1. For March 12/13, read “The Geography of The Odyssey.”
The link is available at the website. Write a response of one to two double-spaced pages. What is your opinion of
the value of the epic’s historical and geographical basis? How does the
discussion in this essay shape your own understanding of whether the tale is
geographically and historically reliable? How might we benefit from knowing
what’s accurate about the story? Why are people so interested to discover the
factual origins of The Odyssey?
2. For March 18/19, write a creative piece of at least
500 words. You have two options for this story:
a.
Create a “lost tale” of the Odyssey, something else that happened to Odysseus
and his crew along the way. This could even happen after the events of the
epic.
b. Tell
a story of yourself on a journey (a trip to the mall; a drive to a relative’s
house), but give it Greek epic elements: gods, fate, monsters.
For either version of assignment #2, I’m not expecting anyone to write in iambic
pentameter (though you can try), but I do want you to break the story into
lines of approximately 10 syllables.
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