2023: A Space Odyssey

A Course Site for English 107

Group 9-Creative Narrative-Athena

Importance Apart from the title and some indirect references to the goddess in the lyrics, “Athena” by The Who could be perceived as having very little relation to the goddesses’s character in The Odyssey. However, looking at the song from a modern...

Group 9-Creative Narrative- Telemachus

I chose to analyze an article about the development of Telemachus throughout the first four books of the Odyssey. Before reading the article my view of Telemachus throughout these books was that he was finding himself. As a young man, he is still unsure about who he...

Group 9 – Creative Narrative – Circe

The multi-media source I have chosen for my case study is the novel Circe by Madeline Miller. I decided on this source because in this novel we learn about who Circe really is, not just what the males in The Odyssey and in the making of The Odyssey make her out to be....

Group 9-Creative Narrative-Poseidon

The media source that I chose was a song by Billie Eilish called “Ocean Eyes”. The name in itself may give an impression of Poseidon, but the sharper lyrics accompanied by the soother, calmer tone truly resemble the Greek God of Sea. Eilish’s song Ocean Eyes uses a...

Group 9-Image Reading-Athena

Observations and Analysis A clear representation of Athena’s leadership in The Odyssey, the painting shows the scene in Book 13 where Athena reveals herself and the all the help she’s given to Odysseus on the shore of Ithaca upon his arrival home. In the...