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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1F497D'>Andre
and Odyssey<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1F497D'>I
have prepared a couple on comments on book 10 if you guys are interested. Now
dialing in.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
homer2009-1-bounces@readingodyssey.org
[mailto:homer2009-1-bounces@readingodyssey.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Beckwith
Cynthia<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, November 01, 2009 9:01 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> homer2009-1@readingodyssey.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Homer2009-1] Conference call this Monday, Nov. 2, 8pm EST
-- RSVP + q's<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I will be on the call. Looking forward to it! <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Cyndie <br>
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Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p>
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On Oct 30, 2009, at 7:03 AM, Andre Stipanovic <<a
href="mailto:astipanovic@mail.hockaday.org">astipanovic@mail.hockaday.org</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Hi fellow
readers--</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>How's your
reading of Books 9-16 going? Any interesting discoveries? Feel free
to post them--just "reply all" to this email, so that it cc's </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:homer2009-2@readingodyssey.org"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt'>homer2009-1@readingodyssey.org</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Just a reminder
that our next call is coming up THIS Monday, November 2, 8pm EST (7pm Central).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>Call-in information:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>Dial-in number: 1 (888) 350-0075</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>Type in conference room number / passcode: </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'> 1100494#</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>(The exact same
info as last time)!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Please drop me a
note confirming:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>[ ] Yes,
I'll be on the call Monday.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>[ ] No, I
won't be able to make it.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Looking forward
to the call, very much!! I really enjoyed the last one! I've
included the questions we'll be looking at below.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Happy reading,
and talk to you all soon!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Warm regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Andre</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>------------------------------</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>Study Guide Questions - Discussion #2</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>Books 9- 16 Reconciliations</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>9-12 Odysseus’ wanderings, “reconciling” Poseidon’s curse</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>1. Book 9 - wise leader?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>Odysseus is often referred to as “wily, crafty and wise.”
How wise of </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>a leader is he in the events of Book 9 concerning the Cicones (pp.
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>126-127), Lotus Eaters (127), and Cyclopes (128-140)? How
much of </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>these hardships are Odysseus’ own fault? How much of these
hardships </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>are pre-determined by prophecy?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>2. Book 10 - crew morale?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>In Book 10, morale among Odysseus’ crew continues to decline.
How do </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>the events of Aeolus’ bag of winds (pp. 141-143), Laestrygonians
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>(143-145), and Circe (145-157) contribute to the decline in morale
of </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>the crew? What do we learn about Odysseus’ leadership and
his </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>cleverness? Just when Odysseus is able to rescue his crew
from </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>Circe’s bewitchment, he is notified of a very dangerous voyage he
must </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>make to Hades. With Circe’s help, Odysseus must consult
Tiresias the </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>prophet. Why? (see Books 10 & 11)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>3. Book 11 - Hades</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>In Book 11, the shades/ghosts of many reveal themselves to
Odysseus at </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>Acheron, the entrance to Hades. Before talking even to his
mother </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>Anticleia, Odysseus makes sure to talk with Tiresias first.
Then </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>Odysseus allows himself to talk to his mother and other famous
Greek </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>women who appear. What is the significance to the plot of
mentioning </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>these various Greek heroines (pp. 164-167)? As Odysseus
continues to </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>tell of Agamemnon, Achilles and other famous Greek men, what does
this </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>panorama of shades suggest about the Greek concept of Hades?
of </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>Odysseus’ own fears?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>4. Book 12 - Odysseus alone</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>How do the series of adventures in Book 12 (Sirens, Scylla, Oxen
of </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>the Sun, Thunder & Lightning, Charybdis, Calypso) compare to
the </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>series of adventures (Books 9-10) before Odysseus’ trip to Hades
(Book </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>11)? Book 5 opens with Odysseus alone and Book 12 ends with
Odysseus </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>alone. Now that Odysseus has come full circle in his
flashbacks, what </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>is the relatonship between Odysseus and his crew? How are
Odysseus’ </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>feelings compounded by the lack of a crew?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>13-16 Odysseus’ return to his native land, “reconciling” with
Telemachus</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>5. Book 13 - Ithaka</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>In Book 13, Poseidon is not happy with the Phaeacians for
conveying </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>Odysseus home safely. Given what happens to the Phaeacians
in </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>response to Poseidon’s feelings, how is this action just?
What does </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>Zeus think about it? Why does Zeus have anything to do with
this? </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>Athena appears to Odysseus as he wakes up on his own island.
What </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>part does she play in helping Odysseus? As clever as
Odysseus is, why </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>would Athena’s help be necessary at this stage of the epic?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>6. Book 14 - Hospitality revisted?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>In what ways does Book 14 illustrate the ancient custom of </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>hospitality? How does hospitality in this chapter compare
with the </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>hospitality of the Phaeacians (Books 8-13) or Nestor (Book 3) or </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>Menelaus (Books 4 & 15)? In Book 14, Odysseus tells two
long tales </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>about both his origin and an incident with a cloak during the
Trojan </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>War. His stories are inspired by Athena, the goddess of
wisdom. How </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>does Odysseus balance the level of fiction with the level of truth
in </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>his stories?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>7. Book 15 - Piety</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>In Book 15, both Odysseus’ and Telemachus’ piety (i.e. duty to the
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>gods) is revealed in auguries (or bird signs). How do the
auguries </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>support the intertwining of Odysseus’ and Telemachus’ lives? How
does </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>Telemachus’ piety show with respect to Theoclymenus? How
does </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>Eumaeus’ piety show with respect to Odysseus? According to
Greek </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>thinking, is Telemachus’ and Odysseus’ reunion left to chance in
any </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>way? In many ways, this book is about origins. Why do
you suppose </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>Homer chose this moment to unveil Eumaeus’ origin, Theoclymenus’
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>origin and even information about Odysseus’ father, Laertes and
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>mother, Anticleia? What do Eumaeus’ and Theoclymenus’
stories tell us </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>about nobility as an inner quality or characteristic of a person?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>8. Book 16 - Telemachus and Odysseus</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>As dawn breaks at the opening of Book 16, Telemachus arrives
safely to </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>the swineherd’s hut. Before the day is over, he will be
re-united </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>with his father Odysseus. Having been only an infant
when Odysseus </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>left for Troy, how does Telemachus recognize his father? Why
then </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>does he still doubt his senses? (see pp. 245-246). How
is Penelope’s </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>character defined in this book? Ignorant of Odysseus’
return, what do </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>Penelope’s actions reveal about her situation with the suitors?
How </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>does Eurymachus’ pretending contrast with Penelope’s honesty about
the </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>situation? By the end of the day, Eumaeus returns to his hut
and </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>Telemachus asks about the plot against him by the suitors.
How do </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>Telemachus’ and Odysseus’ pretending contrast with Eumaeus’
honesty </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>about the situation?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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