The Odyssey
THEME:
Main
Subtopics
Details
Never give up (Ancient Greece Introductory Information: Tree Map)
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History of
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Ancient
Greece
Greek
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Mythology
Homer
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Trojan War
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List of Major Characters (Brace Map)
Penelope(Odysseus’s
wife)
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Odysseus:
Laertas(Odysseus’s
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father)
Telemarchus(Odysseus’s
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son
Zeus( king of gods)
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Poseidon( god of the
seas)
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Alcinous( king of
Phaeacians, to whom
Odysseus tells his
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story)
Circe( enchantress who
helped Odysseus)
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Calypso( sea
goddess who loved
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Odysseus)
Polyphemus
(Cyclopes who
imprisoned Odysseus)
The Preface (Bubble Map)
Homer
Sailing from Troy (Flow Map)
Beginning of the chapter: What
happens at the start of the
chapter?
Middle of the chapter: What
happens in the middle of the
chapter?
End of Chapter; What happens in
the last part of the chapter?
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Title of Section: “The Cyclops”
Quote:
Question/Answer:
Title of Section: “The Lotus Eaters”
Quote:
Question/Answer:
Title of Section: “The Land of the Dead”
Quote:
Question/Answer:
Title of this Section: “Scylla and Charybdis”
Quote:
Question/Answer:
The Cattle of the Sun God:
Beginning of the Chapter:
What happens at the start of the
Chapter?
Middle of the Chapter:
What happens in the middle of
the chapter?
End of Chapter:
What happens in the last part of
the chapter?
The Return Home:
Beginning of the chapter:
What happens at the start of the
chapter?
-Odysseus finally arrives home to
Ithica.
Middle of Chapter:
What happens in the middle of
the chapter?
- Odysseus and his son start to
come up with a plan to kill the
enemies.
End of Chapter:
What happens in the last part of
the chapter?
- Odysseus tells his son what he
must do.
The Revenge of Odysseus:
Results
Causes
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MAJOR EVENT
Odysseus is
acting upon his
revenge on the
enemies who tried
to take over Ithica.
Visual Character Analysis of Odysseus:
Title of the
story:
The Odyssey
What good qualities does the character
have?
Odysseus
What negative qualities does the character have?
Opinion about
character:
What adjectives would you use to
describe this character?
One fact about
Odysseus:
The Odyssey as an Allegory for life:
“Sailing from Troy”
“The Lotus Eaters”