Odysseus' Journey by Ryan Sturdy https://padlet.com/sturdrya000/zcjkbhp8heyhy4lt en-us 2021-05-17 14:58:57 UTC 2021-05-21 15:52:40 UTC hello@padlet.com Ordinary World sturdrya000 https://padlet.com/sturdrya000/zcjkbhp8heyhy4lt/wish/1531659482 Odysseus ordinary world is in his hometown of Ithaca where he has his wife Penelope and his newborn son Telemachus. "My home is on the peaked sea-mark of Ithaca" (Homer line 21).]]> 2021-05-17 15:07:09 UTC https://padlet.com/sturdrya000/zcjkbhp8heyhy4lt/wish/1531659482 Call to Adventure/Refusing the Call sturdrya000 https://padlet.com/sturdrya000/zcjkbhp8heyhy4lt/wish/1531713168 The call of adventure of Odysseus is when he was asked to be in the Trojan War. "After he plundered the stronghold on the proud height of Troy" (Homer lines 4-5).Refusing the call is when Odysseus says no to going to Troy for war .]]> 2021-05-17 15:18:07 UTC https://padlet.com/sturdrya000/zcjkbhp8heyhy4lt/wish/1531713168 Mentors sturdrya000 https://padlet.com/sturdrya000/zcjkbhp8heyhy4lt/wish/1531815132 Athena helped him against the cyclops Polyphemus by leading the sheep from the cyclops flock inside the cave for odysseus to escape. "So three sheep could convey each man. I took the wooliest ram, the choicest of the flock, hung myself under his kinky belly" (Homer lines 381-384). 
Tiresias told Odysseus to avoid the cattle of the sun god Aeolus and told him his destiny. "... the cattle of the sun god, which Tiresias has warned Odysseus not to harm" (Homer pg 580) 
Circe gave Odysseus advice for the Sirens and Sea Monsters and told him to go to The Land of the Dead if he wishes to return home. "The goddess reveals his course to him and gives advise on how to avoid the dangers he will face" (Homer pg 580).]]> 2021-05-17 15:38:50 UTC https://padlet.com/sturdrya000/zcjkbhp8heyhy4lt/wish/1531815132 Crossing the Threshold sturdrya000 https://padlet.com/sturdrya000/zcjkbhp8heyhy4lt/wish/1539843513 Odysseus crosses the threshold to the 'new world'  in The Land of the Dead. The goddess Circe told Odysseus to go to The Land of the Dead and "... consult the blind prophet Tiresias" to find out his destiny (Homer pg 576). One Greek Value that was violated in the episode The Land of the Dead was death because he left "Elpenor, of our company, ... unburied" (Homer lines 578-579). ]]> 2021-05-19 14:43:44 UTC https://padlet.com/sturdrya000/zcjkbhp8heyhy4lt/wish/1539843513 Test: Battle of the Cicones sturdrya000 https://padlet.com/sturdrya000/zcjkbhp8heyhy4lt/wish/1539909179 Zeus created a storm that carried Odysseus and his men to "...the far shore, a strongpoint on the coast of Cicones" where his rebellious men caused them to lose many lives to the army of the Cicones (Homer lines 41-43). Odysseus and his men upheld the Greek value of death by "...[raising] a cry, three times, for each poor ghost unfleshed by the Cicones..." (Homer lines 67-70).]]> 2021-05-19 14:57:26 UTC https://padlet.com/sturdrya000/zcjkbhp8heyhy4lt/wish/1539909179 Test: The Lotus Eaters sturdrya000 https://padlet.com/sturdrya000/zcjkbhp8heyhy4lt/wish/1540043684 In this episode, Odysseus travels to Cythera due to Zeus's "...storm against the ships"(Homer line 71). On this island, there were flowers that once they were ate, the host had no intention on going home. "...but those who ate this honeyed plant, the Lotus, never cared to report, nor return" (Homer lines 97-98). ]]> 2021-05-19 15:24:19 UTC https://padlet.com/sturdrya000/zcjkbhp8heyhy4lt/wish/1540043684 Test: The Cyclops sturdrya000 https://padlet.com/sturdrya000/zcjkbhp8heyhy4lt/wish/1540104063 In the episode The Cyclops, Odysseus and his men traveled to land of the cyclops and explored the cyclops Polyphemus's cave while violating the Greek Value of hospitality. While they waited, they "...lit a fire ... and took some cheese to eat" (Homer lines 174-175). Once Polyphemus arrived, Odysseus and his men seeked to escape and made a plan. Once they escaped, Odysseus violated another Greek Value by having excessive pride yelling "...tell him, Odysseus, raider of cities, took your eye: Laertes' son, whose home's on Ithaca" to Polyphemus before leaving the island (Homer lines 458-460).]]> 2021-05-19 15:35:35 UTC https://padlet.com/sturdrya000/zcjkbhp8heyhy4lt/wish/1540104063 Test: Island of Aeolia sturdrya000 https://padlet.com/sturdrya000/zcjkbhp8heyhy4lt/wish/1541958304 In this test, Odysseus and his men travel to Aeolia where the god Aeolus "...sends Odysseus on his way with a gift: a sack containing all the winds except the favorable west winds" (Homer pg 576). When Odysseus left the island, his men had excessive greed and opened "....the sack, letting loose a storm that dives them back to Aeolia" leading them back to their long journey (Homer pg 576). ]]> 2021-05-20 01:31:28 UTC https://padlet.com/sturdrya000/zcjkbhp8heyhy4lt/wish/1541958304 Test: Laestrygonians sturdrya000 https://padlet.com/sturdrya000/zcjkbhp8heyhy4lt/wish/1541962893 After the events with the god Aeolus, Odysseus and his men travel to "...the land of the Laestrygonians, a race of cannibals. These creatures destroy all of Odysseus' ships except the one he is sailing in" (Homer pg 576). ]]> 2021-05-20 01:33:09 UTC https://padlet.com/sturdrya000/zcjkbhp8heyhy4lt/wish/1541962893 Test: Defeat of Circe sturdrya000 https://padlet.com/sturdrya000/zcjkbhp8heyhy4lt/wish/1541965007 Odysseus travels to the island of Aeaea where they find the goddess Circe who turns half of Odysseus' men into swine. "Protected by a magic herb, Odysseus demands that Circe change his men into human form" (Homer pg 576). Odysseus stays for a whole year before Circe tells his that him and his men have to go meet the blind profit. ]]> 2021-05-20 01:33:57 UTC https://padlet.com/sturdrya000/zcjkbhp8heyhy4lt/wish/1541965007 Test: Resisting the Sirens sturdrya000 https://padlet.com/sturdrya000/zcjkbhp8heyhy4lt/wish/1541967914 In the episode The Sirens, Odysseus gets advice from the goddess Circe who tells them about "...the Sirens, who lure sailors to their destruction" and how to avoid the dangers of them (Homer pg 580). Odysseus is told that he must be the only one to hear the Sirens song while they pass, he must also be tied to the boat so he doesn't jump ship. ]]> 2021-05-20 01:35:01 UTC https://padlet.com/sturdrya000/zcjkbhp8heyhy4lt/wish/1541967914 Test: Passing Scylla and Charybdis sturdrya000 https://padlet.com/sturdrya000/zcjkbhp8heyhy4lt/wish/1541974748 In the episode Scylla and Charybdis, Odysseus and his men get more advise from Circe who now tells them about "...the sea monster Scylla and, nearby, the whirlpool Charybdis" (Homer pg 580). Circe tells Odysseus to stay near the sea monster Scylla so he doesn't lose all of his men but only a couple. ]]> 2021-05-20 01:36:38 UTC https://padlet.com/sturdrya000/zcjkbhp8heyhy4lt/wish/1541974748 Test: Escaping Calypso sturdrya000 https://padlet.com/sturdrya000/zcjkbhp8heyhy4lt/wish/1541981128 Odysseus on the island of Ogygia Isle, is held captive for 7 years by the goddess Calypso, by "...in her beauty, ...she received me, loved me" (Homer lines 992-993). After 7 years passed, Calypso then let Odysseus go by the force of Zeus. ]]> 2021-05-20 01:38:48 UTC https://padlet.com/sturdrya000/zcjkbhp8heyhy4lt/wish/1541981128 Allies sturdrya000 https://padlet.com/sturdrya000/zcjkbhp8heyhy4lt/wish/1541983690 The Phaeacians were one of Odysseus's allies by King Alcinous, a Phaeacian,  listened to Odysseus's story and then asking a "...young Phaeacian noblemen conduct him home by ship" to the land of Ithaca (Homer pg 595).
Telemachus was an allie by helping his father Odysseus to defeat and kill the suitors. He also helps him by being able to "...round up all armor, lances..." before the battle. (Homer line 1136).
Eumaeus was a allie by keeping Odysseus safe until the battle against the Suitors. He also helped to fight off the Suitors by Odysseus being able to "...give outfits to Eumaeus and this cowherd..." for support. (Homer lines 1508-1509).
]]> 2021-05-20 01:39:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sturdrya000/zcjkbhp8heyhy4lt/wish/1541983690 Enemies sturdrya000 https://padlet.com/sturdrya000/zcjkbhp8heyhy4lt/wish/1541992204 The Suitors were the enemies of Odysseus by the Suitors "...believing  Odysseus to be dead, have been continually seeking the hand of his wife, Penelope..." (Homer pg 595). The Suitors also violated the Greek Value of hospitality by "...overrunning Odysseus' palace and enjoying themselves at Penelope's expanse" (Homer pg 595). ]]> 2021-05-20 01:42:28 UTC https://padlet.com/sturdrya000/zcjkbhp8heyhy4lt/wish/1541992204 The Ordeal sturdrya000 https://padlet.com/sturdrya000/zcjkbhp8heyhy4lt/wish/1541993857 The Ordeal of the Odyssey is the Cattle of the Sun God, this is where Odysseus almost faces death when his men disobey Tiresias's warning about not eating Helios's cattle. Zeus then  "...piled a thunderhead above the ship" and struck it with a thunderbolt leaving only Odysseus alive heading towards Charybdis, Zeus then spared Odysseus right before death (Homer lines 938-939).]]> 2021-05-20 01:43:02 UTC https://padlet.com/sturdrya000/zcjkbhp8heyhy4lt/wish/1541993857 The Supreme Ordeal sturdrya000 https://padlet.com/sturdrya000/zcjkbhp8heyhy4lt/wish/1541994084 The Supreme Ordeal is Odysseus's revenge against the suitors. This is where Odysseus faces his final test that he faced death. When Odysseus began his fight with the suitors, he is outnumbered and faced death, he attacked with his son Telemachus and later into the fight, with his servants. "Aided by Athena, Odysseus, Telemachus, Eumaeus, and other faithful herdsmen kill all the suitors" (Homer pg 612). ]]> 2021-05-20 01:43:07 UTC https://padlet.com/sturdrya000/zcjkbhp8heyhy4lt/wish/1541994084 Journey Home sturdrya000 https://padlet.com/sturdrya000/zcjkbhp8heyhy4lt/wish/1541995005 Odysseus' journey back to Ithaca had the help of the Phaeacians. The Phaeacians helped Odysseus by taking him home on the boat while listening to his story. When he got back, he went to the palace and had a fight against the suitors while yelling at them about coning into his house and trying to marry his wife. "You yellow dogs, you thought I'd never make it home from the land of Troy. You took my house to plunder... You dared bid my wife while I was still alive." (Homer lines 1439-1441). ]]> 2021-05-20 01:43:25 UTC https://padlet.com/sturdrya000/zcjkbhp8heyhy4lt/wish/1541995005 Reward sturdrya000 https://padlet.com/sturdrya000/zcjkbhp8heyhy4lt/wish/1541995538 Odysseus Returns back to his wife Penelope and his son Telemachus where is takes back his rightful thrown on Ithaca as the epic, heroic, king. "Odysseus has regained his family and his kingdom" (Homer line 1624).]]> 2021-05-20 01:43:36 UTC https://padlet.com/sturdrya000/zcjkbhp8heyhy4lt/wish/1541995538 Odysseus Summary sturdrya000 https://padlet.com/sturdrya000/zcjkbhp8heyhy4lt/wish/1546277551 Odysseus was considered a epic hero due to his courage, intelligence, leadership while on his journey. He demonstrates his leadership before heading to Scylla and Charybdis he gives a inspiring speech. "Friends, have we never been in danger before this? More fearsome, is it now, than when the Cyclops penned us in his cave? What power he had! did I not keep my nerve, and use my wits to find a way out for us?" (Homer lines 765-770). Odysseus demonstrates another act of leadership before passing the island of the Sirens, he gives out an order that his crew obeys. "I alone should listen to their song. Therefore you are to tie me up, tight as a splint, erect along the mast, lashed to the mast, and if I shout and beg to be untied, take more turns of the rope to muffle me." (Homer lines 693-698). Odysseus had intelligence when he returned home to fight the suitors by asking his son Telemachus to "...round up all armor, lances, gear of war left in our hall, and stow th lot away back in the vaulted storeroom." so they could disarm the suitors before the battle (Homer lines 1136-1137). Odysseus had an act of bravery by him being able to talk the the cyclops, Polyphemus. "We are from Troy, Achaeans, blown off course by shifting gales on the Great South Sea." (Homer lines 204-205)]]> 2021-05-21 01:57:44 UTC https://padlet.com/sturdrya000/zcjkbhp8heyhy4lt/wish/1546277551