UNIT 2 TEST
11/4
REVIEW THE FOLLOWING:
1.
Writer’s notebook notes on Epic
2.
Trojan War Storyboard
3.
Odyssey Graphic Organizer
4.
Grammar Rules
UNIT TEST TOMORROW – 11/4
(MAJOR GRADE)
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Epic Hero/Epic Poetry
The Odyssey
Trojan War Story Board
Revising/Editing
ALL APPLICATION! 25 QUESTIONS
MULTIPLE CHOICE
Trojan War
WHERE MEN WIN GLORY…
The Iliad …in a nutshell.
Attributed to Homer
With The Odyssey, earliest examples of Western Literature
Details final weeks in the tenth and final year of Trojan War
Focuses on Achilles, but Agamemnon and Hector figure prominently
Trojan War background
Never look a gift horse in the mouth...and Beware of Greeks bearing
gifts
Outline of Trojan War
I. Cause of the war
A. Apple of discord
B. Judgment of Paris
C. Abduction of Helen
Trojan War
1. Caused by Helen’s abduction by Paris
1. “The face that launched a thousand ships”
2. Menelaus enlists his brother to help him win his woman
back
3. Hector (brother of Paris) vs. Achilles (Greek warrior) =
Hector is killed.
4. Priam, Hector’s father begs for a proper burial.
5. Trojan War ends with ODYSSEUS and the Trojan horse
Hector vs. Achilles
HECTOR
ACHILLES
Trojan
Greek
Son of King Priam and Queen
Hecuba.
Son of Peleus, king of Phthia, and
Thetis, a sea goddess.
Fights for fear of bringing shame
Fights for glory and revenge
◦ “But I should die of shame before
our Trojan men and noblewomen
if, like a coward, I avoided battle”
◦ Hector has killed Patroclus,
Achilles’ beloved friend who took
his place in battle.
Who's Who in the Trojan War
G=God/Goddess
P=Prince
Troy
P. Paris(theif/coward)
W. Hector
G.Aphrodite
G.Ares(war)
G.Zeus
K. Priam
Cassandra
G.Apollo
G.Aartemis
K=King W
=Warrior
Greece
K.Menelaus
K.Agamemnon
W.Achilles
K.Odysseus
G. Athena
W. Diomedes
G.Hera
W. Ajax
W. Patroclus
Epic & Epic Hero
Odysseus is our EPIC HERO, The
Odyssey is a work of EPIC
POETRY.
*Larger than life*
Odysseus
 King of Ithaca
 Known for his cleverness (not his looks)
 Married to Penelope (Helen’s “plain” cousin)
after he lost his bid for Helen (actually the
arranged marriage was part of the settlement
with Helen's dad)
 Son of Laertes & Anticlea
 Father of Telemachus
Odyssey
A HEROIC TALE OF
EPIC PROPORTIONS
The Odyssey…
a linear overview of nonlinear tale
ODYSSEY SUMMARIZED
Odysseus is trying to travel home to ITHACA, after he fights in battle and
comes up with a way to trick the enemy in TROY. His men travel to the land
of the LOTUS-EATERS; the place of forgetfulness. The continue to the island
of the CYCLOPES where Odysseus blinds the one names POLYPHEMUS.
POSIEDON, Polyphemus’ father, wants Odysseus to suffer because he
blinded his son. Aeolius gives Odysseus a bag of WINDS but it does not get
them very far because his men OPEN IT. CIRCE turns Odysseus’ men into
pigs, so Hermes offers Odysseus HERBS to protect him from her magic. They
travel to the LAND OF THE DEAD (HADES) where Odysseus talks to Teiresias.
They are warned about THE SIRENS (women who lure men to their deaths)
and they continue to SCYLLA (6 headed sea monster) and CHARYBDIS
(whirlpool) where they lose 6 men before traveling to The Island of the
Cattle of The SUN GOD. On this island, Odysseus’ men disobey and kill the
cattle for food. Zeus helps Helios seek vengeance by sending a lighting bolt
that SINKS the ship. Odysseus lives and lands on the island of CALYPSO
where he stays for 7 YEARS, until she is ordered by Athena to let him go.
Odysseus returns home, and with the help of his son, TELEMACHUS, he is
able to defeat the suitors and reunite with his wife PENELOPE.
Odysseus and the Cyclops
Cyclops Intro
Odysseus and the Sirens
The Odyssey
ODYSSEUS’ HOMECOMING
THE SUITORS & THE REVENGE – PG. 1097
Homecoming…
Coming Home . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCOgaWSfxxs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnEnhmrOHwk
Coming Home to Ithaca
When Odysseus returns home how does he feel?
What happens when he returns home?
Is it the same as he left it?
How do others react?
Revising & Editing
Comma Usage?
 Beware of the comma splice – use of a comma to join two
independent clauses. Note that you MUST HAVE A FANBOYS TO DO
THIS
 Wrong: It is nearly half past five, we cannot reach town before
dark.
 Right!: It is nearly half past five, so we cannot reach town before
dark.
Commonly confused words (homophones)
 Ex: their, there and they’re
Semi-colon usage
 To separate closely related independent clauses
 To sort out a monster list