Unit 8

  English 201: 
  Masterpieces of Western Literature
.Unit 8 Reading Course Reading Entry Page
Introduction Background .Explication Questions Review
Review:

You know how the ODY ends, what happens to:

You know how OD was revealed to: You know the significance of the altar-marriage bed of OD & PEN, which is the symbolic cornerstone for Athens.

You know who OD's allies were:

You know the story about Autolykos (Lone Wolf) & OD's auspicious scar.

You know that Laertes/OD/TEL could have annihilated their political enemies, but that they forebear on the command of Athena & Zeus.

Finally, you know that Homer ends these 2 long epics with the realistic hope that Reason must be clothed in armor to  mother civilization.
 

This is the end of unit 8 & our study of Homer.  Next week unit 09 will be dedicated to Aeschylus' plays, The Orestia trilogy (named for Orestes, AG's son).   See you then.