The Odyssey Storyboard by Lillian Anderson https://padlet.com/anderlil0005/og6tbgctt4gc en-us 2019-05-15 16:05:42 UTC 2026-01-07 10:33:25 UTC hello@padlet.com The Challenge anderlil0005 https://padlet.com/anderlil0005/og6tbgctt4gc/wish/360417782 Role of Gods: "Then Zeus thundered overhead, one loud crack for a sign." (Homer 1007). Zeus wanted Odysseus to fight the suitors.
Hero's Journey Plot Points: "... So effortlessly Odysseus in one motion strung the bow." (Homer 1007). Odysseus completed the challenge by stringing the bow before everyone else.
Greek Values: "Now flashed arrow from twanging bow clean as a whistle through every socket ring, and grazed not one.” (Homer 1008). This Greek value is physical form because he turned back into himself after he completed the challenge.
Characteristics: "A bow lover!... Dealer in old bows!... Maybe he has one like it at home!... Or has an itch to make one for himself!" (Homer 1007). The suitors are being arrogant by making fun of the beggar.]]> 2019-05-15 16:05:42 UTC https://padlet.com/anderlil0005/og6tbgctt4gc/wish/360417782 Penelope anderlil0005 https://padlet.com/anderlil0005/og6tbgctt4gc/wish/360417783 Role of Gods: “He comprehends it, being a man full-grown, able to oversee the kind of house Zeus would endow with honor.” (Homer 1005). She says Telemachus wants to be a man and control the house like Zeus would want him to.
Hero's Journey Plot Points: "Sons of the noblest families on the islands, Dulichium, Same, wooded Zacynthus, with native Ithacans, are here to court me, against my wish; and they consume this house." (Homer 1004) Penelope is talking about how the suitors are coming against her wish to marry her and are destroying her home.
Greek Values: "How could I? wasted with longing for Odysseus, while here they press for marriage." (Homer 1004) The role of women is shown here, right after Odysseus is presumed dead she is expected to marry someone else.
Characteristics: "I have no strength left to evade marriage, cannot find any further way.” (Homer 1005). Penelope is showing courage by lying to the suitors.]]> 2019-05-15 16:05:42 UTC https://padlet.com/anderlil0005/og6tbgctt4gc/wish/360417783 The Suitors anderlil0005 https://padlet.com/anderlil0005/og6tbgctt4gc/wish/360417784 Role of Gods: “Would god you could be hit yourself, Antinous-hit by Apollo’s bowshot!” (Homer 1003). Penelope sees Antinous throw a stool at the begger and wishes he would be hit by Apollo’s arrow.
Hero's Journey Plot Points: “Telemachus, after the blow his father bore, sat still without a tear, though his heart felt the blow. Slowly he shook his head from side to side, containing murderous thoughts.” (Homer 1003). Telemachus was protecting Odysseus by not saying or doing anything when a stool hit him.
Greek Values: “Enough. Eat and be quiet where you are, or shamble elsewhere, unless you want these lads to stop your mouth pulling you by the heels, or hands and feet, over the whole floor, till your back is peeled!” (Homer 1002). Antinous isn’t being hospitable towards the begger.
Characteristics: “Enough. Eat and be quiet where you are, or shamble elsewhere, unless you want these lads to stop your mouth pulling you by the heels, or hands and feet, over the whole floor, till your back is peeled!” (Homer 1002). The suitors were being arrogant.]]> 2019-05-15 16:05:42 UTC https://padlet.com/anderlil0005/og6tbgctt4gc/wish/360417784 20 years and I am back Again anderlil0005 https://padlet.com/anderlil0005/og6tbgctt4gc/wish/360417785 Role of Gods: ”As for my skin, that is a charm Athena, Hope of Soldiers, uses as she will; she has the knack to make me seem a beggar man..” (Homer 997). Athena transforms Odysseus into a beggar so no one will know it’s him when he enters his palace.
Hero's Journey Plot Points: “Directed by Athena, so that we might lay plans to kill our enemies.” (Homer 997). Athena has been a mentor to Odysseus during the whole story.
Greek Values: “Counseling me, will give me word, and I  shall signal to you.” (Homer 999).  the Greek value is gods and it shows Odysseus being helped by Athena.
Characteristics: “Before long they will stand to right and left of us in combat, in the shouting, when the test comes out nerve against the suitors in my hall.” (Homer 999).  This shows bravery from Odysseus because he is going into a room full of suitors trying to steal his wife.]]> 2019-05-15 16:05:42 UTC https://padlet.com/anderlil0005/og6tbgctt4gc/wish/360417785 The Cattle of the Sun Gods anderlil0005 https://padlet.com/anderlil0005/og6tbgctt4gc/wish/360417786 Role of Gods: “And the Lord Helios burst into angry speech amid the immortals: ‘O Father Zeus and gods in bliss forever, punish Odysseus’ men! So overweening, now they have killed my peaceful kine.” (Homer 983). Helios punished Odysseus’s men for eating his cattle.
Hero's Journey Plot Points: “Let me throw down one white-hot bolt, and make splinters of their ship in the wine dark sea.” (Homer 984). This is a test to see if Odysseus and his men eat the cattle and if they do their ship will be destroyed.
Greek Values: ”... And I used this for lashing mast and keel together. These I straddled, riding the frightful storm.” (Homer 984). Odysseus and his men went into the storm even though Helios warned them not to. This showed their courage.
Characteristics: "... To strew the victims, performed the prayers and ritual, knifed the kine and flayed each carcass, cutting thighbones free to wrap in double folds of fat." (Homer 982). After Odysseus told his men not to kill the cattle. They didn't have self control and they killed all the cattle and ate them. ]]> 2019-05-15 16:05:42 UTC https://padlet.com/anderlil0005/og6tbgctt4gc/wish/360417786 Scylla and Charybdis anderlil0005 https://padlet.com/anderlil0005/og6tbgctt4gc/wish/360417787 Role of Gods: "Zeus help us pull away before we founder." (Homer 979). They were praying to Zeus to allow them to pass without death.
Hero's Journey Plot Points: "Heads up, lads! We must obey the orders as I give them. Get the oar shafts in your hands, and jay back hard on your benches.” (Homer 979). This is a test on Odysseus’s men to see if  they will listen to his orders.
Greek Values: "Then Scylla made her strike, whisking six of my best men from the ship." (Homer 980). This showed Odysseus’s courage by staying calm when his men were dying.
Characteristics: “... Steer for that headland; watch the drift, or we fetch up in the smother, and you drown us.” (Homer 979). Odysseus was showing leadership by leading his men into Scylla’s lair. ]]> 2019-05-15 16:05:42 UTC https://padlet.com/anderlil0005/og6tbgctt4gc/wish/360417787 The Sirens anderlil0005 https://padlet.com/anderlil0005/og6tbgctt4gc/wish/360417788 Role of Gods: "I craved a massive cake of beeswax into bits and rolled them in my hands until they softened-- no long task, for a burning heat came down from Helios, lord of high noon." (Homer 977). Odysseus used the beeswax to cover his men's ears, with help from Helios because he melted the wax.
Hero's Journey Plot Points: "...I tried to say, 'Untie me!' to the crew, jerking my brows; but they bent steady to the oars." (Homer 978). This was a test for Odysseus and his men. His men had to listen to his orders in order to stay alive.
Greek Values: "I carried wax along the line, and laid it thick on their ears." (Homer 977). Odysseus showed intelligence by plugging their ears with beeswax.
Characteristics: "I carried wax along the line, and laid it thick on their ears." (Homer 977). Odysseus showed intelligence by putting beeswax in his men's' ears.]]> 2019-05-15 16:05:42 UTC https://padlet.com/anderlil0005/og6tbgctt4gc/wish/360417788 Land of the Dead anderlil0005 https://padlet.com/anderlil0005/og6tbgctt4gc/wish/360417789 Role of Gods: "...Aeolus, king of the winds, sends Odysseus on his way with a gift..." (Homer 969). Aeolus gave Odysseus all the winds except for the west winds.
Hero's Journey Plot Points: "By night our ship ran onward toward the Ocean's bourne, the realm and region of the Man of Winter, hidden in mist and cloud." (Homer 969). Crossing the threshold, Odysseus was entering the underworld.
Greek Values: "Unhappy spirit, I promise you the barrow and the burial." (Homer 972). Death was upheld in this episode. Odysseus gave Elpenor a proper burial in the underworld.
Characteristics: “Then I addressed the blurred and breathless dead, vowing to slaughter my best heifer for them before she calved.” (Homer 971). This showed his bravery by facing the dead.]]> 2019-05-15 16:05:42 UTC https://padlet.com/anderlil0005/og6tbgctt4gc/wish/360417789 Cyclops anderlil0005 https://padlet.com/anderlil0005/og6tbgctt4gc/wish/360417790 Role of Gods: "At this he stretched his hands out in his darkness toward the sky of stars, and prayed Poseidon." (Homer 110). The cyclops was praying to Poseidon to kill Odysseus or all his men.
Hero's Journey Plot Points: “... Just so that eyeball hissed around the spike. The Cyclops bellowed and the rock roared round him, and we fell back in fear.” (Homer 106). Odysseus and his men stuck a spike into the Cyclops eyeball.
Greek Values: "... Here we stand, beholden for your help, or any gifts you give-as custom is to honor strangers. We would entreat you, great Sir, have a care for the gods' courtesy; Zeus will avenge the offending guest." (Homer 101). Hospitality was used by Odysseus to get the Cyclops to give them cheese and other things.
Characteristics: "... My name is Nohbdy: mother, father, and friends, everyone calls me Nohbdy." (Homer 105). Odysseus used his intelligence to trick the cyclops into thinking he was nobody.]]> 2019-05-15 16:05:42 UTC https://padlet.com/anderlil0005/og6tbgctt4gc/wish/360417790 Sailing From Troy anderlil0005 https://padlet.com/anderlil0005/og6tbgctt4gc/wish/360417792 Role of Gods: "What of those years of rough adventure, weathered under Zeus?" (Homer 953) Zeus was always watching over Odysseus.
Hero's journey plot points: "My home is on the peaked sea-marked Ithaca." (Homer 953) Odysseus's ordinary world is the island of Ithaca with his wife Penelope and his son Telemachus.
Greek Values:  “No ship made sail next day until some shipmate had raised a cry, three times, for each poor ghost unfleshed by the Cicones…” (Homer 954). Greek society believed that everyone who died deserved a proper burial. Odysseus' men's cries were them expressing their grief of the crew members that were killed.   
Characteristics: "My men were mutinous, fools, on stores of wine." (Homer 953-954) His men were very drunk and stupid. They weren't being hospitable.]]> 2019-05-15 16:05:42 UTC https://padlet.com/anderlil0005/og6tbgctt4gc/wish/360417792 Odysseus' Revenge anderlil0005 https://padlet.com/anderlil0005/og6tbgctt4gc/wish/360432547 Role of Gods: "Aided by Athena, Odysseus, Telemachus, Eumaeus, and other faithful herdsmen kill all the suitors." (Homer 1013). Athena helped Odysseus kill the suitors.
Hero's Journey Plot Points: "Not for the whole treasure of your fathers, all you enjoy, lands, flocks, or any gold put up by others, would I hold my hand. There will be killing till the score is paid." Odysseus is about to fight all the suitors with Telemachus.
Greek Values: "Run then, while I hold them off with arrows as long as the arrows last. When all are gone if I'm alone they can dislodge me." (Homer 1013). Odysseus is showing courage by telling Telemachus to go get the weapons and shields while he fights them by himself.
Characteristics: "... Fight your way out, or run for it, if you think you'll escape death. I doubt one man of you skins by." (Homer 1011).  Odysseus is being brave by facing all the suitors at once.
]]> 2019-05-15 16:33:15 UTC https://padlet.com/anderlil0005/og6tbgctt4gc/wish/360432547 Penelope's Test anderlil0005 https://padlet.com/anderlil0005/og6tbgctt4gc/wish/360433343 Role of Gods: "Athena lent him beauty, head to foot. She made him taller, and massive, too, with crisping hair in curls like petals of wild hyacinth but all red-golden." (Homer 1015). Athena changed Odysseus back into his younger self.
Hero's Journey Plot Points: "... He wept at last, his dear wife, clear and faithful, in his arms..." (Homer 1017). Odysseus finally got to be with Penelope after 20 years of being gone.
Greek Values: “... She lavished beauty over Odysseus’ head and shoulders.” (Homer 1015). This show physical form because Athena made the age from Odysseus go away and she made him beautiful.
Characteristics: "Make up his bed for him, Eurycleia." (Homer 1015). Penelope was showing intelligence by testing Odysseus to see if he is really who he says he is.]]> 2019-05-15 16:34:42 UTC https://padlet.com/anderlil0005/og6tbgctt4gc/wish/360433343