Final Research Paper - Due Monday, December 15.
The following are the books we will be reading from The Odyssey. The reading due dates will be announced in class.
Book I -- "A Goddess Intervenes" (Pages 1-15) Book I is due on Thursday, December 11
Book V -- "Sweet Nymph and Open Sea" (Pages 81-95) Book V is due on Tuesday, December 16
Book IX -- "New Coasts and Poseidon's Son" (Pages 145-161) Book IX is due on Thursday, December 18
Book X -- "The Grace of the Witch" (Pages 165-182) Book X is due on Monday, December 22
Book XI -- "A Gathering of Shades" (Pages 185-206)
Book XII -- "Sea Perils and Defeat" (Pages 209-225)
Take notes as you are reading and complete any study guides provided to you in class.
The Odyssey Resources:
Use this website to get a short version or a longer version of what happens in the books that you are finding difficult to understand and also to get a brief summary of the books we will not be reading in The Odyssey:
http://www.mythweb.com/odyssey/index.html
The following website also provides a summary of what happens in each book. It provides a chronology of The Odyssey and a thematic structure of Odysseus' wanderings:
http://www.temple.edu/classics/odysseyho/index.html
Learn about ancient Greece (Great Interactive Website):
http://carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/GREECE/home.html
