Monday, April 8, 2013

The Adventures of Ulysses: Chapter Chart Information


The Adventures of Ulysses: 
Chapter Chart Information

Ch. 1: "Ships and Men"

Quote: "Bad luck makes good stories." pg.3
-naiad = sea nymph
-piratical = pirate like
-suitor = wannabe boyfriend
-50 men ea. ship
-3 ships
-prow= tip of the bow

Ch. 2: "The Ciconians"

Quote: "I advised you badly, O Chief. We have angered the gods." p. 7
-Maronea = first stop
-Eurylochus = U.'s assistant
-18 mean dead/132 left
-scything = slicing
-appease = to calm someone down
-Hellenes = Greeks

Chapter 3: "The Lotus Eater"

Quote: "This man is a hero. Terrible are his needs, sudden are his needs, and his dreams must be his own." p. 13 
-Libya
-morph = shape
-hypno=sleep
-Morpheus = god of dreams
-Hypnos = god of sleep
-Persephone = Morpheus's aunt
-secret pocket
-hospitality = kindness toward guests

Ch. 4: "The Cyclops' Cave"

Quote: "The gods honor courage but punish pride." p. 26
--Sicily? Crete?
--mutiny = crew rebels against captain
--undiluted = pure; no water added
--"snoring like a powersaw"
--converging = moving together towards a single point
--hubris = Greek crime of having too much pride
--Polyphemus = cyclops; Poseidon's son
--Poseideon = Poly's dad
--13 men go to shore
--2/1/7 gone
--122 men left?

Ch. 5: "Keeper of the Winds"

Quote: " 'For those who know how to listen, I have a tale to tell.' " p. 30
--Penelope = U's wife
--Telemachus = U's son
--Aeolia
--Aeolus = god of the winds
--the island fortress
--12 kids
--9 days/9 nights (U. slept)
--untrusting crew members
--personification of the wind

Ch. 6: "Cannibal Beach"

"But it was not trunk. He had been climbing no tree." p. 44
--6 days
--Island of the Racing Sun
--foliage
--one boat/one crew left

Ch. 7: "Circe"

"For the sweetest spell Circe weaves is one of hospitality." p. 54
--45 men left
--marrow = inner bone material
--23 men go to castle (Eurylochus + 22)
--Hermes = messenger god
--moly = white flower: protects against spells
--Tartarus = the worst part of Hades
--The Fates = Clotho, Lachesis, Atropos

Ch. 8: "Land of the Dead"

"You must keep to the middle way." p. 79
--Hades (The Underworld)
--Elpenor = crew member
--the gull
--River Styx
--Anticleia = Ulysses's mom
--Achilles = Gk. hero of Trojan War (know Achilles' heel story)
--Ajax = Gk. hero of Trojan War; went mad w/resentment because Ulysses was awarded Achilles' golden armor, not him
--Penelope = U's wife
--Tieresias = shape-shifter; he is very wise and Ulysses has been directed to him for advice

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