Homer’s Odyssey At a Glance


Homer’s Odyssey At a Glance 
By 
Mr Sanjeev Kumar Bansal 
Assistant Professor ,
Dept. of English, 
Sri Varshney College, Aligarh- 202001 (Book 1- 13 )
Email :   skb0071979@gmail.com, 8826056878
 


Laertes (Acheans)


Anticleia (Wife)


Zeus--- King of the Gods
-Has Two Divine Eagles
Posiedon/ Neptune — Younger Brother of Zeus- Enemy of Odysseus
   Son
Daugther

Son
Son


Odysseus

Friend; Mentos

Ithaca (An Island in Greece)

Aegyptins: An Old Chieftain of Ithaca


Penelope
(Wife)

Maid: Medon

Suitors:

Antinous

Eurymachus
Minerva
or
Pallas
or
Athene
(Goddess of Wisdom)
Sense of Humour

Helper of Telemachus Disguised As Mentos
Hermes
or
Mercury
-Helper of Odysseus

Book no 5

Hermes Visited Island of Calypso, Ogygia to Release Odysseus

Polyphemus,

Cyclopes Race






Book No
1 -2





Son



Odysseus was Imprisoned at Ogygia for 9 Years by the Sea Nymph Calypso
Book no 6
From Ogygia Island, Odysseus Reached Srheria Island- Homeland of the Phaecians, Quarrelsome Cyclops
Athene Advises Telemachus,
The Assembly of Ithaca Meets
Telemachus

Age: 20 Years
Maid: Eurycleia
Soothsayer: Halisthernes
Book No 1-4




Book No 7
After Srheria Island, Odysseus Reached at the Palace of Kind King Alcinous and Arete (Phaecians Walled City Made by King Nausithous)




Son
Daughter
Book No- 3

Telemachus


&


Athene
Visited

Pylos Beach
King Nestor, Narrated the Story of Menelaus




Laodamas
Nausicae
Maid: Eurymedusa
Friend: Dymas



Son








Pesistratus


Book No 8
The Phaecians Games
(CEAEL)



Bard:
Demodocus
Host:
Laodamas
(Boxer)


Book No 4

Telemachus




&




Pesistratus
Visited
Palace of King of Sparta, Menelaus and Helen, Helen was Stolen by the Prince of Troy/ Turkey Named Paris who  Get Killed in 52 Days Trojan War
- Menelaus Reached Sparta from Troy after Roaming in Egypt

-Occasion of Helen’s Daughter Marriage with Achilles’ Son


Agamemnon was the Brother of Menelaus,
Aegisthus Murdered Agamemnon (Commander in War of Troy)

Clytoneus

Euryalus




Amphialus



Elatreus




Odysseus







Demodocus

Odysseus Narrated His Story to the Pheacians as follows:
Won Race

Won Wrestling & Provoked Odysseus

Won Jumping

Won Discuss Throwing

Discuss Throwing, Challenged Them for Boxing, Wrestling, Running

Sung Song of the Ares (God of War) and Aphrodite (Goddess of Love)


Son

Book No 9
The Land of Cicones


Orestes


The Land of Lotus- Eaters



Island of Cyclopes— Odysseus@ Nobody Polyphemus Cave, One Eyed Giant


Book No 10
Island of Aeolus/ Aeolia
King of Winds Gave Him a Leather Bag



Island of Laestrygonians: the Cannibals


Eurylochus: A Wise Officer of Odysseus

One Year Stay at the Island of Aeaea or the Island of the Rising Sun: Home of the Goddess Enchantress Circe who Turned Sailors into Pigs. God Hermes Gave Odysseus A Magic Herb ‘Moly’



Book No 11
Land of the Deads: Hades
Tiresias (Blind Prophet) Suggestion
-Met Anticleia (His Mother), Agamemnon, Achilles, Elpenor and Others



Book No 12
Island of Aeaea or the Island of the Rising Sun: Home of the Goddess Enchantress Circe


Sireus
Scylla
Charybdis



Man Eater 2 Sea- Nymphs, Good Singers, Woman+ Hawk, Wax
6 Handed Man Eater Water Monster, Odysseus Faced Him with His Long Spear

A Monster Who Created Whirlpool in the Sea by Sucking its Water.

Reached Sun God’s Favourite Isle



Book No 13
Black Ship of the Phaeacians Brought Slept Odysseus Near Ithaca and Left Him in the Sacred Cave of Nymphs with his Treasure and Tried to Return but Posiedon Cursed Them.



Athene Changed Odysseus into an Old Man with Rags to Get His Revenge from the Suitors of his Wife Penelope.




Note: Don’t be confused with Circe, Cyclopes and Calypso…..


  Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Bansal 
  Assistant Professor

Dept. of English
  Sri Varshney College