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Sites about The Odyssey

by Homer

The story of the King of Ithaca, Odysseus, and his journey home from the Trojan War.

Characters: Odysseus, Telemachus, Penelope, Circe, Cyclops, Poseidon

Critical sites about The Odyssey

Fragments of the Primordial Great Goddess: Calypso & Circe
An examination of these two female characters in The Odyssey.
Contains: Character Analysis, Content Analysis
Author: Alicia LeVan
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Incorporating the Other: The Catalogue of Women in Odyssey 11
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ElAnt/V2N1/houlihan.html
“Closure is silence, and perhaps a loss of self. The closure Odysseus wanted to give to his night of storytelling — the catalogue of heroines — has a lot to tell us about his process of self-presentation that causes the Phaeacians to find him worthy to be sent home out of Scheria.”
Contains: Character Analysis
Author: James Houlihan
From: Electronic Antiquity Vol. 2. no. 1 June 1994
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Odysseus and the Historians
http://www.dur.ac.uk/Classics/histos/1997/marincola.html
“In this paper, however, I would like to focus on the influence of Odysseus and the Odyssey on the subject matter, persona, and even methodology of the ancient historian.”
Contains: Character Analysis
Author: John Marincola
From: HISTOS Vol. 1 1997
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Study Guide for Homer’s Odyssey
http://www.temple.edu/classics/odysseyho.html
This detailed study guide provides some annotations, links, and thoughtful questions for each book of The Odyssey, for students of the poem. It also has an excellent chronology of the poem.
Author: Robin Mitchell-Boyask
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Other (non-critical) sites about The Odyssey

Homeric Odyssey and the Cultivation of Justice
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~chs/HCJ/index.html
“An online lecture and discussion series organized and led by Professor Gregory Nagy, the current Chair of the Department of Classics at Harvard University.”
Author: Gregory Nagy
From: The Berkman Center for Internet and Society http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/
Author: Gregory Nagy
From: The Berkman Center for Internet and Society http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/
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Immortal Tale
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/jan-june97/odyssey_3-3.html
An interview with Robert Fagles, who produced a recent, acclaimed translation of The Odyssey.
Author: Elizabeth Farnsworth & Robert Fagles
From: Online NewsHour http://www.pbs.org/newshour/home.html
Author: Elizabeth Farnsworth & Robert Fagles
From: Online NewsHour http://www.pbs.org/newshour/home.html
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The Odyssey Game
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~loxias/odchoice.htm
Although this is a pretty easy game, it is a fun and interesting way to review knowledge of the text.
Contains: Plot Summary
Author: Andrew Wilson
Author: Andrew Wilson
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