Odyssey Project by William Thurman https://padlet.com/thurmwil000/sjh4efxaj2t5 By Will Thurman en-us 2019-05-14 00:23:08 UTC 2025-11-17 02:30:59 UTC hello@padlet.com The Suitors thurmwil000 https://padlet.com/thurmwil000/sjh4efxaj2t5/wish/361540043
1. Role of the god(s): "Still disguised as a beggar..."  (Homer1001). Athena disguises Odysseus as a beggar to help him identify who has remained loyal to him during his absence.
2. Plot Point(s): "Telemachus, sat still without a tear...shook his head from side to side..." (Homer 1003). Telemachus is acting as an ally during this episode and remaining calm until the time comes to seek revenge on the suitors.
3. Greek Value(s): "A poor show...bad business, if he happened to be a god. You know they go in foreign guise...to keep an eye on manners..." (Homer 1002) The Greeks respect the power of the god and the role they play. One of the suitors was suggesting Odyessus may be a god in disguise and Antinous should be careful about how he treats him.
4. Characteristic(s): "There is no pain, no burden for the heart when blows come to a man, and he defending his own cattle..." (Homer 1002). Odysseus is a loyal man who will go to great efforts to protect his wife and home. 



]]> 2019-05-19 20:44:13 UTC https://padlet.com/thurmwil000/sjh4efxaj2t5/wish/361540043 Sailing from Troy thurmwil000 https://padlet.com/thurmwil000/sjh4efxaj2t5/wish/361540112
1. Role of the gods: “Sing in me Muse and through me tell the story of that man…” (Homer 951). At the beginning of the story, Homer, the author, asks the Muse, one of Zeus’s daughters, to help him retell Odysseus’ tale. 
2. Hero's Journey Plot Point: “My home is on the peaked sea-mark of Ithaca…” (Homer 953). Odysseys’ ordinary world is Ithaca with his wife Penelope, and his son, Telemachus. 
3. 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). The Greek believed everyone deserved an honorable death and should be paid respect before parting to the next world. Odysseus’ men uphold this value by “raising a cry” as a sign of their grief for their fellow crew members who lost their lives during the Battle of the Cicones. 
4. Characteristics: “My men were mutinous fools…” (Homer 953-54). In Sailing from Troy, Odysseus orders his men to return to the ship. Instead of following his orders, they become greedy and rebellious, which results in the Battle of the Cicones and further upsets Zeus. 



]]> 2019-05-19 20:44:52 UTC https://padlet.com/thurmwil000/sjh4efxaj2t5/wish/361540112 Island of Cyclops thurmwil000 https://padlet.com/thurmwil000/sjh4efxaj2t5/wish/361540801 Role of the Gods: The god Poseidon plays a huge role. He grants Polyphemus's wishes of a curse. "O hear me lord, blue girlder, of the islands, grant that Odysseus raider of the cities never sees his home." (Homer 110)
Plot Point(s): The plot point for this episode is the test, while they face enimies. "I drove my big hand spike into the embers of his eye". (Homer 105).
Greek Values: The greek value shown in this episode is intelligence. "The choicest of the flock I choose and hung myself under his belly", (Homer 107).
Characteristics: Fearlessness is shown in this episode. He still had the courage and the faith to still have a plan in a bad situation. "You think i might be such a fool, but I kept thinking how to win the game". (Homer 106)

]]> 2019-05-19 20:50:54 UTC https://padlet.com/thurmwil000/sjh4efxaj2t5/wish/361540801 Land of the Dead thurmwil000 https://padlet.com/thurmwil000/sjh4efxaj2t5/wish/361542485 Roles of the Gods: The role of the gods in Land of the Dead is Circe showing him the place. "Took our way through the way along the ocean stream to find the foretold by Circe". (Homer 973)
Plot Point(s): The plot point is Crossing the Threshold. They guided and showed him the way back home. "When you make landfall on Thraciana, first and quiet the violent sea." (Homer 973)
Greek Values: The greek value represented in this episode is bravery. He constantly spoke up and asked questions. "Then I addressed, gazing upon his abnormally large body". (Homer 971).
Characteristics: The characteristics represented in this episode is Intelligence Flaw. While he leaves he yells a few things to the Cyclops. "Polyphemus, I do have a name, I am the Ruler of Ithaca". (Homer 971)]]> 2019-05-19 21:05:18 UTC https://padlet.com/thurmwil000/sjh4efxaj2t5/wish/361542485 Scylia and Charybdis thurmwil000 https://padlet.com/thurmwil000/sjh4efxaj2t5/wish/361545718 Roles of the Gods: Zeus has the opportunity to help Odysseus. Zeus saves them from dying. Odysseus says “Zeus help us pull away, before we founder”. (Homer 979)
Plot Point: A test is the plot point in this episode. They are being tested for their lives. “She ate them as they shrieked, they are in her den”. (Homer 978).
Greek Values: Loyalty is used in this episode because he followed the advice given by Tyreceus and managed to stay to the farthest side possible. “ Rocks we are behind, Charybdis and Scylia had too.
Characteristics: Fearlessness is used in this episode because whenever his men got taken away or eaten by the monsters, he would stay very calm and not freak out. “Scylia made her strike, grabbing six of my men, I hear voices high above calling my name but we moved on farther and farther”. (Homer 980)

]]> 2019-05-19 21:34:55 UTC https://padlet.com/thurmwil000/sjh4efxaj2t5/wish/361545718 Cattle of the Sun God thurmwil000 https://padlet.com/thurmwil000/sjh4efxaj2t5/wish/361547286 Roles of the Gods: Zeus is the main God because he sailed from here. “And heavy clouds from Zeus hauled us to this land”. (Homer 980).
Plot Point: The plot point in this episode is Test because the test was never to eat the cattle. “We has flayed every carcass there, cutting every thighbone and eating” (Homer 981).
Greek Values: Loyalty is the Greek Value in this episode because he was broke down by his men because they ended up eating the cattle. “With stripes of meat laid on the fire”. (Homer 982)
Characteristics: The characteristic in this episode is demonstrating having good faith and staying confident in someone is the best. It helps them and you both out and it is the best for you. “ No more sea farting, no more sweet day of return to Ithaca”. (Homer 985)

]]> 2019-05-19 21:51:23 UTC https://padlet.com/thurmwil000/sjh4efxaj2t5/wish/361547286 20 years and I am Back thurmwil000 https://padlet.com/thurmwil000/sjh4efxaj2t5/wish/361549251 Roles of the Gods: Zeus and Athena help Odysseus return home to his Island of Ithaca. He wanted to go back home because he left his Ordinary world. “Athena and Zeus’s arms have been around us”. (Homer 998).
Plot Point: Ordeal is the plot point in this episode. It’s the plot point because this episode doesn’t show a challenge, it’s kind of more like something just happening. It’s basic.
Greek Values: Honesty is the Greek value in this episode. It’s the geek value because Odysseus was honest to his wife and to his kids. “No no no, I am your father not a God. (Homer 996)
Characteristics: Understanding would be a Characteristic because Telemachus listened to Odysseus and understood what he had to say. “Dear father, it is you! Tell me what vessel they outnumber you ashore”. (Homer 997)]]> 2019-05-19 22:12:51 UTC https://padlet.com/thurmwil000/sjh4efxaj2t5/wish/361549251 Penelope thurmwil000 https://padlet.com/thurmwil000/sjh4efxaj2t5/wish/361550296 Roles of the Gods: Lord Lacerates kept him alive. “Him the lord Lacerates has kept him alive”. (Homer 1005).
Plot Point: Mentor is the plot point because Penelope his Odysseus wife. And since she is his wife, she could be considered an Ally too.
Greek Values: Faith and loyalty is shown in this episode. Penelope had to keep Odysseus loyal to her because he was gone for a long time. “Many long nights without him have me longing for him”. (Homer 1001).
Characteristics: Hope is the characteristic that was shown in this episode. Penelope was hoping for Odysseus’s return back home to Ithaca. She got a notice from the old begger saying he would return soon. “He is alive and well and he is heading homeward now”. (Homer 1005)
 ]]> 2019-05-19 22:24:37 UTC https://padlet.com/thurmwil000/sjh4efxaj2t5/wish/361550296 The Challenge thurmwil000 https://padlet.com/thurmwil000/sjh4efxaj2t5/wish/361550863 Roles of the Gods: Athena gives all of her wisdom to Penelope to make a test, only her husband can attempt. “The task is to string the bow and shoot the arrow through 12 axes”. (Homer 1003)
Plot points: Ordeal is the plot point in this episode. He is facing a task that is not a necessary test. It’s basic.
Greek Values: They we supposed to respect the poor and the beggars and when they treat them with disrespect, it makes Odysseus very angry and mad. “See how he handles it, that sorry old buzzard” (Homer 1007)
Characteristics: He may be old but he still completed his test unlike the other men. “My hand and eyes are sound not so contemptible as the young man says” (Homer 1007) ]]> 2019-05-19 22:30:02 UTC https://padlet.com/thurmwil000/sjh4efxaj2t5/wish/361550863 Odyssey's Revenge thurmwil000 https://padlet.com/thurmwil000/sjh4efxaj2t5/wish/361551063 Roles of the Gods: He is begging the Gods to be on his side while he is fighting the Suitors. “If I can make this shot, Help me Apollo” (Homer 1012).
Plot points:  Supreme ordeal is the plot point in this episode. Odysseus kills everyone in an intense battle for his revenge.
Greek Values: “Odysseus looked around him, narrowed eyed for any others who had lay hidden while deaths black fury passed” (Homer 1013)
Characteristics: Bravery is the characteristic in this episode. He is very brave fighting off the Suitors with just him and his son. “While he had arrows he aimed and shot, and every shot brought down one of the huddling Enemies” (Homer 1013) ]]> 2019-05-19 22:31:52 UTC https://padlet.com/thurmwil000/sjh4efxaj2t5/wish/361551063 Penelope’s Test thurmwil000 https://padlet.com/thurmwil000/sjh4efxaj2t5/wish/361551463 Roles of the Gods: Athena is making him look very handsome. Way better than he did before. “Athena lent him beauty, she made him taller, and massive too”. (Homer 1015
Plot points: The reward is the Plot point in the Final episode. Odysseus gets what he wants from the beginning. He has returned home to Ithaca and he is with his wife and kids now.  
Greek Values: He is honored his wife stayed loyal to him and offered to except him back. “He wept at last his dear wife, clear and faithful in her arms”.
Characteristics: She gave Odysseus a hug because he is finally back and he has stayed loyal the entire time. “She rejoiced, her gaze upon her husband her white arms around him pressed as though forever” (Homer 1017)]]> 2019-05-19 22:36:02 UTC https://padlet.com/thurmwil000/sjh4efxaj2t5/wish/361551463