by eleanorh | Oct 16, 2023 | Group 9, Leadership
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...
by trinw | Oct 15, 2023 | Group 9, Leadership
In the Odyssey, book 5, Poseidon, also known as the Lord of Earthquakes, sees Odyseeus on the raft to his home, is engraged by this sight and causes a horrific storm for Odyssseus. Poseidon has a deep, vengeful, and aggressive behavior toward Odysseus, due to him...
by mielleb | Oct 13, 2023 | Group 8, Leadership
Introduction: In book 12 of “The Odyssey”, we are first introduced to the sirens and learn the story of Odysseus’ encounter and how it came to be. The book starts out with Odysseus’s encounter on the island where the goddess Circe lived. At first he sent some of his...