The Odyssey Pre-Reading

The Odyssey Pre-Reading

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Poll

Do you know anything about myths?

• Yes, a TON!

• I know a little bit about myths

• I've heard of mythology

• I know NOTHING at all

Multiple Select

What is the purpose of a myth? (Select all that apply)

• To tell us how to act

• To teach us something/ a moral lesson

• To explain how things came to be

• To tell us how to live our lives

Fill in the Blanks

An epic is different from a short story because an epic is told in the form of a

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Poll

Do you understand the epic hero cycle?

• Yes

• Mostly

• Somewhat, I'll need to refer to the list

• Not at all

​Archetypes with the Hero's Journey

Open Ended

What other archetypes can you think of? List some of them.

Open Ended

What would your epithet be?

Epic Simile/Extended Metaphor

● Simile- Comparison of 2 unlike things using

LIKE or AS

● Metaphor- Comparison of 2 unlike things

WITHOUT using like or as

● a simile or metaphor that goes on for great

lengths; helps to describe something in
greater detail.

● Example: “A man surfcasting… so these were

borne aloft.”

- epic simile
- comparing Scylla to a fisherman

catching fish (ll. 815-820)

Poll

Are you ready to start reading Book 9 of The Odyssey?

• Yes

• Mostly

• I guess so

• No, not really