World Literature Module 5.1
The Odyssey
Study Guide: World Literature (Excellence in Literature, English 5)
Honors Texts: The Iliad by Homer, a translation by Robert Fagles or Richard Lattimore
NOTE: This is an epic poem, created to be heard. I strongly recommend listening to it, or at least a portion of it.
Audiobook: http://amzn.to/2qWY3JO
EIL 5.1 Context Resources
These links represent only the online resources referenced in this module. Instructions, background information, offline resources, and assignments are all found in the Excellence in Literature study guide listed above.
The Odyssey by Homer
Among all men on the earth bards have a share of honor and reverence,
because the muse has taught them songs and loves the race of bards.
—Homer, Odyssey 8. 457 ff
Readings
https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/why-read-the-odyssey-2/
https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/why-study-the-pagans-by-cheryl-lowe/
https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/guide-to-the-classics-homers-odyssey/
Guide to the Classics: Homer’s Illiad, here on our EIL site.
https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/the-adventures-of-ulysses-by-charles-lamb/
http://www.jstor.org/pss/3291715
http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nawest/content/timeline/ancient.htm
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/collections
https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/why-study-the-pagans-by-cheryl-lowe
The Author’s Life and Historical Context
http://cerhas.uc.edu/troy/q402.html
https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/hidden-histories-by-jonathan-gottschall
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/849/
Poetry
https://www.ithaca.org.au/about-ithaca/poem-from-cavafy
— http://www.cavafy.com/poems/content.asp?id=74&cat=1 (Optional)
https://poets.org/poem/odysseus-telemachus
https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/ode-on-a-grecian-urn-by-john-keats
—http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/Guides2/Keats.html
https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/upon-first-looking-upon-chapmans-homer-by-john-keats
https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/melani-study-guide-on-first-looking-into-chapmans-homer/
Robert Fagles translation; audio book performed by Ian McKellen. Amazon.com or Audible.com. Recommended.
http://librivox.org/the-odyssey-by-homer
Music
https://ancientlyre.com/lyres-of-the-ancient-world
https://ancientlyre.com/historical-research
https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/ancient-greek-music-macedonia
http://www.homoecumenicus.com/ancient_instruments.htm
http://homoecumenicus.com/ioannidis_homer_odyssey.htm
Video
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118414/
Visual Arts
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/tacg/hd_tacg.htm
https://blog.oup.com/2014/07/scenes-from-the-odyssey-in-ancient-art/
https://www2.classics.upenn.edu/myth/content/homer/multimap.html
https://www.reed.edu/humanities/110Tech/Iliad.html#HomericGeography
Just for Fun
http://www.mythologyteacher.com/Trojan-War-Game.php
https://www.pbs.org/video/nc-bookwatch-ralph-hardy-argos/
Quiz: http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nawest/content/quiz/reading/ancient.htm
http://www.armoredpenguin.com/crossword/Data/best/literature/odyssey.04.html
http://www.groseducationalmedia.ca/greekm/ody.html
Vocabulary
http://bce-fall2009.wikispaces.com/file/view/vocabulary+list.pdf
Index of World Literature context link pages
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World Literature Texts (recommended editions)
British Lit study guide, and links to focus and honors texts (opens in a new tab at the author’s Everyday Education site)
