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The Odyssey Books 1-9: gods, xenia and key events
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- 1Poseidon hates Odysseus- Poseidon supported the trojans
- Athena favoured Odysseus and she defeated him at being patron of Athens
- Book 9, Odysseus blinded Polyphemus, his cyclop son - 2Book 1- Athena encourages Telemachus to find news of his father and tell the suitors to leave
- Odysseus is trapped with calypso on Ogygia
- Suitors want to marry penelope - 3Book 2 3 4- Penelope weaves Laertes shroud
- Athena helps Telemachus prepare to sail to Pylos and sparta
- He goes to sparta and meet Helen and Menelaus
- Starts his metaphoric journey to manhood - 4Odysseus epithetswise, resourceful (boat building)
- 5XeniaB1 - disguised athena (guest) greeted, fed and given gift
- 6PatriachyB1 - Telemachus tells Penelope he's "master of this house now"
- 7Olympian god hierachyB5 - Athena addressing zeus for help and zeus sending Hermes
- 8Calypso's double standards B5Mentioned when Hermes announces that she must let Odysseus go. Launches into a rant against the male gods, "unrivaled lords of jealousy", who think nothing of gods being with mortal women but condemn female gods when they take mortal lovers. However, in the end, she must accept Zeus' request.
- 9Odysseus is a series of apparent contradictionsh
- 10Double standards - relationships - does not occur to him or contemporary audience that he has one code of behavior for himself and another for Penelope.- Penelope expected to be celibate for 20 years, rejecting all suitors and faithfully awaiting her husband's return, while Odysseus has at least two sexual partners.
- First Odysseus on Ogygia, spending the nights in Calypso's bed and his days mourning - 11God intervention Book 5- Poseidons sees him on raft and stirs up storm
- Sea nymph named Leucothea, gives advice and a vale
- Athena calms seas and blows wind in the right direction
Odysseus makes it ashore on the island of Scheria (Phaeacians) ad eases his mind - 12Book 6 - god intervention- Athena (disguised as a friend) sends Nausicaa,to wash clothes near the spot where hero Odysseus has collapsed
- Athena gives Nausikaa courage to talk to the nearly naked Odyssey.
- Athena makes Odysseus more beautiful after his bath - 13Book 6 - social traditions- Nausicaa cant be seen with a man before marriage and makes him walk behind carriage with maids
- Phaeacians have to show xenia
- Odysseus prays to Athena for xenia - 14Cunning Odysseus Book 6Odysseus considers whether he should fall and hug her knees or use his eloquent speech to convince her that he needs some help
Odysseus decides that a big naked man hugging a pretty virgin's knees is probably the wrong way to go, and so he uses his eloquent speech instead. - 15Book 7 - god intervention In Phaeacia, Odysseus begs, eats and tells story of calypso- Athene disguises Odysseus in a cloud of sea mist so nobody can see him as he wanders the city.
- Athene disguises as a little girl leads him to the palace telling him about the land and the ruling family (Phaeacians). - 16Book 8 - god intervention banquet and Odysseus cries- Athena makes Odysseus studlier and instills in him a desire to prove himself worthy of any challenge
- 17Book 9 In Cyclops cave
- 18Hero strugglesOdysseus' wanderings - trials or tests through which the hero attains a certain wisdom and prepares to be a great king as well as a great warrior. If Odysseus is to survive, he must ultimately become wise as well as courageous and shrewd
- 19Cyclops vs PhaeaciansThe Cyclops contrast most vividly with the Phaeacians. The Phaeacians once lived near the Cyclops but moved to Scheria to avoid the lawless brutes. While the Phaeacians are civilized and peace loving, the Cyclops have no laws, no councils, and no interest in civility or hospitality
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