Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans. Then teiresias, who predicted the homeward voyage, the battle with the suitors, and a strange journey to men who know no sea. Question 4 question 5 question 3 later that night, arete recognizes the clothes that odysseus is wearing and gets suspicious. Athena, in the guise of a young girl, meets odysseus and guides him to the palace, having enveloped him in mist so that he might not be seen. The next day, alcinous calls an assembly of his phaeacian counselors. King alcinous and queen arete rule the seafaring phaeacians on the island of scheria. Thus then did ulysses wait and pray but the girl drove on tothe town.
The map shows just how many places and islands he visited. Nausikka returns to her house, and odysseus waits in a forest outside of town until she has arrived, and then athena, in the form of a little girl, protects odysseus as he walks to the palace. The fighting of book 22 is the only pitched battle in the odyssey, and while it cannot help but recall the iliad, which abounds in bloodshed, the description remains thoroughly odyssean. He is covered in a mist until he reached the feet of alkinoos wife arete, and begged for mercy and hospitality.
In this lesson, we will look at book 7 of homers epic, the odyssey. The morning after odysseus rugged landing, athena disguised as a friend sends their daughter, nausicaa, and some of her handmaidens to wash clothes near the spot where the beleaguered hero. Odysseus, who is really good at following directions, falls and hugs her knees. Overall, books 712 were nearly reminiscencefree, with all the storytelling compacted into book 11, in the land of the dead. The very walls are covered in shining bronze and trimmed with lapis lazuli. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Odysseus is on his way to the palace of alcinous, the king of the phaeacians, when he is stopped by a young girl, actually athena in disguise. Shmoop s awardwinning learning guides are now available on your favorite ebook reader. At the assembly, alcinous proposes providing a ship for his visitor so that the man can return to his. Summary book 6 athena schemes to introduce odysseus to the daughter of the phaeacian king alcinous, nausicaa. Envy is prevelant throughout the odyssey, and in book 10 when aeolus gives odysseus a bad with wind, odyssesuss crew is full of curiosity and envy, leading them to open the bag and drift back to aeolia. In book seven odysseus is welcomed by king alcinous into his palace and is asked to tell the story of how he arrived on the island of the phaecians. The husband and wife are both descendants of the god poseidon.
The odyssey by homer books 67 summary and analysis youtube. Odysseus goes right up to the queen and puts his case to her as a suppliant. The blacksmith god hephaestus has even provided two brazen hounds to guard the entrance. Take your understanding of the odyssey by homer to a whole new level, anywhere you go.
Cliffsnotes study guides are written by real teachers and professors, so no matter what youre studying, cliffsnotes can ease your homework headaches and. When all the shades come crowding in to drink the blood, odysseus freaks out and runs back to his ship. In 2000, the coen brothers gave us o brother, where art thou. The magnificent palace and its lovely garden impress odysseus. He tells the trojans to sail away from there like their life depends on it which it does. Athena covers him in a fog so that no one will hinder him and she comes to him in the form of a small girl holding a jug. Nausikaa arrives at home, while athene disguises odysseus in a cloud of sea mist so nobody can see him as he wanders the city. Odysseuss stay at alcinouss palace provides the reader with some relief as it bridges the narrative of odysseuss uncertain journey from calypsos island and the woeful exploits that he recounts in books 9 through 12. Summary and analysis books 68 odysseus among the phaeacians. Is the ending of the odyssey through athenas intervention a convincing and meaningful way of putting an end. When telemachus and peisistratos arrive, they are immediately announced to menelaus, but the herald asks if they should invite them in. On his way to the palace of alcinous, the king of the phaeacians, odysseus is stopped by a young girl who is athena in disguise. Oldest trick in the book this is an absolutely amazing piece of parchment from the third century bce containing lines from book 20. King latinus addresses the assembly and reveals what he heard from the oracle in book 7 that the trojans are destined.
Book 1 book 2 book 3 book 4 book 5 book 6 book 7 book 8 book 9 book 10 book 11 book 12 book book 14 book 15 book 16 book 17 book 18 book 19 book 20 book 21 book 22 book 23 book 24 themes all themes fate, the gods, and free will piety, customs, and justice cunning, disguise, and selfrestraint memory and grief glory and honor. Ironically, for all of his poise, odysseus cannot remain at peace even when he finds himself outside the direct influence of the wrath of various. Summary nausikaa returns to the palace, where a maid prepares her a meal. Odysseus seeks help in returning home from the king and queen of the. Epic similesepithets in book 9 of the odyssey, odysseus. The epic begins with the invocation of the muses, requesting inspiration and the beginning of odysseuss story. Odysseus stops on the palace threshhold, utterly dazzled. After the trojan war ends, odysseus embarks on his journey home to ithaca. Now, having feasted, go home and take your rest, and tomorrow at dawn we shall call the elders in, in greater numbers, and entertain the guest in our halls, and to the immortals accomplish fine sacrifices, and after that we shall think of conveyance, and how our guest without annoyance or hardship may come again. The travelers journey to the house of menelaus who is holding a double wedding for his daughter to achilles son and anothers daughter to his son. One thing i did not enjoy was the disgustingly graphic description of just what it was that happened to the cyclops eye when it was stabbed with the redhot spear.
The odyssey book 7 by sarah katherine crispell on prezi. Its been 10 years since the conclusion of the trojan war and everyone but odysseus and his comrades has returned from their service in troy. First elpenor spoke, requesting cremation and burial. They reached the low lying city of lacedaemon them where they drove straight to the of abode menelaus and found him in his own house, feasting with his many clansmen in honour of the wedding of his son, and also of his daughter.
On his tenyear journey home from the trojan war, odysseus runs into everything from sirens to sea monsters to seductresses. For one thing, it maintains the comic and domestic flavor that many critics find characteristic of the odyssey. Calypso, the sweet nymph athena pleads to the gods and zeus at mount olympus to release odysseusheld captive by the immortal nymph calypso calypso is the daughter of the titan atlas and was forced to live on the island ogygia as a punishment for siding with her. While odysseus sleeps, athena makes her way into the phaeacians city in the beginning of book 6 in homers the odyssey. Athena, back from athens, ensures attendance by spreading word that the topic of discussion will be the godlike visitor who recently appeared on the island. Odysseus himself eventually heads toward the city and is. The internet classics archive the odyssey by homer. Book 7 optional what is the significance of the transfiguration of athena into a small girl who guides odysseus to alkinoos. By the time homers audience encounters odyssey 23, odysseus has revealed his identity to his son. Book seven odysseus waited in the grove as instructed and then entered the city of the phaeacians. And then check out shmoops handydandy mythology guides. When he asked directions to the palace, it was athena in the form of a little girl who showed him the way.
In book 7 of the odyssey, odysseus is taken in by king alcinous and queen arete. Homers epic poem the odyssey tells the story of odysseus, greek hero of the trojan war. Here, in book vii, we get to rest and relax from the more intense action of the odyssey, and see odysseus make his way to the palace of the. Fate and free will arent mutually exclusive, and even the gods have a lot of leeway in how they bring about whats fated. Check out our revolutionary sidebyside summary and analysis. Odysseus is given a seat at the table, and during dinner, he tells the king and. When she reached her fathers house she drew up at thegateway and her brothers. What is the importance of odysseuss bed in homers odyssey. Click to copy see book summaries chart timeline of events. Still, there is a way to change how they get there. Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position.