Check out part II of Homer's The Odyssey Video SparkNote: Quick and easy Odyssey synopsis, analysis, and discussion of major characters and themes in the epic poem. For more Odyssey resources, go to www.sparknotes.com/lit/odyssey.
Like so everyone can see: Odyssey main themes ________________________________________________ Petriacrhy - the notion that men are superior to women. Xenia- greek idea of customs and greeting protocal. You should entertain/house someone you don't know. Nostos- "homecoming" Metis- "cleverness" that Odysseus generates. ex: polyphemus and "nobody" thing Arete-greek notion of being good at something. restraint: Odysseus restrains his arete by not competing with the inferior phenacians
This is a really good summary, but certain details are actually incorrect (I assume for simplicity). For example, Odysseus doesn't strip because it would help him swim better, he strips under the instructions of Ino, the Goddess who saves him from Poseidon's storm.
"Hey giant monster. Oh, sorry for breaking into your home and trying to steal your things. Is it okay if you give us some of your stuff for free? It would be nice if you did. Thanks." Wow Odysseus, next time, ask Hydra if he'd like to have tea time with you.
@juffan: Greek ships had an "all-seeing eye" painted on the front or prow. The sailors believed the magic eye would guide them safely home to port. There was also the superstition of the "evil eye". The "evil eye" is the belief that if the eye stares long enough at someone, it will inflict damage of harm on that person.
at 5:10 the "little mishap" with the Laestrygonians actually destroyed 11 out of 12 of Odysseus' ships. obviously, his ship is the lone survivor. so, from there on all the graphics with more then one ship are wrong and all mention of "ships" (plural) should be singular.
Greek ships were decorated with eyes (as well as nameplates, figureheads etc.) to display the wealth of those who had paid for their construction and also to frighten enemies.
at 28 seconds it says Poseidon is mad at Odysseus for blinding his son. Then at 4 minutes we get to him blinding the cyclops so how does that sequence of events make any sense?
It a tradition for them to put pain the boats with eyes to display the wealth of those who had paid for their construction and also to frighten enemies. Also it supposedly to help with foggy weather.
I love how it's like: "They stayed there for a year and got fat," LOL Odysseus mate your son has been searching for you and your wife is lamenting daily! :O
It's a pretty condensed version for different type of audiences. Some of us just need enough ideas to pass the test. But agreed. They didn't mention cannibals, motifs... better than nothing.
+Duck It's only a summary of the plot so it's meant to leave out a lot of details that aren't particularly important to the understanding of the story.
Obviously, the cyclops was a monster, but honestly, they shouldn't have stayed to wait for the owner of the home that they raided. And then expect for the owner (that they all already know is not human that is of equally their size) to be hospitable to them??? Dafuq? I know this is a different age 'they' were living in, but there's no honor in raiding a small village and killing all the residents.
my english teacher told us that the greeks found blue eyes like that very foreign and scary! so they had blue eyes on their ships when they would go into war!
they have a made a common error! It isn't mentioned anywhere that Polyphemus has only one eye, but becasue he can only see out of one we assume he only has the one eye.
Well first of all I'm a historian and this happens to be my joke account. Second of all it matters, because this is a video to inform us and it is slightly incorrect so I corrected them so people will know.
The video is so that people get their last minute revision. The exact sound of the greek words doesn't really matter. I know greek myself and the words Homer uses can also be used to mean "Nobody"
This has so much wrong info: Zeus kills all of himself men before they left helios' island by stoking them with his thunderbolt. I was using this as a review for midterms but it's really not helping.
