill my eyes, but I have decided what to do. ~

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axes is the man

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And so, twenty years had passed, but Odysseus had finally come home to rest in the arms·of his wife. His travels were at last over.

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