REMEMBER TO VISIT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART

This Monday, April 24th, the museum is open to  
accommodate public school students on Spring Recess. 




The main entrance of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

83rd Street and Fifth Avenue

   


Inside by the entrance





   



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amphora



TELEMACHUS CORRECTS ODYSSEUS

The passage I referred to in class appears in Book 16, lines 328-355. In it Telemachus says:

 " . . . I think your last plan would gain us nothing.        345
  Reconsider, I urge you. 
  You'll waste time roaming around our holdings,
  probing the fieldhands man by man, while the suitors
  sit in our house, devouring all our goods -
  those brazen rascals never spare a scrap!                      350
  But I do advise you to sound the women out:
  who are disloyal to you, who are guiltless?
  The men - I say no testing them farm by farm.
  That's work for later, if you have really seen
  a sign from Zeus whose shield is storm and thunder." 355 
                                                
   . . . Now as father and son conspired, shaping plans . . .

What do you think of this discourse between Odysseus and Telemachus in Book 16?

WRITE ON THE TOPIC ASSIGNED TO YOU ON THIS BLOG

Email me at: abalgley@gmail.com  if you do not understand what you are supposed to do. 


1.  Write an essay on your assigned topic. Then be sure to post it as a comment on this blog posting before Spring Recess ends. Once you have done this, both monitor and respond to your classmates thoughts about what you have written. 


2.  Visit The Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection of Ancient Greek Art. (Consider going there with a classmate.) The main entrance is on 83rd Street on the west side of Fifth Avenue. Bring your Student ID with you. Once you've made your quarter, dime, or penny contribution to gain admission, get a floor plan map, so you know know how to get around. 


3.  Write about one object you see in their Ancient Greek Collection.  Your museum report is due upon your return from Spring Recess. ENJOY YOUR MUSEUM VISIT. 

HOMERIC MARRIAGES AND INFIDELITIES: 
Katherine S., Medina, Jeanette

RELATIONS AMONG THE GODS AND WITH MAN: 
Kenny, Jamila, Melida

DIVINE INTERVENTIONS & TRANFORMATIONS: 
Chanandie, Alyssa, Ivy, Shabranti

EPIC FORM & POETIC DEVICES:[Concentricity, Epithets, Foreshadowing, Metaphors, Ironies, et.al]: Raymond, Brittany

 

NARRATIVE STRUCTURE

[Design, Narrators, Retellings, Subjective (1^st person), Objective (3^rd person), et. al]:

Malthen, Yunrui, Susan

THEMES & LESSONS OF THE ODYSSEY: 
Kenia, Amy, Maurice

HOMER'S CHARACTERIZATION OF ODYSSEUS: 
Sergio, Yenifer, Brandon, Tiffany

ON THE HOME FRONT IN ITHACA: 
Victor, Katherine P.

BOOKS 20, 21, 22, 23, 24



Odysseus Enters the Archery Contest

 

Odysseus Slays the Suitors

Books 16, 17, 18, 19



Eurycleia Bathing Odysseus' Foot



How does Odysseus act on or ignore Telemachus' advise to him?

What do you think of his advice?

Why does Odysseus handle what his son tells him the way he does?

 

            

Books 12, 13, 14, and 15

Kudos to Katherine, Kenia, and Brittany for their engaging, comprehensive, organized, well-executed class presentation. As a group, you've set a new standard and raised the bar for your classmates' future presentations.
What questions do YOU have about these cantos? Post your thoughts, your questions, and your observations here. Brittany, Kenia, and Katherine, please moderate this section of the blog.