2023: A Space Odyssey

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Group 9-Image Reading-Poseidon

This image is a clear representation of Poseidon’s unbelievable power, and what his abilities can cause. This image shows an individual on a boat whose path is being blocked by large waves, which are clearly targeted towards this. This scenario has many...

Group 9 – Image reading – Circe

The image I used is an image of Circe using her magic wand to turn the men into pigs. In this image, you can see that Circe is a beautiful woman in a flow dress with gorgeous long hair. She is delicately holding the wand over the men, which I believe represents how...

Group 9- Image Reading- Telemachus

Doucet Lucien Reunion of Odysseus and Telemachus This image shows the reunion of Telemachus and Odysseus. In the top left corner you can see Athena (out of disguise) watching over the reconciliation of the father and son. Athena’s corner is painted with shadows,...

Group 9- Close Reading- Circe

Introduction In Book 10 of The Odyssey, we first meet Circe. She is a beautiful goddess from the island of Aeaea, which is just west of what we now know as Italy. Odysseus’ crew meets Circe first and quickly find out she has the ability to turn men into animals. They...

Group 9-Close Reading-Athena

Introduction In Book 2, we see extensively the facets of Athena’s leadership and its subsequent impact on Telemachus’s character development as she helps him set out on his journey to find his father. Following Athena and Telemachus’s meeting in Book 1, in which she...

Group 9- Close Reading- Telemachus

Leadership: Telemachus Book 22 begins after Odysseus’s victory in the archery contest. Penelope decides to host an archery contest where the winner will get to marry her, but to win one of the suitors has to shoot an arrow through 12 axes, something only Odysseus...