Robert Lawrence
Humanities
October 5, 2005
Professor Lee
October 4, 2005
Class Notes
Today we started class with a presentation by Sarah on what she thought the Odyssey
meant to her, she basically gave an overview of the story and her main thoughts were that
Odysseus was dedicated, determined, and dependable, she compared it to the Fox 5
theme. After Sarah’s presentation Professor Lee did a review of what we discussed last
class time, about the key characters of the Iliad, and she summarized the story of the
Iliad. She then proceeded to talk about what the Odyssey was and how it was the sequel
to the Iliad. She notes that Odysseus had difficulty returning to his home from the war, he
faced many obstacles such as Cyclops, and he was the not the same young man he was
when he left for the war, he returned home an old man. Professor Lee then discussed how
the time in the Odyssey is convoluted and multidimensional, its not one straight
genealogical time line. Next we looked at book 19 of the Odyssey and she briefly
discussed it with us. After that she gave us a 10 min break and upon our return Danny did
his presentation on the difference between the Odyssey and the Iliad and how the
Odyssey was more mature than the Iliad, and how the Iliad had more action and was
glory centric. After Danny’s presentation, it was at that time that we were dismissed from
class.