Weeks 9-10
Mon 10/17: NO CLASSES
Tues 10/18: NO CLASSES
Th 10/20--L: Read and take notes on Odyssey, Book 6.
Quiz on Odyssey character names
Below are the names that got cut off the list
Kirke (Circe)—a nymph with magical powers
Teiresias—blind prophet, now dead
Agamemnon—King of Argos, brother of Menelaos; led the troops to the Trojan War, now dead
Klytaimnestra—wife of Agamemnon, who kills him when he returns home from the Trojan War, now dead
Akhilleus/Achilles—greatest of the Greek warriors, now dead
Kalypso (Calypso)—minor goddess, daughter of Atlas; detains Odysseus on her island of Ogygia for approx. 7 years
Nausicaa—daughter of King Alkinoos and Queen Arete, in the land of Phaiakia
Aigisthos—Menalaos’ and Agamemnon’s cousin, lover of Klytaimnestra and Agamemnon’s murderer
Orestes—son of Agamemnon and Klytaimnestra; killed his mother and Aigisthos
Fri 10/21--S: Read and take notes on Odyssey, Book 7.
Tues 10/25--L: Read and take notes on Odyssey, Book 8.
Please do the attached epic simile exercise (see below).
Weds 10/26--S: Read and take notes on Odyssey, Book 9.
Fri 10/28--L: Read and take notes on Odyssey, Book 10.
Mon 10/31--In-class essay on Book 11 of The Odyssey