The Odyssey by https://padlet.com/backstrokekay/n50bl78evdto Made with a bold sensibility en-us 2017-01-26 18:45:43 UTC 2026-01-21 11:45:33 UTC hello@padlet.com Title and Author backstrokekay https://padlet.com/backstrokekay/n50bl78evdto/wish/149716762 The Odyssey By: Homer]]> 2017-01-26 18:48:33 UTC https://padlet.com/backstrokekay/n50bl78evdto/wish/149716762 Genre backstrokekay https://padlet.com/backstrokekay/n50bl78evdto/wish/149719024 Epic or epic poetry ]]> 2017-01-26 18:53:48 UTC https://padlet.com/backstrokekay/n50bl78evdto/wish/149719024 Topics and Themes backstrokekay https://padlet.com/backstrokekay/n50bl78evdto/wish/149721248 1. A boy must struggle to become a man
2. A solider must struggle to get home from war
3. A king must struggle to reclaim his kingdom]]> 2017-01-26 18:58:51 UTC https://padlet.com/backstrokekay/n50bl78evdto/wish/149721248 My take on themes backstrokekay https://padlet.com/backstrokekay/n50bl78evdto/wish/149722138 here are my individual thoughts on what the theme of the book is
1. hospitality
2. Loyalty
3. vengeance]]> 2017-01-26 19:00:49 UTC https://padlet.com/backstrokekay/n50bl78evdto/wish/149722138 Target age range backstrokekay https://padlet.com/backstrokekay/n50bl78evdto/wish/149723351 high school appropriate for complexity, content and them]]> 2017-01-26 19:03:35 UTC https://padlet.com/backstrokekay/n50bl78evdto/wish/149723351 important characters backstrokekay https://padlet.com/backstrokekay/n50bl78evdto/wish/149876531 Odysseus-  endures a long journey from troy to Ithaca; protagonist  
Telemachus- tries to rescue his mother from the suitors of Ithaca; Odysseus son
Penelope- wife of Odysseus, mother of Telemachus
Athena-Daughter of Zeus; goddess of wisdom; helps both Telemachus and Odysseus
Zeus- Father of all gods and goddesses; god of the heavens
Poseidon- God of the sea; tries to get revenge on Odysseus for the blinding of Polyphemus
Antinous-leader of the suitors
Nestor- King of Pylos who gives Odysseus the bag of winds

]]> 2017-01-27 14:13:24 UTC https://padlet.com/backstrokekay/n50bl78evdto/wish/149876531 Summary backstrokekay https://padlet.com/backstrokekay/n50bl78evdto/wish/149880831 The Odyssey is an epic about a war hero name Odysseus and his journey home from a war.
Waiting at home are his family member's Penelope, his faithful wife and Telemachus, his son trying to defend his kingdom. His way home takes ten years and encounters many trials, getting help from kings, queens, gods and commoners during the trip.]]> 2017-01-27 14:25:14 UTC https://padlet.com/backstrokekay/n50bl78evdto/wish/149880831 important characters continued backstrokekay https://padlet.com/backstrokekay/n50bl78evdto/wish/149883070 calypso-The nymph who imprisons Odysseus for 7 years
Polyphemus-The cyclops Odysseus blinds
Circe- The sorceress who turns Odysseus's men to swine
Tiresias- prophet in the Underworld
Menelaus- King of Sparta, brother of Agamemnon, husband of Helen
Agamemnon- Former king of Mycene, killed by Clytemnestra
Helen-Wife of Menelaus, Queen of Sparta
Nausicaa-Daughter of King Alcinous, finds Odysseus and takes him in
alcinous-King of Phaeacians who offers Odysseus hospitality
Sirens- sea nymphs who lured sailors to destruction with their song]]> 2017-01-27 14:31:02 UTC https://padlet.com/backstrokekay/n50bl78evdto/wish/149883070 My take on the book backstrokekay https://padlet.com/backstrokekay/n50bl78evdto/wish/150565135 I personally loved the epic novel and all the adventure that came with it. It was thrilling and interesting to read about his discovers and struggle of trying to return home to his family and homeland of Ithaca. I loved how many trials he had to go through to get home and how he disguised himself as an old man to finally see his son.]]> 2017-01-31 15:42:41 UTC https://padlet.com/backstrokekay/n50bl78evdto/wish/150565135