Odyssey Warm-Ups & Closures - Study Questions and Reflections
Students studying The Odyssey are provided with warm-up questions and reflective prompts to deepen their understanding of key concepts, themes, and characters in Homer's epic. The questions range from defining terms like epic and epithet to analyzing character motivations and symbolism, encouraging critical thinking and engagement with the text.
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Odyssey Warm-Ups & Closures PAY ATTENTION! THESE QUESTIONS MAY APPEAR LATER ON A FINAL EXAM (WINK WINK)!
11/15-11/16 BEFORE WE START READING WARM-UP: REVIEW THE DEFINITIONS OF THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND PROVIDE AN EXAMPLE OF EACH (YOU CAN FIND EXAMPLES IN THE TEXTBOOK OR ONLINE/PHONES): 1. EPIC (GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF AN EPIC OTHER THAN THE ODYSSEY) 2. HOMERIC SIMILE (YOUR EXAMPLE CAN BE FROM THE ODYSSEY) 3. EPITHET (YOUR EXAMPLE CAN BE FROM THE ODYSSEY)
11/15-11/16 BEFORE WE START READING Quick Write: Why might Homer have used Homeric (Epic) similes in The Odyssey? (teachers: look in notes )
11/18 Warm-Up (after reading Book 1) Warm-Up: What could this passage from Homer s opening prayer to the Muses be foreshadowing? But not by will nor valor could he save them, For their own recklessness destroyed them all (1.10-11.1104). (teachers: look in notes )
11/21 AFTER READING BOOK 9 Closure: 1. What might Polyphemus, the Cyclopes, symbolize? 2. Why did Odysseus blind Polyphemus rather than kill him? 3. Explain why Odysseus tells Polyphemus that his name is Nobody? 4. What event is Odysseus alluding to when he tells Polyphemus : We are from Troy we served under Agamemnon, son of Arteus- the whole world knows what city [we] laid waste (Homer 9. 163-165).
11/21 AFTER READING BOOK 9 Quick Write: Discuss the significance of HOSPITALITY as it has appeared in The Odyssey (so far). Inspirational lines from Book 9: It was our luck to come here; here we stand Beholden for your help, or any gifts you give
