Homework Assignments
Group 4
GROUP 4 – POST VERSION .1 -PROJECT
Introduction (Nate): Our group project sets out on the legendary adventure of Odysseus, exploring the unexplored territory of hospitality inside Homer's timeless tale. The courageous hero Odysseus encounters a tapestry of monsters and varied locals during his...
Group 4 – Creative Narrative – Athena
The portrayal of Athena in the 2004 movie “Troy” offers a fresh and unique perspective on this iconic Greek goddess. While the film does not directly depict Athena in her divine form, it indirectly showcases her through the character...
Group 4 – Creative Narrative- Circe
I have chosen Madeline Miller's book Circe as the multimedia source to analyze and present my own perspective on the character of Circe in Homer's The Odyssey. Circe is a modern reinterpretation of the Greek myth, giving voice to the character of Circe, the witch who...
Group 4 – Creative Narrative- Penelope
"The Penelopiad" by Margaret Atwood offers a refreshing and vital perspective on one of the most iconic female characters in classical literature, Penelope from Homer's "The Odyssey." In Homer's epic, Penelope is often portrayed primarily as the dutiful wife of...
Group 4- Image Reading-Circe
The Image I chose was a painting created by John Williams Waterhouse in 1891. This image represents a scene from the Odyssey. In the image, the person, Circe is sitting in her throne elegantly, holding a cup containing a potion. The style of the painting is clear in...
Group 4- Image reading – Penelope
The 19th-century painting titled "Patience of Penelope" offers a poignant glimpse into the world of Greek mythology, where the character Penelope is showcased as the epitome of patience, devotion, and resilience. The image, rich in symbolism and emotion, tells a...
Group 4- Close Reading- Circe
In Book 10 of the Odyssey, the character Circe is introduced. She played a crucial role in Odysseus’ eventful journey. The central point of this story is based on the theme of hospitality. Hospitality is what highlights the interactions and relationships between hosts...
Group 4- Close reading- Penelope
In a crucial scene found in Book 23 of "The Odyssey," Odysseus's devoted wife, Penelope, is shown to have extraordinary resiliency and intelligence. This section continues a series of experiments Penelope designed to identify the beggar who has entered her palace and...
Group 4 – Close reading – Athena
In Book 2 of Homer's "The Odyssey," Athena's hospitality takes on a unique and pivotal form as she provides guidance, support, and a sense of purpose to Telemachus, the son of Odysseus. This book marks a crucial moment in the epic, as Telemachus, struggling with his...
Group 5
Group 5 – Final Project
Hospitality Within The Odyssey Introduction The Odyssey is an epic poem created by Homer, a Greek poet. Accompanying his other well-known epic, The Iliad, The Odyssey follows the adventure of Odysseus, a Greek hero who fought in the Trojan war, and his ten-year...
Group 5 – Creative Narrative – Odysseus and Polyphemus
The 1896 painting “Odysseus and Polyphemus” by Arnold Böcklin presents a tense moment between Odysseus’s crew and Polyphemus, as they attempt to escape the island of the cyclops by boat after Polyphemus was blinded. While most interpretations of the tale depict the...
Group 5-Creative Narrative-Athena
I chose this image because I think it well represents my case study of Athena. It also captures the dynamic I picture in my head when I read the excerpt where Athena tells Telemachus about his father being alive and returning back. I think this image is important to...
Group 5 – Creative Narrative – Odysseus and Nausicaa
The multi-media source I have chosen for my case study is the 1997 short film series based off of the Odyssey. I believe this source is important in order to present my own narrative in my case study because unlike a book, there is a tangible scene that the viewer...
Group 5 – Image Reading – Odysseus and Polyphemus
The image I selected depicts Odysseus gifting Polyphemus some of the wine they brought with them. The image features three main color tones: black, orange, and yellow. The three colors are reminiscent of ancient Greek artwork on things such as pottery, but the scene...
Group 5-Image Reading-Athena
What I have observed from the picture is that there seems to be a boy in yellow who is upset about something. There also is a woman in the picture that looks to be telling everyone to give the boy space. What I also saw is the servants in brown seem to be bringing...
Group 5 – Image Reading – Odysseus and the Phaeacians
The image I have chosen depicts the scene in book 6 where Odysseus meets Nausicaa and her slaves after he had washed up on the shores of Scheria. In this image we can see that as described in the Odyssey, Odysseus looks very beaten up, and is naked, which is the...
Group 5 – Close Reading – Odysseus and Polyphemus
The case study I chose for the Odyssey takes place in book nine when Odysseus and his men encounter the hostile cyclops islands following their departure from the land of Lotus Eaters, where several of his men become essentially hypnotized by the allure of the lotus...
Group 5-Close Reading-Athena
In book 1 of The Odessey, Athena reveals herself to Telemachus, Odysseus' son, to tell him that he is trapped on an island and that she believes that he will come home. Earlier in the book Telemachus is angry that many suitors have come to his house in attempts to get...
Group 5 – Close Reading – Odysseus and the Phaeacians
My case study within the Odyssey takes place in book 6, “The Princess and her Laundry.” During this passage, Odysseus winds up on the shores of a place called Scheria, home of the Phaeacians. He ends up here because shortly after leaving Calypso’s island on his raft,...
Group 6
Group 6-Creative Narrative-Nausicaa
(Available to watch on Amazon Prime as well as HBO Max) One film in the modern day that draws inspiration from The Odyssey and particularly my case study of Nausicaa is “Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind” which is an animated movie written by Hayao Miyazaki. He...
Group 6-Creative Narrative-Suitors
In this image we can see many things such as a group of people sitting together at a table along with someone standing and talking to someone. Just like in book one of the Odyssey, this picture shows Odysseus's family looking sad or upset that he isn't home and wont...
Group 6-Creative Narrative-The Cyclops
"The Smurf Odyssey" is an episode from the popular "The Smurfs" cartoon series, and it is a loose adaptation of Homer's "The Odyssey," with the Smurfs taking on the roles of the characters in the Greek epic. In this adaptation, Polyphemus is reimagined in the...
Group 6 – Creative Narrative – The Lotus Eaters
This song, "Lotus Eater", by the band Foster the People, draws inspiration from The Odyssey to discuss the dangers of pleasing oneself with unimportant things. The song was very recently released in 2017. It is crucial to realize the long-standing impact that The...
Group 6-Image Reading-Nausicaa
This image portrays a woman, who we can infer is Nausicaa, surrounded by women at her feet as she hands some cloth to a naked man who we presume is Odysseus. He's wrapped in leaves, barefoot, and a large beard as though he hasn't shaved in a while. The girls are all...
Group 6-Image Reading-Cyclops
The image I used depicts the moment when Odysseus impales the cyclops in the eye with a pole blinding him. In the image, you can see the startled reaction Polyphemus has to being stabbed in his only eye, while Odysseus strongly forces the pole deeper into it....
Group 6 – Image Reading – Suitors
In the image to the left, you can see many different actions occurring. I noticed what seams to be the suitors on the far left of the photo almost demanding the person in the purple clothes to walk through the door with the person she is holding hands with. Then I...
Group 6 – Image Reading – Lotus Eaters
In this image, I see men being dragged away by a tall, strong man dressed in armor. I presume this man to be Odysseus. Although the image is in black and white, I can tell that the man is Odysseus due to his tall, muscular fame. His arms are outstretched, with his...
Group 6-Close Reading-Naussica
Following book 5 and Odyessus’s battle against the gods and the sea, he washes up on the island of Scheria. He’s beaten down and helpless, with no idea where he is. Athena once again intervenes in his journey home and visits the people of Scheria. In disguise, she...