Mond 10/1--No Class—Fall Holiday
Tue 10/2--Bring The Odyssey to Class Note: You need to have the Fitzgerald translation.
Introduction to The Odyssey
Wed 10/3--Read and take notes on Book I
Thu 10/4--Read and take notes on Book II
Character quiz--please review the names of key characters: Character list
Note: below are the names and descriptions of the characters who got cut off the above 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 Trojan 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 10/5--Read and take notes on Conjunctions: Read pp. 70-71 & 153 (HGW);
Exercises on p. 29 (Workbook)
Ch. 5 Vocabulary Quiz