Journal Prompt: Odyssey 5,6
This section focuses on Odysseus's escape from Kalypso and his arrival at Phaeacia. Write about one of the following prompts, using quotes and specific examples:
1. Using your notes, describe and explain in detail the influence of women, mortal and immortal, in the first six books of the Odyssey. How are we meant to feel about each of these women? How do you know?
2. How does Homer make Odysseus seem heroic in book 5? Give examples. Now contrast that with other views we have of Odysseus, either in person or through the eyes of others.