What You Need to Know Before Reading The Odyssey

1- Check out this video to get background on The Odyssey. What you need to know Links to an external site.

2- There are several characters Links to an external site. in The Odyssey, many of them Gods and Goddesses. Don't worry-- you won't need to know all of these names. Homer, the author, often uses epithets in place of characters' names. An epithet is like a nickname that somehow relates to the character. Read some of the epithets on the second page of the names handout Links to an external site.. Think of an epithet that describes YOU. 

3- Read pages 365-368 in the textbook (the next Canvas page).