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Homer’s Odyssey At a Glance
By
Mr Sanjeev Kumar Bansal
Assistant Professor ,
Dept. of English,
Sri Varshney
College, Aligarh- 202001 (Book 1- 13 )
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Laertes (Acheans)
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Anticleia
(Wife)
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Zeus--- King of the
Gods
-Has Two Divine Eagles
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Posiedon/ Neptune —
Younger Brother of Zeus- Enemy of Odysseus
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Son
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Daugther
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Son
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Son
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Odysseus
Friend; Mentos
Ithaca (An Island in Greece)
Aegyptins: An Old Chieftain of Ithaca
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Penelope
(Wife)
Maid: Medon
Suitors:
Antinous
Eurymachus
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Minerva
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Pallas
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Athene
(Goddess of Wisdom)
Sense of Humour
Helper of Telemachus Disguised As
Mentos
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Hermes
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Mercury
-Helper of Odysseus
Book no 5
Hermes Visited Island of Calypso,
Ogygia to Release Odysseus
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Polyphemus,
Cyclopes
Race
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Book No
1 -2
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Son
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Odysseus was Imprisoned at Ogygia for
9 Years by the Sea Nymph Calypso
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Book
no 6
From
Ogygia Island, Odysseus Reached Srheria Island-
Homeland of the Phaecians, Quarrelsome Cyclops
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Athene Advises Telemachus,
The Assembly of Ithaca Meets
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Telemachus
Age: 20 Years
Maid: Eurycleia
Soothsayer: Halisthernes
Book No 1-4
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Book No 7
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After Srheria Island, Odysseus Reached
at the Palace of Kind King Alcinous and Arete (Phaecians Walled
City Made by King Nausithous)
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Son
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Daughter
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Book No- 3
Telemachus
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Athene
Visited
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Pylos Beach
King Nestor,
Narrated the Story of Menelaus
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Laodamas
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Nausicae
Maid: Eurymedusa
Friend: Dymas
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Son
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Pesistratus
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Book No 8
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The Phaecians Games
(CEAEL)
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Bard:
Demodocus
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Host:
Laodamas
(Boxer)
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Book
No 4
Telemachus
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Pesistratus
Visited
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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
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Agamemnon was
the Brother of Menelaus,
Aegisthus
Murdered Agamemnon (Commander in War of Troy)
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Clytoneus
Euryalus
Amphialus
Elatreus
Odysseus
Demodocus
Odysseus Narrated His Story to the
Pheacians as follows:
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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)
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Son
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Book No 9
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The Land of Cicones
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Orestes
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The Land of Lotus- Eaters
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Island of Cyclopes—
Odysseus@ Nobody Polyphemus Cave, One Eyed Giant
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Book No 10
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Island of Aeolus/ Aeolia
King of Winds Gave Him a Leather Bag
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Island of Laestrygonians: the
Cannibals
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Eurylochus: A
Wise Officer of Odysseus
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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’
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Book No 11
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Land of the Deads: Hades
Tiresias (Blind Prophet) Suggestion
-Met Anticleia (His Mother),
Agamemnon, Achilles, Elpenor and Others
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Book No 12
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Island of Aeaea or the Island of the
Rising Sun: Home of the Goddess Enchantress Circe
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Sireus
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Scylla
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Charybdis
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Man Eater 2 Sea- Nymphs, Good Singers,
Woman+ Hawk, Wax
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6 Handed Man Eater Water Monster,
Odysseus Faced Him with His Long Spear
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A Monster Who Created Whirlpool in the
Sea by Sucking its Water.
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Reached Sun God’s Favourite Isle
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Book No 13
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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.
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Athene Changed Odysseus into an Old
Man with Rags to Get His Revenge from the Suitors of his Wife Penelope.
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Note:
Don’t be confused with Circe, Cyclopes and Calypso…..
Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Bansal
Assistant Professor
Dept. of English
Sri Varshney
College