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The OdysseyText Overview

In this unit, we will read The Odyssey and a series of related informational texts and media. The location of these texts is indicated in the Unit Text List.

Core

  • Tradebook
    • The Odyssey, Homer, translated by Robert Fagles, Penguin Publishing Group, 1996
  • Digital Access
    • “What Is Xenia?,” Greek Comix, YouTube
    • “What Role Do the Gods Play in The Iliad and The Odyssey?,” Barry Powell, YouTube, Oxford University Press, June 30, 2014
  • Unit Reader
    • “A Translator’s Reckoning with the Women of the Odyssey,” Emily Wilson, The New Yorker, December 8, 2017
    • “Ancient Greek Wisdom for Today’s Leadership Crisis,” Emily Anhalt, The Conversation, October 15, 2017
    • “Hero,” from the introduction to The Odyssey, translated by Robert Fagles, Bernard Knox, Penguin Publishing Group
    • “Homer on Hospitality,” Louis Markos, The Imaginative Conservative
    • “Odysseus the Foreigner,” Joshua R. Hall, Ancient World Magazine, June 22, 2018
    • “The Odyssey,” from the introduction to The Odyssey, translated by Robert Fagles, Bernard Knox, Penguin Publishing Group
    • “Women and Men,” from the introduction to The Odyssey, translated by Robert Fagles, Bernard Knox, Penguin Publishing Group

Text Icons

The following text icons are used in the Text pages:

Unit Reader Unit Reader Texts

Digital Access Digital Access Texts

Tradebook Tradebook Texts

Multimedia Multimedia Texts

To find digital access texts on the Internet, complete the following steps:

  1. Locate the reference information for the text (text title, author, date of publication, and publisher) found on the Text page for a unit, section, or lesson.

  2. Highlight and copy the reference information.

  3. Paste the information into a search engine.

  4. The text will appear as one of the first search results.

  5. Verify the result by comparing the reference information on the website to the information on the Text page.