| Homer's
Odyssey
There are several helpful teaching materials available from this UPenn
Mythology course site: The Help Pages contains a chart of Greek and
Roman Divinities, a 40 Day Chronology chart, and Odyssey FAQs (with
a genealogy chart). Unit 3 contains a pronunciation guide for the main
characters, suitors, gods, races, kings, queens, nymphs, places, and
monsters. (The Pronunciation Guide requires either WindowsMedia Player
or RealPlayer; you have both on your machine. Unit 4.) There also summaries
and essays.
General Research:
Classical
Greece, 300-323BCE
Provides a brief but informative introduction to Classical Greece as
well as an overview of Age of Pericles.
The
Greeks: Crucible of Civilization
Has a great annotated list of Ancient Greece sites organized by category.
Ancient
Greece
This site provides links and information on ancient Greek history, mythology,
architecture, art, and more. The link leads to information on Classical
Greece.
"trial of Creon" resources:
An
introduction to the Athenian Legal System
Sections include Summons, Arrest, & Investigation, Preliminary Procedure,
Courtroom Procedure, and Judgement & Punishment.
The
Athenian Court and the American Court System
Helpful comparison of the two systems
Pericles
Funeral Oration
It is considered a classic statement of ancient Athenian ideology and
values.
Crime
and Punishment at Olympia and Delphi.
A student paper looks at the development of Greek law, sacrilege, political
crimes, theft, corruption, and punishment.
Aristotle:
On a Good Wife,
from Oikonomikos, c. 330 BCE
The Persian
Wars
Like the Trojan War, the Persian Wars were a defining moment in Greek
history.
vocab list for Odyssey vocabulary
game
More of The Odyssey vocabulary
winnow - vb. to sort
laurels - n. honors, accolades, symbols of distinction
inept - adj. lacking grace, unskilled
staunch - adj. faithful, devoted, adhering to
deft - adj. dexterous, adroit, skilled
scourge - n. plague
ambiguous - adj. equivocal, unclear, questionable
obdurate - adj. rigid, obstinate, inflexible
recoil - vb. to draw back, usually in fear, wince, reel back
consummate - adj. perfected, accomplished
fetid - adj. having an unpleasant smell, malodorous
pliant - adj. malleable, supple
sardonic - adj. bitter, derisive
solace - n. comfort
dearth - n. lack, insufficiency
dauntless - adj. brave, fearless, not intimidated
brusque - adj. rude, blunt, abrupt
amok - adj. in an undisciplined manner
malign - vb. to speak evil of
dour - adj. forbidding in action or appearance, grim, cold
You can find dozens of essays and articles on The Odyssey in
InfoTrac.
(See a few citations below.) I used Infotrac's PowerSearch and opted
to search all their databases, but Expanded Academic ASAP and Student
Edition databases were the most helpful. Note that materials from the
Expanded Academic database are typically scholarly works while materials
in the Student Edition database are more accessible to High School students.
Some examples:
FRANK, BERNHARD. "Homer's ODYSSEY.(Brief Article)(Critical
Essay)." The Explicator 58.4 (Summer 2000):
179. Student Edition. Thomson Gale. Noble and Greenough School. 08
January 2006
Beck, Deborah. "Odysseus: narrator, storyteller, poet?."
Classical Philology 100.3 (July 2005): 213(15). Expanded Academic
ASAP. Thomson Gale. Noble and Greenough School. 08 January 2006
COMAN, B.J. "READING THE ODYSSEY."
Quadrant (July 2001): 70. Expanded Academic ASAP. Thomson
Gale. Noble and Greenough School. 08 January 2006
Rutherford, Richard B. "The Odyssey.(New Surveys in the Classics
No. 26: Homer)." Greece & Rome 43.n1 (April 1996): S58(24).
Expanded Academic ASAP. Thomson Gale. Noble and Greenough School.
08 January 2006
Rutherford, Richard B. "Some memorable scenes.(New Surveys in
the Classics No. 26: Homer)." Greece & Rome 43.n1 (April
1996): S82(23). Expanded Academic ASAP. Thomson Gale. Noble and Greenough
School. 08 January 2006
Moore, John Rees. "Voyaging with Odysseus: The Wile and Resilience
of Virtue.(Critical Essay)." Humanitas 13.1 (Spring 2000): 103.
Expanded Academic ASAP. Thomson Gale. Noble and Greenough School.
08 January 2006
Lothrop, Patricia D. "Johnson, Claudia Durst & Vernon Johnson.
Understanding The Odyssey: a Student Casebook to Issues, Sources,
and Historical Documents.(A Companion to Homer's Odyssey)(Young Adult
Review)(Book Review)(Brief Article)." School Library Journal
49.12 (Dec 2003): 96(1). Student Edition. Thomson Gale. Noble and
Greenough School. 08 January 2006
Dalby, Andrew. "The 'Iliad,' the 'Odyssey' and their audiences."
The Classical Quarterly 45.n2 (July-Dec 1995): 269(11). Expanded Academic
ASAP. Thomson Gale. Noble and Greenough School. 08 January 2006
Newton, Rick M. "Cloak and shield in 'Odyssey' 14." The
Classical Journal 93.n2 (Dec 1997): 143(14). Expanded Academic ASAP.
Thomson Gale. Noble and Greenough School. 08 January 2006
Scodel, Ruth. "The removal of the arms, the recognition with
Laertes, and narrative tension in the 'Odyssey.'." Classical
Philology 93.n1 (Jan 1998): 1(17). Expanded Academic ASAP. Thomson
Gale. Noble and Greenough School. 08 January 2006
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