Book 1 book 2 book 3 book 4 book 5 book 6 book 7 book 8 book 9 book 10 book 11 book 12 book book 14 book 15 book 16 book 17 book 18 book 19 book 20 book 21 book 22 book 23 book 24 themes all themes fate, the gods, and free will piety, customs, and justice cunning, disguise, and selfrestraint memory and grief glory and honor. On his way to the palace of alcinous, the king of the phaeacians, odysseus is stopped by a young girl. This time, the minstrel sings of an affair between the god of war, ares, and the. Chapter summary for homers the odyssey, book 8 summary. The odyssey follows its hero and protagonist odysseus as he fights to get home after the trojan war, a war that lasted an entire decade. Athena makes him look taller, more massive, more splendid in every way. The odyssey by homer book 2 summary and analysis youtube. The literary sophistication of book 8 of the odyssey, and particularly.
Discussion of themes and motifs in homers the odyssey. Of course, the hero of the trojan war is no stranger to disguise. World war ii books often focus on the events that unfolded in europe, but this story provides an important portrait of the life of a young girl in japaneseoccupied korea. Odysseus does have extraordinary strength, as he demonstrates in book 21 by being the only man who can string the bow. The more complicated a character is, the more he or she engages these major themes. All of the greek heroes except odysseus have returned home. Odysseus languishes on the remote island ogygia with the goddess calypso, who has. Homers epic poem the odyssey tells the story of odysseus, greek hero of the trojan war, and his adventures at sea during his travel home. And chosen youths, two and fifty, went, as he bade, to the shore of the unresting sea. During the trojan war, he posed as a beggar to enter the city. Homers epic poem the iliad tells the story of the trojan war and the epic heroes. This tension between reality and illusion is part of the deception theme that is. Odysseus has been absent for 20 years, 10 at the trojan war and 10 more in his journey home.
The odyssey by homer book 8 summary and analysis youtube. Book 1 book 2 books 34 book 5 books 67 book 8 book 9 book 10 book 11 book 12. I love great historical novels, so i was looking forward to this book set at the cusp of world war ii, but i wasnt expecting it to be so good, or so impactful. Oh, and sea god poseidon is ticked off at odysseus, and sees no reason to let him. But come now, change thy theme, and sing of the building of the horse of. Not only did the war last ten years, but so did odysseus. The narrator of the odyssey invokes the muse, asking for inspiration as he prepares to tell the story of odysseus. Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work. Hospitality the major themes in the odyssey are especially significant because. The major themes in the odyssey are especially significant because they serve to form the moral and ethical constitution of most of the characters. Sunhee and her brother are forced to learn japanese in school and give up traces of their korean heritage and culture. The story begins ten years after the end of the trojan war, the subject of the iliad. The son in these two provides a marriage, a theme basic to the story.
Oh, and sea god poseidon is ticked off at odysseus, and sees no reason to let him get home. Penelope and odysseus especially embody the theme of perseverance. When the assembly gathers the next day, wise old aegyptius points out that the group has not met in session since king odysseus left for the trojan war some 20 years before. He began by singing of achilles and odysseus, and this brought tears to that heros eyes. Aphrodite, the goddess of love, was unfaithful to her goldsmith husband hephaestus with ares, the god of war. Homer lets us know right away that odysseus is being held as a willing sex captive on the island of the goddess kalypso. Alcinous, king of the phaeacians, has agreed to help odysseus go home, even. He commends the citizen who was bold enough to call for the meeting.
During the feast, demodocus sings again, first about ares and aphrodite. The main themes in the odyssey are the nature of heroism, the importance of love and devotion, and the differences between men and women. Book 7 on his way to the palace of alcinous, the king of the phaeacians, odysseus is stopped by a young girl who is athena in disguise. The reader learns about the characters through the themes.
Litcharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in the odyssey, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work. But come now, change thy theme, and sing of the building of the horse of wood, which. Homer sustains it not only through subtle allusions to nausicaas blossoming love for odysseus but also through demodocuss rather unsubtle and greatly detailed song about the illicit affair between ares and aphrodite. The tension between passion and constancy is particularly strong in books 7 and 8. Years after the end of the trojan war, the greek hero odysseus still hasnt come home to ithaka. Therefore, the most complicated character, odysseus.