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Sites about The Odyssey
by Homer
The story of the King of Ithaca, Odysseus, and his journey home from the Trojan War.
Characters: Odysseus, Telemachus, Penelope, Circe, Cyclops, Poseidon
Critical sites about The Odyssey
- Fragments of the Primordial Great Goddess: Calypso & Circe
- An examination of these two female characters in The Odyssey.
- Contains: Character Analysis, Content Analysis
- Author: Alicia LeVan
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- Incorporating the Other: The Catalogue of Women in Odyssey 11
- http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ElAnt/V2N1/houlihan.html
- “Closure is silence, and perhaps a loss of self. The closure Odysseus wanted to give to his night of storytelling — the catalogue of heroines — has a lot to tell us about his process of self-presentation that causes the Phaeacians to find him worthy to be sent home out of Scheria.”
- Contains: Character Analysis
- Author: James Houlihan
- From: Electronic Antiquity Vol. 2. no. 1 June 1994
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- Odysseus and the Historians
- http://www.dur.ac.uk/Classics/histos/1997/marincola.html
- “In this paper, however, I would like to focus on the influence of Odysseus and the Odyssey on the subject matter, persona, and even methodology of the ancient historian.”
- Contains: Character Analysis
- Author: John Marincola
- From: HISTOS Vol. 1 1997
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- Study Guide for Homer’s Odyssey
- http://www.temple.edu/classics/odysseyho.html
- This detailed study guide provides some annotations, links, and thoughtful questions for each book of The Odyssey, for students of the poem. It also has an excellent chronology of the poem.
- Author: Robin Mitchell-Boyask
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Other (non-critical) sites about The Odyssey
- Homeric Odyssey and the Cultivation of Justice
- http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~chs/HCJ/index.html
- “An online lecture and discussion series organized and led by Professor Gregory Nagy, the current Chair of the Department of Classics at Harvard University.”
- Author: Gregory Nagy
- From: The Berkman Center for Internet and Society http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/
- Author: Gregory Nagy
- From: The Berkman Center for Internet and Society http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/
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- Immortal Tale
- http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/jan-june97/odyssey_3-3.html
- An interview with Robert Fagles, who produced a recent, acclaimed translation of The Odyssey.
- Author: Elizabeth Farnsworth & Robert Fagles
- From: Online NewsHour http://www.pbs.org/newshour/home.html
- Author: Elizabeth Farnsworth & Robert Fagles
- From: Online NewsHour http://www.pbs.org/newshour/home.html
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- The Odyssey Game
- http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~loxias/odchoice.htm
- Although this is a pretty easy game, it is a fun and interesting way to review knowledge of the text.
- Contains: Plot Summary
- Author: Andrew Wilson
- Author: Andrew Wilson
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Last Updated Apr 29, 2013