Slide 1Library Partner Update Virtual Tour of UB Virtual Tour of UB Slide 2 Local Holdings Deflection Local Holdings Deflection Remember when we talked about local holding…

Slide 1Greece Theme: City-states as an alternative to centralized empire Lesson 7 Slide 2 ID & SIG advantages of women in Sparta, architecture, Hellenikon, helot, Homer,…

Slide 1Introduction to the Odyssey Slide 2 Key Ideas: The Odyssey  The Odyssey is an epic.  An epic is a long narrative poem about the deeds of a hero.  The epic…

Slide 1Sophocles’ Ajax Slide 2 Sophocles Circa 495-405 b.c. Floruit 468-405 b.c. 18 victories in Dionysia over 100 plays? Ajax - oldest surviving - c.455/443? Philoctetes…

Slide 1Greek Mythology Stories and myths shaped Greek Culture. They helped to explain their beliefs in Gods, life and the world. Slide 2 Greeks felt that all human characteristics…

Slide 1Pluto (Hades) Slide 2 Hades was son of Cronus and Rhea, and brother to Zeus and Poseidon Cronus m. Rhea Hestia Hades PoseidonDemeterHeraZeus He was the god of the…

Slide 1The Odyssey Slide 2 Homecoming Nostos (Return, or Homecoming) Invocation (1.1-25). Slide 3 Primary vs. Secondary Epic Primary Epic: –No single author (each is a…

Slide 1 EUGENIA LANGAN MATER ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL HIALEAH GARDENS, FLORIDA WITH APOLOGIES TO FRED KLEINERT AND WILLIAM GADDIS Slide 2 “PREHISTORIC” AEGEAN THEME…

Slide 1 What you need to know before you read The Odyssey Slide 2 The Trojan War The Trojan War actually occurred: The city of Troy fell into the hands of the Greeks. Archaeologists…

Slide 1 The Epic Slide 2  Introduce themes in The Odyssey  Provide background information on the author, Homer, and ancient Greece.  Identify important literary…