Title: The Odyssey
Author: Homer
Publication Date: Around 800 B.C.
Provide significant details about the author (120-1): Homer was a Greek storyteller/poet “from Ionia in western Asia Minor” who told his work to people (Beers 210).
Style\5 conventions (121) - The five conventions are invocation when characters ask the gods for help, flashbacks, or memories of events in the past, epic similes, or a long simile in an epic story that compares everyday occurrences to an action , metrical structure, which is the rhythm of the story, and stock epithet which are words that replace a person’s name to describe them.
Philosophies (Women)- Homer’s philosophies about women is that they lead to no good since he changes the cause of the Trojan War
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Literary Era\Age (103-113):__Bronze Age_________
Information about the era: (Timeline\Fast Facts)- Information about the era includes, the Bronze Age was when bronze was made and traded. The emergence of Greek city-states and their in fighting leads to The Trojan War.
Historical(Greeks)-Some historical Greek are Alexander the Great the king of an ancient Greek kingdom, Pythagoras a Greek philosopher and mathematician, and Archimedes is a mathematician with many other talents such as inventing.
Philosophical\3 Philosophers- A philosophy of the Greek was”Greek philosophy grew to replace traditional religion as the educated person's guide to truth and morality” (
Evolutionary-metaphysics.net). Three philosophers of the Greek were Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle.
Identify the genre (103-113):
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The Odyssey fits into the era because it tells a story that actually occurs during the Bronze era, Likewise, characteristics of the time show up in the story such as worships. (Use key events of Hero’s Journey): Home-Odysseus’ home is in Ithaca Greece. Separation-Odysseus didn’t want to go to the Trojan war but had to because “As one of Helen’s suitors, Odysseus was bound to the oath to defend her and Menelaus (history 101.com) . Point of No Return- The point of no return is in the storm the Gods make because they are mad at Odysseus. Departs-Odysseus’ departure from known land to unknown land when he is with the cyclops. Allies- Odysseus’ allies are the Phaeacians and his workers.
Gift- Alcinous, king of the Phaeacia gifts Odysseus with passage home. Mentor- Odysseus’ mentor is Athena Challenges-Challenges that Odysseus faces include fighting in the Trojan War, facing the Lotus Eaters, fighting the Cyclops, having to deal with Circles and Calypso, and surviving through the sirens. Final challenge- Odysseus’ final challenge is to see if his family and friends are still waiting for him or not also to prove himself he passes an archery test.
Home-Odysseus takes his place as husband of