荷马史诗《奥德赛》Odyssey课件

Homer’sOdyssey1Homer’sOdyssey1Content1.Background2.CharacterofOdyssey3.Outline4.Synopsis(Cyclops,Circe,Underworld,Sirens,Calypso,Ithaca)2Content1.Background21.BackgroundTheOdysseyisoneoftwomajorancientGreekepicattributedtoHomer.Itis,inpart,asequeltotheIliad.Thepoemisfundamentaltothemodern

Westerncanon,andisthesecondoldestextantworkofWesternliterature,the

Iliad

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31.BackgroundTheOdysseyison2.CharacterofOdysseyOdysseus'sheroictraitishiscunningintelligence;heisoftendescribedasthe"PeerofZeusinCounsel."Whenbeingtheoppositionofthegods,Odysseusisshrewd,tough,clear-sighted,experienced.Andheisintenselyself-reliant,confidentofhisownpowersagainstthebuffetingsoffate.42.CharacterofOdysseyOdysseu55663.OutlineThepoemmainlyfocusesontheGreekheroOdysseusandhisjourneyhomeafterthefallofTroy.IttakesOdysseustenyearstoreachIthacaaftertheten-yearTrojanWar.73.OutlineThepoemmainly4.Synopsis–CyclopsOntheirwayhome,thegodofthesea,Poseidon,wasangrywithOdysseusforblindinghissonCyclops,andthencursesOdysseustowandertheseafortenyears,duringwhichhewouldloseallhiscrew.Theysufferedthestormandwerecompletelyannihilated.FinallywithhiswitandcourageonlyOdysseus’sshipescaped.84.Synopsis–CyclopsOntheirwa9910OdysseusgetsPolyphemosdrunkandescapes10OdysseusgetsPolyphemosdru4.Synopsis–CirceThenextislandishomeofthewitchCirce.Circegavethecrewapotiontodrink,whichturnedthemintopigs.Odysseususedaspecialherbtocountertheeffectsofthepotion,andremainedunchanged.Impressedbythis,thewitchpromptlyfellinlovewithhim,andsheoffereddirectionstotheUnderworld.114.Synopsis–CirceThenextisla1212InHadesoftheUnderworld,Odysseusmetthespiritofhismotherwhohaddiedofgriefduringhislongabsence.Fromher,heknowsitisassumedhehasdied.HiswifePenelope,whohadremainedfaithfulandhissonmustdealwithacrowdof108boisterousyoungmen,"theSuitors",whoseaimistopersuadePenelopetomarryoneofthemandeatuphiswealth.134.Synopsis–UnderworldInHadesoftheUnderworld,Od1414TheyskirtedthelandoftheSirens,whosanganenchantingsongthatnormallycausedpassingsailorstosteertowardtherocksandsink.AllofthesailorsexceptforOdysseus,whowastiedtothemastashewantedtohearthesong,hadtheirearspluggedupwithbeeswax.154.Synopsis–SirensTheyskirtedthelandoftheS16164.Synopsis–CalypsoTheysufferedashipwreck.AllbutOdysseusweredrowned;heclungtoatreeaboveCharybdisandwashedashoreontheisland.HewascompelledtoremainthereasCalypso'sloverfornearlysevenyearsuntilshewasorderedbyHermestoreleaseOdysseus.174.Synopsis–CalypsoTheysuffer181819194.Synopsis–IthacaOdysseuscomesback

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whilesuitorswhooccupyhishomewantPenelopetogiveuponherhusbandandremarry.PenelopeagreestomarrythemanwhocanwinthecontestofstringingOdysseusbowandshootinganarrowthroughadozenaxes.TheonlymanwhocandoitisOdysseuswhodisguisedasabeggar.

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