The+Odyssey

== =Homer's //The Odyssey// - a classical epic tale of bravery, peril, and redemption=

== //The Odyssey// is one of the most well-known and beloved tales of all time. It chronicles not only the journey of one hero as he tries to return home from the Trojan War, but also the universal journey we all undergo, to find our right place in the world and discover the meaning of life. ==

Fun, interactive website on all things Greek:

 * @http://carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/GREECE/home.html**

The Myth of the Trojan Horse
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_Horse



The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell's model of the 9-step Archetypal Hero's Quest in animated format:

 * http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-makes-a-hero-matthew-winkle**

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(Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI)

= CONTEMPORARY CONNECTIONS: PTSD and the soldier's return home =

Veterans Reading Sophocles and responding (a new play about PTSD):
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/26/opinion/us-veterans-use-greek-tragedy-to-tell-us-about-war.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-right-region®ion=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region&_r=0

= THE POWER OF VISUALS DURING WAR TIME =

From Wikipedia:
===//**Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima**// is an iconic [|photograph] taken by [|Joe Rosenthal] on February 23, 1945, which depicts six [|United States Marines] raising a [|U.S. flag] atop [|Mount Suribachi],[|[1]] during the [|Battle of Iwo Jima], in World War II.=== ===The photograph was first published in Sunday newspapers on February 25, 1945. It was extremely popular and was reprinted in thousands of publications. Later, it became the only photograph to win the [|Pulitzer Prize for Photography] in the same year as its publication, and came to be regarded in the United States as one of the most significant and recognizable images of the war.=== ===Three Marines in the photograph, Sergeant [|Michael Strank], Corporal [|Harlon Block] (misidentified as Sergeant [|Hank Hansen] until January 1947), and Private First Class [|Franklin Sousley] were killed in action over the next few days. The other three surviving flag-raisers in the photograph were Corporals (then Private First Class) [|Rene Gagnon], [|Ira Hayes], and [|Harold Schultz] (misidentified as [|PhM2c.] [|John Bradley] until June 2016).[|[2]] Both men originally misidentified as flag raisers had helped raise a smaller flag about 90 minutes earlier, and were both still on the mountaintop and witnessed – but were not part of – the specific moment of raising the larger flag that was captured in the [|Pulitzer Prize]-winning photo.=== ===The image was later used by [|Felix de Weldon] to sculpt the [|Marine Corps War Memorial], which was dedicated in 1954 to all Marines who died for their country and is located in [|Arlington Ridge Park],[|[3]] near the Ord-Weitzel Gate to [|Arlington National Cemetery] and the [|Netherlands Carillon].===

Analysis of the power of the Omran Daqneesh photo:
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New York Times video from 2012: Have we found the REAL Ithaca?
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/11/opinion/sunday/kristof-odysseus-lies-here.html?_r=1&src=tp&smid=fb-share



NYT article on veterans and homelessness:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/21/us/many-veterans-adapt-to-a-strange-world-one-with-walls.html?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3As%2C


 * Teaching "The Odyssey" in prison:**

http://www.salon.com/2013/12/21/teaching_the_odyssey_at_san_quentin/


 * Brian Turner reading "At Lowe's Home Improvement Center"**

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aneJ9tczurc