![]() ![]() Ithaca (ith' a ke): island off the west coast of Greece. Plunder we took, and we enslaved the women, 45 to make division, equal shares to all but on the spot I told them: 'Back, and quickly! Reading Strategy Why do the opening lines of Odysseus sound more natural when you ignore the line breaks? S. ![]() 11 I stormed that place and killed the men who fought. What of my sailing, then, from Troy? What of ose years of rough adventure, weathered under Zeus 40 th? The wind that carried west from Mural brought me to Ismarus, on the far shore, a strongpoint on the coast of Clcones. 35 Where shall a man find sweetness to surpass his own home and his parents? In far lands he shall not, though he find a house of gold. A rocky isle, but good for a boy's training I shall not see on earth a place more dear, though I have been detained long by Calypso, 30 9 loveliest among goddesses, who held me in her smooth caves, to be her heart's delight, as Circe of Aeaea, 9 the enchantress, desired me, and detained me in her hall. My home is on the peaked sea-mark of Ithaca? under Mount Neion's wind-blown,robe of leaves, in sight of other islands Dulichium, Same, wooded Zacynthus Ithaca 25 being most lofty in that coastal sea and northwest, while the rest lie east and south. Men formidable for guile in peace and war: hold me this fame has gone abroad to the sky's rim. Alcinous offers a ship to Odysseus and asks him to tell of his adventures. He arrives in Phaeacia, ruled by Alcinous. 860 The Epic 862 The EpicĢ Sailing from Troy I gus 20 Ten years after the Trojan War, Odysseus departs from the goddess Calypso's island. Of these adventures, Muse, daughter of Zeus, 4 tell us in our time, lift the great song again. ![]() Build Vocabulary plundered (ohm" dard) v.: Took goods by force from looted to But not by will nor valor could he save them, for their own recklessness destroyed them all children and fools, they killed and feasted on the cattle of Lord Helios, 3 the Sun, and he who moves all day through heaven 15 took from their eyes the dawn of their return. Troy (trot): City in northwest Asia Minor, site of the Trojan War. Muse (myct152): Any one of the nine goddesses of the arts, literature, and the sciences. 2 He saw the townlands and learned the minds of many distant men, and weathered many bitter nights and days in his deep heart at sea, while he fought only to save his life, to bring his shipmates home. Homer Translated by Robert Fitzgerald Alcinous (al sin' o as) king of the Phaeacians, to whom Odysseus tells his story Odysseus (8 dis a es) king of Ithaca Calypso (ka lip' so) sea goddess who loved Odysseus Circe (set' se) enchantress who helped Odysseus Zeus (zoos) king of the gods Apollo (a par 8) god of music, poetry, and medicine Agamemnon (ag' a mem' nan) king and leader of Greek forces Poseidon (p8 sr den) god of sea and earthquakes Athena (a the ne) goddess of wisdom, skills, and warfare Polyphemus (par a fe mes) the Cyclops who imprisoned Odysseus Laertes (la tit" tez) Odysseus' father Cronus (kro nes) Titan ruler of the universe father of Zeus Perimedes (per a me cez) member of Odysseus' crew Eurylochus (yo o rir a kes) another member of the crew CHARACTERS Tiresias (ti re se es) blind prophet who advised Odysseus Persephone (par sof a ne) wife of Hades Telemachus (ta lam a kes) Odysseus and Penelope's son Sirens (sr ranz) creatures whose songs lure sailors to their deaths Scylla (sir e) sea monster of gray rock Charybdis (ka rib' dis) enormous and dangerous whirlpool Lampetia (lam 0' she) nymph Hermes (hur mez) herald and messenger of the gods Eumaeus (yob me es) old swineherd and friend of Odysseus Antinous (an tin' ö es) leader among the suitors EuiynOme (y88 tin" a me) housekeeper for Penelope Penelope (pa ner a pe) Odysseus' wife Eurymachus (yob rr me kes) suitor Arnphinomus (am fin' a mes) suitor Sing in me, Muse,' and through me tell the story of that man skilled in all ways of contending, the wanderer, harried for years on end, after he plundered the stronghold 5 on the proud height of Troy. He asks her help in telling the tale of Odysseus. 1 Part 1 The Adventures of Odysseus In the opening verses. ![]()
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