1.Homer-The Odysses

(1)The Odyssesis set after the Iliad, showing how the Greek faced further danger in the long voyage back to Greece.

(2)The story of Odysseus' homecoming from Troy(for twenty years).

(3)Odysseus's experience:

     -spends years in the island of the nymph Calypso

     -meets sweet-singing Sirens

     -meets the monster Scylla

     -Lotus-eaters

     -disembarks on the island of the sun, with Circe turns men into pigs

     -killed the Cyclopes, Polyphems

     -magical land of Phaeacia, meets Nausicaa

2.Penelope

-is the faithful wife of Odysseus, who keeps her suitors at bay in his long absence and is eventually reunited with him. Her name has traditionally been associated with marital faithfulness, and so it was with the Greeks and Romans, but some recent feminist readings offer a more ambiguous interpretation.

(Penelope weaving)

3.suitor

 -is the period in a couple's relationship which precedes their engagement and marriage, or establishment of an agreed relationship of a more enduring kind.

suitors fo Penelope

4.

siren-In Greek mythology, the Sirens were dangerous yet beautiful creatures, who lured nearby sailors with their enchanting music and voices to shipwreck on the rocky coast of their island. Sirens are found in many Greek stories, notably in Homer's Odyssey. In the Odyssey, Homer says nothing of their origin or names, but gives the number of the Sirens as two.

nymph- in Greek mythology and in Latin mythology is a minor female nature deity typically associated with a particular location or landform. Different from other goddesses, nymphs are generally regarded as divine spirits who animate nature, and are usually depicted as beautiful, young nubile maidens who love to dance and sing; their amorous freedom sets them apart from the restricted and chaste wives and daughters of the Greek polis.

5.

prophee(prophet)-is an individual who is claimed to have been contacted by the supernatural or thedivine, and to speak for them, serving as an intermediary with humanity, delivering this newfound knowledge from the supernatural entity to other people. The message that the prophet conveys is called a prophecy.

propheeess-is female prophee.

6.vocabulary

dis-apart, away, not, to the opposite

disguise-to change the appearance or guise of so as to conceal identity ormislead, as by means of deceptive garb or to conceal or cover up the truth or actual character of by a counterfeitform or appearance; misrepresent: