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Odysseus
- 1. ODYSSEUS: THE HERO OFTHE RETURN CREATED BY ALICE , ADRIANA AND BARBARA 1D HIGH SCHOOL ORAZIO FLACCO – BARI (ITALY)
- 3. ODYSSEY It 'apoem of 24 songs that takes its name from its main character. Since then, his figure has never ceased to inspire poets, musicians and painters, becoming one of the main symbols of the Western world, its spirit and its culture. It told the νοστος (return trip) of Odysseus from Troy to Ithaca, the island of which is king.
- 4. Chapters 1. Telemachia (canti I- IV) 2. Adventures of Odysseus (canti V - VII) 3. Return to Ithaca (canti XIII - XXIV)
- 5. The two Homericpoems compared: Iliad and Odyssey ILIAD It tells war stories It exudes an air of tense, fraught with hatred and ferocity. Celebrates the heroism of the warrior It takes place in a single location (the Trojan plain) It tells a story that lasts only 51 days (the last year of war between Greeks and Trojans) The narrative follows a chronological order ODYSSEY It's a story of adventure travel Prevail fantasy and magical elements Celebrates the cunning and intellectual curiosity It takes place throughout the Mediterranean, but in places that are mostly fantasy. It tells a story that has lasted some twenty years The narrative does not follow the chronological order, but it is "disrupted" by a long flash back
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- 7. MEANING OF THEJOURNEY πάθει μάθος = learning through experiences PURIFICATION INNER wants to live but at the same time overcome his passions REBIRTH, break away from the roots to take risks and grow the GET IN DISCUSSION OVERCOME ITSELF, ask yourself challenges and improve (Polyphemus) EDUCATIONAL TOOL ACCEPTANCE OF DIFFERENCES DIALOGUE COMPARISON KNOWLEDGE OF INSTRUMENT EXPERIENCE otherness' ENRICHMENT OF HIMSELF
- 8. THE MAIN STAGESOF THE JOURNEY
- 9. ODYSSEUS MEETS NAUSICAA(book 6) After the dramatic landing on the island of the Phaeacians, Odysseus fell asleep. Nausicaa, it warned in a dream by Athena went with friends to the river bank and, after washing his clothes, and played ball. With their screams woke Odysseus, which he covered with a thick branch and went towards women; all fled except Nausicaa, to which the hero spoke kind words, asking for his help. Nausicaa manifested a deep sense of hospitality and was ready to help him took him to the palace.
- 11. ODYSSEUS COMES TOTHE LAND OF THE PHAEACIANS Odysseus and his mates landed on the island of the Cyclops: giants with only one eye. They entered into the cave of Polyphemus, because Odysseus was curious to see him. But the monster turned out not at all hospitable and devoured some men. Odysseus organized a plan: blinded the giant red-hot with a branch of olive tree and left with his companions, by binding to the belly of the rams.
- 13. THE SUITORS OCCUPYTHE PALACE The palace of Ithaca was invaded by suitors who wanted to marry Penelope, Odysseus's wife. Odysseus and his son Telemachus and the swineherd Eumaeus the palace decided to defeat the Suitors. Meanwhile, Penelope, on the advice of Athena, proposed to the Suitors the arc race: those who had managed to draw the bow and arrow to pass through the rings of the twelve shields lined up, it would have been her husband. All the suitors did not make it except Odysseus, with the help of Telemachus and Eumaeus, he made massacre of the Suitors.
- 15. ODYSSEUS AND PENELOPE After the massacre of the suitors, Penelope still had doubts about the identity of Odysseus; to ascertain the truth asked him to reveal the secret that only two of them they guarded. Had thus confirms that man was indeed Odysseus met him. The return of Odysseus at home and in their own family was fulfilled.
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