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The Role of the Gods: At the beginning of the story, Homer asks one of Zeus's daughters to help him retell the story of Odysseus. "Sing in me Muse and through me tell the story of that man..."(Homer 951)
Plot Points: The ordinary world is in Ithaca at home with his wife Penelope and his son Telemachus. "My home is on the peaked sea mark of Ithaca"(Homer page 953).
The Greek value Odysseus represented in this is bravery because he has to leave his family and go to war. "My men stood up and made a fight of it"(Homer 954)
Characteristics: Odysseus acted brave because he had to lead his army into war.  His men did not obey him very well though, "my men were mutinous fools on stores of wine."(Homer page 953-954).

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Role of the Gods: Poseidon plays a role in the Cyclops by listening to Polyphemus.  After listening to Polyphemus he cursed Odysseus and his men."O hear me, lord, blue girdler of the islands, if I am thine indeed, and thou art father: grant that Odysseus, raider of cities, never see his home"(Homer 966)
Plot Points: the plot point in the Cyclops is a test.  "I drew it from the coals and my four fellows gave me a hand, lugging it near the Cyclops as more than natural force nerved them; straight forward they sprinted, lifted it, and rammed it deep into the crater of his eye." (Homer pg 962).
The Greek Value: The Greek value in the Cyclops is hospitality.  Odysseus and his men had brought a bottle of wine with them when they went exploring the caves.  In exchange the Cyclops ate his men. "A wine skin full I brought along..."(Homer 957)
Characteristics: Odysseus shows characteristics of Leadership and Arrogance.  He shows leadership by not being afraid of the Cyclops, and Arrogance by taunting the Cyclops after they escape.  "O Cyclops!  Would you feast on my companions?  Puny am I, in a cave man's hands? How do you like the beating that we gave you ..." (Homer pg 965)

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Role of the Gods: Hades plays the role of the god in this episode because Odysseus travels to his land.  Hades accepts Odysseus into his land and lets him do what he needs to do.  "By night our ship ran onward toward the ocean's bourne"(Homer 969)
Plot Points: The plot point in this episode is crossing the threshold.  Odysseus needs to get to tireseus to find out about his future."Son of Laertes and gods of old, Odysseus, master of land ways and sea ways, why leave the blazing sun, O man of woe, to see the cold dead and joyless region?" (Homer pg 973).
The Greek Values: The greek value in this episode in death.  Odysseus encounters his old shipmate Elpenor who had died and asked Odysseus for a proper funeral. "One shade came first-Elpenor, of our company, who lay unburied on the wide earth as we had left him"(Homer 971)
Characteristics:Odysseus shows signs of fear in the very beginning of the Land of the Dead.  He was scared to go in because he didn't know what to expect to see or do.  "There perimedes and Eurylochus pinioned the scared beasts." (Homer pg 971)

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Role of the gods: Helios is the main god in The Sirens.  He helps Odysseus by melting the beeswax so he can put it in his crews ears because Odysseus is the only one supposed to hear it.  "for a burning heat came down from helios" (Homer 977)
Plot points: The plot point in this episode is a test.  Odysseus and his men are traveling and only Odysseus is the only one who can hear the song that is sang by the sirens.  He puts beeswax in his crewmates ears so they can not hear the song.  "I carried wax along the line and laid it thick on their ears."(Homer 977)
The Greek Values:  The Greek value that is in this episode is loyalty because his men actually listened to him for a change when Odysseus wanted to get down they did not let him as he said they should do. "I tried to say untie me to the crew, but they bent steady to the oars"(Homer 978)
Characteristics: Odysseus's men show characteristics of obedience because Odysseus said that when he gets put up and asks to be let down that they should not let him down.  Instead they get more rope and tie him up even more.  "I tried to say untie me to the crew, but they bent steady to the oars"(Homer 978)

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Role of the Gods: Circe is the god who helped the crew with how to defeat the monsters.  Circe told them that they should go towards Scylla because she can only take 6 men instead of them all. "Circe's bidding against arms had slipped my mind." (Homer 979)
Plot Points: The plot point is a test.  The crew is tested to see if they would listen to Circe or not. "She ate them as they shrieked, they are in her den" (homer 978) as he talks about how Scylla ate Odysseus's men.
The Greek Value: The Greek value in this episode is death.  The crew looses 6 men and Odysseus couldn't do anything but sit back and watch them die. "Scylla made her strike, whisking six of my best men" (Homer 980)
Characteristics: Odysseus and his men listen to Circe and went the path that she told them to. "But I sent them on toward Scylla" (Homer 979)

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The Role of the Gods: Zeus is the main god in this episode because when Odysseus goes to prey to the gods, his men don't listen to him and they go and eat one of Helios's cows. Helios gets angry and tells Zeus, and when the crew sets sail, Zeus throws a lightning bolt at the ship killing everyone but Odysseus.  After this Zeus helps Odysseus by helping him get to land.  "And Heavy clouds from Zeus hauled us to this land" (Homer 980)
Plot Points: The plot point for this episode is a test.  The test is to see if Odysseus and or his men would listen and not eat the cows.  "We has flayed every thighbone and eating" (Homer 981)
The Greek Value: Odysseus's men violated the value of hospitality by taking and eating the cow, even though they were not supposed to.  "And when the bones were burned and tripes shared, they spitted the carved meat". (Homer 982)
Characteristics: Odysseus's men showed characteristics of disobedience because they killed and ate one of Helios cows.  Odysseus told them not to do it, but they did it anyway. "And when the bones were burned and tripes shared, they spitted the carved meat". (Homer 982)

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Role of the Gods: At the beginning of this episode, Odysseus had arrived back on Ithaca.  He had gone to the sheep keeper to find Telemachus, but Athena had put a spell on him to make him look old. "Lithe and young she made him." (Homer 994)
Plot Points: The plot point in this episode is the Mentor. Athena helps Odysseus by disguising him as a beggar to see if Penelope stayed Loyal. "And she withdrew when she had done." (Homer 996)
Greek Value: In this episode Odysseus was honest to Telemachus. He had told him he was not a god when shape shifted to a beggar. "No no no, I am your father not a god." (Homer 996)
Characteristics: Odysseus trusted Telemachus to keep his secret about him being an old beggar. "If son you are and blood of mine let no one hear..." (Homer 999)

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Role of the Gods: Athena keeps Odysseus Disguised until he has done everything he needs to do.  "Penelope asks the beggar to tell about himself"(Homer 1005)
Plot Points: This plot point is enemy because the rebellious maids caught Penelope unweaving the rug.  "Through impudent folly in the slinking maids they caught me"(Homer1005)
The Greek Value: The role in this episode is the role of women because Penelope has to make a rug for Odysseus's proper burial. "Let me finish my weaving before I merry"(Homer 1005)
Characteristics: Penelope acts as a rebel by un weaving her rug at night. By doing this she creates 3 years of time for Odysseus to come home. "Every day I wove the great loom, and every night by torchlit I unwove the loom"(Homer 1005)

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Role of the Gods: Athena is the god in this episode because she gives a disguise for Odysseus.  Odysseus goes under cover to see if his kingdom has stayed loyal to him.  "If beggars interest the gods..."(Homer 1002)
Plot Points:  This episode is an ally. The ally is Telemachus because he helps keep quite about Odysseus.  "Telemachus after the blow his father bore, sat still without a tear" (Homer 1003)
The Greek Value: The Greek value is physical form.  Odysseus changes to an old beggar and also takes a chair off the back.  "The stool he let flying hit the mans right shoulder" (Homer 1002)
Characteristics: The characteristics in this episode is self restraint. Telemachus is over the top angry at the suitors and wants to kill them, but waits for Odysseus to do his thing. "Slowly he shook his head side to side containing murderous thoughts"(Homer 1003)

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Role of the Gods: Penelope gains all of Athena wisdom to create a test for the suitors to complete to earn her marriage.  "task is to string a bow and shoot and arrow through 12 axes" (Homer 1003
Plot Points: The plot point in the episode is the Ordeal. Odysseus is facing the task to string the bow and shoot the arrow through the axe's. "And Odysseus took his time, turning the bow tapping it every inch."(Homer 1007)
The Greek Value: The Greek value in this episode is courage because he has to do the challenge with a lot of people watching and doubting him. "And one disdainful suitor added this, May his fortune grow and inch for every inch he bends it"(Homer 1007)
Characteristics: The suitors act surprised when Odysseus strings it. "Dealer in old bows"(Homer 1007) one of the suitors said.

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Role of the Gods: The role in the gods in this one is when Odysseus is asking for help from them when he is attacking the suitors.  "If I can make this shot, Help me Apollo"(Homer 1012)
Plot Points: The plot point in this is the supreme ordeal. Odysseus is fighting the suitors with the help of Telemachus
and the servants, and the gods. "Odysseus's arrow hit him under the chin and punched up to the feathers through his throat."(Homer 1009)
The Greek Value: The Greek value is bravery because Odysseus is very outnumbered but still manages to take them all out. "Odysseus looked around him narrowed eyed for any others who lay hidden"(Homer 1013)
Characteristics: Odysseus and Telemachus trusted each other by having each others backs in the battle field. "Their will be killing until the score is made"(Homer 1011)

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Role of the Gods:  Athena makes Odysseus back to normal with a little more beneficial looks. "Athena lent him beauty, she made him taller, and massive too"(Homer1015)
Plot Points: The last plot point is the reward. The reward is earning back Penelope, his land, and Telemachus.  "And he wept at last, his dear wife" (Homer1016)
The Greek Value: The Greek value is honor.  Odysseus is honored to have his original life back.  "She too rejoiced, her gaze upon her husband"(Homer 1017)
Characteristics: Both Odysseus and Penelope are emotional in this episode.  "And he wept at last, his dear wife" (Homer1016)