Iliad and Oddyssey Terms

media res

middle of affairs

Books 1-4 (Odyssey)

The “Telemachy”

• Telemachus journeys to find out about his father

Books 6-13 (Odyssey)

The “Phaecian Episode”

• Odysseus’s last stop in Scheria with the Phaeacians; tells his story

Books 13-24 (Odyssey)

 Ithaca

• Planned vengeance on the “suitors”, reunion with family

xenia

hospitality, bonds between suitors

philia

bonds between family or family-like relations (insiders)

Odyssey Book 4

• Helen puts (pharmka) (drugs) in the men’s drinks so they can continue to tell and hear the sad songs of war

recognition scenes

recurring scenes between Odysseus and his allies. A set of motifs or “moves” that involve interrogation, sharing of signs or stories, and formal identification.

The Neukia

• Book of him going to the underworld

• He conquered death, a formidable feat

• Tiresias foretold disasters that awaited him

Phoinix

old man who watched over Achilles as a boy

nostoi

epic about hero’s return