Blog Week 8 – 3
   Greece
  1. How long did it take Odysseus to return home from the Trojan War?  10 years
  2. According to Google Maps, how long should this trip have taken? 2 weeks
  3. According to archeological evidence, when did the Trojan War occur? 12thCentury BCE
  4. When did Homer compose The Odyssey? 8thCentury BCE
  5. What is the definition of “epic poem”? A long narrative poem; on a serious subject; written in a grand or elevated style; centered on a larger-than-life hero.
  6. Who is Odysseus’ wife? Penelope
  7.  Who is Odysseus’ son? Telemachus
  8.  What happens in the cave of the Cyclops? They come into the cave of cyclops and they eat their goat cheese, they expect gifts but when the cyclops come back and begins to eat them, Odysseus gets him drunk and blinds him with a flaming spear, and he says “noman did this”, so when the cyclops yells “Noman did this to me” they don’t come down. The escape the cave by pretending to be sheep.
  9.  Is Odysseus a hero? Why or why not? Yes, for Greeks heroism didn’t mean perfection it meant you had an extraordinary attribute or ability, which he had. He had the favor of the god Athena.
  10. What is considered one of the most beautiful lines in all of Homer? …“And so she too rejoices, her gaze upon her husband, her white arms round him pressed as though forever.”

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