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The odyssey - Coggle Diagram
The odyssey
Bards and Oral tradition
Has reference to fantastical characters or lands and the supernatural
The poetry has a 'hero' - they always strive for glory or reputation to keep their memory alive
The hero must always have obstacles to overcome
Epithets (known by a charactaristic associated with them)
Has a divine element
Bards (Phemius and Demodocus)
Phemius ( Bard of Ithaca)
Book one, line 152:
Forced to perform for the suitors and is an unwilling participant.
Sings a 'delightful' song demonstrating skill despite coercion.
Maks Athene and Telemachus' conversation showing the contrast between public and private space.
Book one, lines 325 - 355
Sings of the Achaens return, Penelope weeps
Only he can silence the suitors
Telemachus defends his own right to perform
Penelope retreats when Telemachus asserts authority - theme of growth
Book 22, line 330:
Hides after the suitors deaths and begs for mercy
Telemachus intervene showing mercy over vengence
Highlights justice, guilt, and moral complexity in Homeric ethics
Demodocus
Name means 'beloved of the people' - reflects social importance
Blind yet divinely inspired by the muse, mirroring Homeric tradition
Sings seated in a silver studded chair symbolising honour and status.
Songs:
First song: quarell of Achilles and Odysseus
Odysseus weeps, emotional impact of kleos (glory and reputation)
Second so g: affair of Aphrodite and Ares
Functions as a moral warning - contrasts with Penelope's fidelity
Third song: the wooden horse
Odysseus weeps again, bardic storytelling evokes trauma
Honours and symbolism:
Receives the ahrine