Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Classics - Epic and Myth: Option 1 -
Homer The Odyssey
- Odysseus as a hero
- The role and characterisation of:
- Odysseus
- Calypso
- Nausicaa
- Alcinous
- Arete
- Polyphemus
- the Cyclopes
- Circe
- Athene
- The presentation of:
- The Sirens
- Scylla
- Charybdis
- The role of the gods
- The role of women
- To include Calypso and Circe as
well as the mortal women
- Xenia (the guest–host relationship)
- Civilisation and barbarism
- Homer’s narrative and descriptive techniques
- Homer as a story-teller and the idea of epic.