Do Now: Take out your character sheet and a sheet of looseleaf. On the looseleaf, Put your name and date at the top. Then copy the title:
Listening: Chapter Two­ The Phaeacian Princess Characters
Setting ­ Phaeacia; by the river
Nausicaa and her serving maids are doing laundry and playing when Odysseus wakes up and approaches them.
Athena ­ goddess of wisdom; friend to Odysseus
Nausicaa ­ Phaeacian Princess;
daughter of King Alcinous
Odysseus ­ main character; traveling home from Troy after the Tojan War
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Listening: Chapter Three­ In the Palace of the King
Characters
Setting ­ Phaeacia; at the palace of the King and Queen
Odysseus meets King Alcinous and Queen Arete and asks them to help him get home.
Athena ­ goddess of wisdom; friend to Odysseus
Odysseus ­ main character; traveling home from Troy after the Tojan War
King Alcinous ­ King of Phaeacia; Nausicaa's father
Qeen Arete ­ Queen of
Phaecia; Nausicaa's mother
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Characters
Listening: Chapter Four­ Phaeacian Sports
Setting ­ Phaecia; at the palace of the King and Queen
Odysseus is entertained in the palace.
King Alcinous ­ King of Phaeacia; Nausicaa's f
father
Demodocus ­ blind singer/storyteller
Odysseus ­ main character; traveling home from Troy after the Tojan War
Nausicaa ­ Phaeacian Princess;daughter of King Alcinous
Qeen Arete ­ Queen of
Phaecia; Nausicaa's mother
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