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Examine three themes that tie together Homer's Odyssey
Listen to Odysseus wax poetic over homeland Ithaca in dramatization of Homer's epic poem Odyssey
Homer Rembrandt: Aristotle with a Bust of Homer
Watch King Nestor recount the horrors of the Trojan War to Odysseus's son Telemachus
See the portrayal of Odysseus (or Ulysses), as represented in literature, art, and cinema over the ages
Take a seat at the Phaeacian feast and listen to Odysseus tell of his blinding cyclops giant Polyphemus
Listen to Agamemnon's ghost telling Odysseus how he was murdered
Was the city of Troy real or a myth?
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Portrait of Plato (ca. 428- ca. 348 BC), Ancient Greek philosopher.
An Odyssey of Grecian Literature
Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
A Study of Poetry
4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul
Famous Poets and Poetic Form
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:
Poetry: First Lines
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Homer ‘would be very proud’ of Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey movie • Apr. 3, 2025, 4:17 AM ET (The Telegraph)

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Flourished c.900 BCE - c.701 BCE
Notable Works “Iliad” • “Odyssey”

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Homer
Homer
Rembrandt: Aristotle with a Bust of Homer
Examine three themes that tie together Homer's Odyssey
Listen to Odysseus wax poetic over homeland Ithaca in dramatization of Homer's epic poem Odyssey
Watch King Nestor recount the horrors of the Trojan War to Odysseus's son Telemachus
See the portrayal of Odysseus (or Ulysses), as represented in literature, art, and cinema over the ages
Take a seat at the Phaeacian feast and listen to Odysseus tell of his blinding cyclops giant Polyphemus
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Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
A Study of Poetry
4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul
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Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:
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An Odyssey of Grecian Literature