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Context  \n• The story was written in Ancient Greece around 700BC  \n• The story is set back in the Bronze Age, around 500 years previously (a time of myths and Gods in the view of the Ancient Greeks)  \n• The stories are all metaphors and suggest the ways that ancient societies understood the natural world around them.  \n• The text is a sequel to Homer’s “The Iliad”, which describes the battles of the Trojan war.  \n• The original story was written in Ancient Greek – this is a translation and it has been abridged (shortened from 24 books) .  \n• The Ancient Greeks believed that hospitality was a core value.  \n• Many of the places mentioned in the text are real and can be found in and around the Mediterranean.  \n2.  Themes  \n| Key Themes: | Examples: |\n| --- | --- |\n| Perseverance | Penelope patiently waits for her husband, using everything at her disposal to delay marrying anyone else. She persevered for twenty years, never giving up on Odysseus, even after hearing of his death. The same could be said of his loyal servants and his faithful son Telemachus. |\n| Vengeance/justice of the Gods | The Gods, in particular Zeus, give out harsh punishments for any\u003Cbr>actions against them, sending storms and killing people for any insults. |\n| Hospitality | Calypso’s imprisonment of Odysseus is contrasted with Circe’s offering of hospitality and love. The Phaeacians help by trying to get Odysseus home vs. Poseidon’s shipwreck and finally Penelope’s hospital reception of Odysseus disguised as beggar vs. the suitor’s bad treatment/mocking of him. |\n| Fate and destiny | The Ancient Greeks believed that the gods and goddesses decided their fate and that they were not in control of their own destiny. |\n| Intelligence and cunning | Odysseus uses his cunning to outwit much larger foes, e.g. Polyphemus and the suitors back at his home. |\n| Temptation | Odysseus’ soldiers fall foul of a series of temptations: eating the lotus flowers, the Sun God’s cattle, being lured by sirens, etc. |\n| Homecoming | As Calypso’s husband, Odysseus could live forever in divine luxury. As Nausicaa’s husband, Odysseus would be a prince in the richest, most untroubled country he has visited. Without hesitation he rejects both these offers. He prefers Penelope and Ithaca, not necessarily because they are better, but because they are his. |\n\n3. Key events  \n􀂃 The war: Odysseus and his fellow warriors complete the Trojan war, which lasted ten years, and begin to set off back home again.  \n􀂃 Beginning the journey home: 12 ships set off, but with not enough supplies. They attack the Cicones and steal cattle, but end up being defeated.  \n􀂃 They find an idyllic island and eat lotus fruit, which makes them forget their families.  \n􀂃 They meet and defeat Polyphemus, a Cyclops by tricking him and using his sheep to escape.  \n􀂃 They reach a floating island and are given the gift of fair winds. The sailors open the bag and release a huge storm.  \n􀂃 They come across an island of giants – the Laestrygonians, who attack them.  \n􀂃 Circe tricks them and turns Odysseus’ men into pigs. Hermes helps them escape.  \n􀂃 They set off for the Land of the Dead to seek advice from Tiresias, a prophet.  \n􀂃 Odysseus escapes the Sirens’ lure by getting his men to tie him to the boat.  \n􀂃 They have to travel through the “wandering rocks” – Scylla and Charybdis (a monster and a whirlpool) .  \n􀂃 They land on the Sun God’s island and are warned not to eat his cattle. The sailors do and are punished by Zeus with a terrible storm.  \n􀂃 Odysseus escapes on a raft and ends up on Calypso’s island. She falls in love with him and keeps him captive. Hermes persuades Calypso to let him go.  \n􀂃 A goddess keeps him safe and he lands on the Phaeacian coast. He is helped by Nausicaa, a princess, and her parents: Alcinous and Arete.  \n􀂃 Athene helps him when he arrives back on Ithaca and he is able to return to his home.  \n􀂃 He disguises himself as a beggar and tricks his way b","cbCaifbR1rnJ5vMf","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifbR1rnJ5vMf","pdf",128235,"English","# Context\n# Themes\n# Key events\n# Key characters\n# Literary features (AO2)","[{\"question\":\"When and where is The Odyssey set, and how does it relate to The Iliad?\",\"answer\":\"The story was written in Ancient Greece around 700BC and is set in the Bronze Age about 500 years earlier. 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