Dixie Hollingsworth
ELAR Teacher
Introduction
Welcome to your semester final.
You will use the Odyssey sources you have as well as the sources given here to answer many questions about Odysseus and his quest.
Task
Odyssey Webquest
A) Since the Odyessey was written so long ago, much debate surrounds its author, Homer. Click on this link to https://www.biography.com/writer/homer and search for the answers to these six questions.
1) Approximately during what century did Homer live?
2) Homer was born in what part of Greece?
3) Homer is reported to have been what?
4) In the 1920s, Milman Parry made what suggestion about the works of Homer?
5) Parry suggested that Homer was a rhapsode (not to be confused with rap star). Define
rhapsode.
6) What is the Homeric question?
7) Which was written first--the Iliad or the Odyssey? How do we know?
B)As hard as it might be to believe, the ancient city of Troy is still making headlines today. Click on this link
, read the article, and answer these questions.
8. When was the fortress of Troy first constructed?
9. According to the article, was Troy larger or smaller than had been previously thought?
10. Homer would have us believe that Troy was surrounded by walls. Actually, researchers have discovered that the city had walls but its main defense was what?
11. In 1992, Eberhard Zangger, a geoarcheologist, made what incredible assumption?
C) Just like Odysseus at sea, it is easy for us as readers to get lost in Homer's narrative. This web exercise will help you put Odysseus' voyage from Troy to Ithaca and all that happened in between in the proper order. Please arrange the following statements in the order they occur in Homer's epic.
EVENTS Proper Order
A) Odysseus sails between Charybdis and Scylla. ____
B) Odysseus washes up on the island of Ogygia, home of Calypso. ____
C) The Ithacans depart from Troy. ____
D) Only one ship survives the attack of the Laestrygonians. ____
E) Odysseus hears the song of the Sirens. ____
F) Odysseus' sailors steal the sacred cattle of Helios. ____
G) Numerous sailors partake of the Lotus fruit. ___
H) Odysseus and his men blind cyclops Polyphemus. _____
I) They land on the island of Circe, a swiny place to be. ____
D) Odysseus encounters both gods and mortals during his voyage home. Using this website https://ithaca.org.au/about-ithaca/people-and-places-of-the-odyssey please identify these six minor characters from the epic.
Aeolus--
Antinous--
Argus--
Laertes--
Mentor--
Tiresias--
6) The Encyclopedia Mythica is one of the better sites on the web. Using it, please identity the following the supernatural characters from The Odyssey.
1) Hermes
2) Lotis
3) Hades
4) Sirens
5) Athena
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Process
Now,
You have worked hard. Your reward is playing a game to see if you
can put all your knowledge of The Odyssey to use
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~loxias/odchoice.htm