odyssey

A resource for teaching Robert Fagles' translation of Homer's "Odyssey" that provides sample lesson plans, research topic ideas, unit tests, vocabulary lists, a bibliography and list of Web sites, and activities that make curriculum connections and emphasize cooperative learning and critical thinking.

A guide to reading and understanding Homer's "The Odyssey" that discusses the background of the poem and how the epic is built upon the interplay of themes such as travel, hospitality, loyalty, family affection, and women.

Adapts the epic poems of Homer and Virgil into three plays for middle-school students, each with more than twenty speaking parts, and includes background information, activities, and short assessments.

Presents Homer's epic poem about Odysseus's adventures after the Trojan War in narrative, cartoon form, and features essays on the author, background, themes, characters, and significance of the work.

Traces the lineage of the epic poems "The Illiad" and "The Odyssey," considers the original purpose of the works, and follows their spread throughout the world.

Explores the relationship between the realities of life in early Greece and the poetic descriptions put forth by Homer in the "Illiad" and the "Odyssey.".

A collection of seven critical essays on Homer's epic poem, arranged chronologically in order of their original publication.

Contains critical essays exploring "The Odyssey," the epic Greek poem by Homer.

Examines the epic stories of Greek mythology, including Homer's "Iliad" and "Odyssey," the legend of the Trojan Horse, and other related tales.