The Aeneid
The Aeneid was an epic
poetry which was created for the Roman Empire to show how this country thrive
on. The main character is Aeneas who was a prince from Troy. The first six of
the poem’s twelve books tell the story of Aeneas’s wanderings from Troy to
Italy, and the poem’s second half tells of the Trojans’ ultimately victorious
war upon the Latins, under whose name Aeneas and his Trojan followers are
destined to be subsumed.
Quiz on Odyssey
term:
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omen: bad sign
attendant: an assistant or servant
elegy: is a mournful piece of music or is a poem written as an
ode to the dead
nemesis: an opponent or enemy that is very difficult
to defeat
Quiz discussion on
Odyssey
What immortal is Odysseus’ great ally?
Athena
How did Penelope try to trick the suitors at first by weaving a
shroud?
She unwounded the shroud each night.
What is the descriptive tag frequently attached to a character’s
name called?
Homeric epithet
Eg.
Silver- footed Thetis [ sea goddess]
Bright-
eyed Athena
Term Explanation
Flashback: It is an interjected scene that takes the
narrative back in time from the current point in the story. Flashbacks are
often used to recount events that happened before the story’s primary sequence
of events to fill in crucial backstory.
Foreshadowing: It is a literary device by which an author
hints what is to come. It is used avoid disappointment, and sometimes used to
arouse readers. A hint that is designed to mislead the audience is referred to
as a reading.
Homeric epithet
It
is one of the most noticeable features of Homer’s Iliad and
Odyssey. It comes from Greek for
putting something. It is a nickname can be used on it own, depending on other
features of the Greek language. The epithets generally compound adjective which
helps the assignment of character to epithet memorable. It adds a bit of color
and when the name on it own doesn’t quite fit. For example: Athena is the only
one described as glaucopis grey-eyed. She is called a glaukopis Athene goddess
grey-eyed Athena and also Palas Athena.
The Odyssey Writing Style
Dactylic Hexameter
It
is a very important meter in Greek and Latin poetry. It is especially associated
with epic poetry, and so is referred to as "heroic".
The premier examples of its use are Homer’s Iliad
and Odyssey and Virgil’s Aeneid.
Greek Underworld
Tantalus: He was a Greek mythological figure, most
famous for his eternal punishment in Tartarus. He was made to stand in a pool
of water beneath a fruit tree with low branches, with the fruit ever eluding
his grasp, and the water always receding before he could take a drink. He was a
son of Zeus or Tmolus and Plato and the father of Niobe and Pelops. He was the
king of Sipylus in Lydia.
The strongest immortal:
Heracles—He
is a demigod but because he is a wondering hero, he became god eventually.
He
is best known as the strongest of all the immortals, and even stronger than
many gods. He is the deciding factor in the triumphant victory of the Olympians
over the giants. He was the last mortal son of Zeus, and the only man born of a
mortal woman to become a god upon his death.
Helen and Menelaus
Helen was the most beautiful woman ever. Seriously, she was
married to a Greek king named Menelaus.
Until Paris appeared .He stole Helen. The Greek launched a war against Troy.
Eventually, Menelaus won, and he got his wife back.
The funeral of Patroclus
The
funeral ends, but Achilles was still sad. He
repeatedly uses his chariot to drag Hector’s body around Patroclus’ tomb. The
gods feel sorry for Hector and desire to
rescue his body from Achilles. They asked the god Hermes to steal the body
away, but Hera, doesn’t allow it. Twelve
days after Hector’s death, Apollo addresses the gods .He tells them that Hector
always respected the gods, and that Achilles has no decency for desecrating his
body. Hera counters him, stating that Achilles is the son of a god, and that he
and Hector cannot be equals. Zeus agrees with Hera, but also indicates that the
gods love Hector dearly. He sent Iris to call Thetis
to Olympus. When she arrives, Zeus instructs her to go to Achilles and to tell
him to give the body back to Priam. Priam gives
Achilles a ransom as a payment.
Polyphemus
In
Greek mythology, the most famous of the Cyclopes [one eyed giants], son of Poseidon,
god of the sea. According to Ovid in Metamorphoses, Polyphemus loved Galatea,
and killed her lover Acis. When the Greek hero Odysseus was cast ashore on the
cost of Sicily, he fell into hands of Polyphemus, who shut him up with 12 of
his companies in his cave and blocked the entrance.
Sisyphus
He
was the king of Ephyra. He was punished for his self-aggrandizing craftiness
and deceitfulness by being forced to roll an immense boulder up a hill, only to
watch it roll back down, repeating this action for entirely.
Vocabulary
de: down, away from
deficient: not good
enough, not having enough of something
hex: stands for six
hexagon: a flat shape that has six angles and six sides
Book discussion
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Ithaca
It
is the city state of Odysseus . It is a synonymous with the Odyssey and trails
and tribulations of this mythological tale that determines the Ithaki psyche
from the core outwards.
Additional Supplement
The Pentagon: the building in Washington D.C, that is the
headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense.
lamentation: an expression of a great sorrow or deep
sadness
nemesis: an opponent or enemy that is very difficult
to defeat
predator: an animal that lives by killing other
animals
prey: an animal that is hunted or killed by another animal for
food
E.E Cummings
He
was an American poet, painter, essayist, author and playwright. His body of
work encompasses approximately 2900 poems, two autobiographical novels, four
plays and several essays, as well as numerous drawings and paintings. He is a
remembered as an eminent voice of 20th century English literature.
