Greek Epics XXXVIII: Odyssey Book 13, or Home Again, Home Again, Sailing Is Done

Posted byTriumvir ClioPosted inGreek Epics, The Greeks

Odysseus is finally home! Sort of. We’re only half-way through. There’s a lot that still needs to be resolved.

Discussion Prompts
  1. AP Credit: Liminality and sleep. Discuss.
  2. There’s a lot that happens when Odysseus is asleep (the bag of winds, the cattle of the Sun, the Phaiakians drop him off at Ithaka). Why do you think that is?
  3. How much of what happens to Odysseus is real? What makes you reach your conclusion?
  4. Why doesn’t Zeus want Poseidon to put mountains around Skheria? What is the actual effect of the punishment meted out on the Phaiakians?
  5. What do you think about Odysseus now? Athena? Poseidon? Zeus? Anyone else we’ve met along the way?

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I have a BA in History and Classical Civilization from Loyola University Chicago and an MPH from Western Michigan University. I've been a geometry teacher, a religion teacher, a writing tutor. I'm a writer, a knitter, a dancer, a singer, an actor. And, yes, for fun I like to reread everything that was assigned while getting my classics degree.

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