by shilbour | Oct 23, 2023 | Gender, Group 3
In this image, we see Athena and Telemachus. This image represents Athena’s story element to help multiple characters, not just Odysseus. Athena could be seen as the rock of this story. She’s a character for others to lean on and receive advice. Athena helping...
by ogurley | Oct 23, 2023 | Gender, Group 3
For this image reading study, I picked this picture of Calypso which is illustrated above and it is her and two other men and by the looks of the picture you can see that they are on her island and she is having a conversation with the two other people which I presume...
by bodenk | Oct 19, 2023 | Gender, Group 3
For my image study, I chose this photo of Penelope presumably weaving and also unwinding the funeral shroud for her father. With the suitors asleep on the ground, Penelope has an expression of dismay on her face. She cannot control the suitors and her last hope of...
by bodenk | Oct 16, 2023 | Gender, Group 3
In book 19 of the Odyssey, Odysseus has finally returned home, but he is unrecognizable to the eyes of Penelope. Although Odysseus was dirty, in rags, and did not look like his past self, Penelope still showed him kindness and showed great kindness to him in hopes...
by pwill | Oct 16, 2023 | Gender, Group 3
The Sirens, depicted in The Odyssey as enticing and dangerous female monsters, exemplify the complicated and frequently contradictory gender roles that women were expected to play in ancient Greek culture. The Sirens are legendary monsters from Homer’s epic work...
by shilbour | Oct 16, 2023 | Gender, Group 3
The passage for Athena I chose happens in Book 5, where Odysseus is shown at death’s door. Athena gives a life-saving hand to Odysseus with the passage stating “As when an octopus, dragged from its den, has many pebbles sticking to its suckers, so his...