The Homeric World

Key Sites

• The dating of the Mycenaean age
• Key sites

Life in the Mycenaean Age

• Palaces
• Everyday life
• Linear B tablets

Decorative Arts

• Frescoes
• Jewellery
• Decorative objects and their creation

Tombs, Graves, and Burial

• Burial customs and structures
• Funerary objects and grave contents

Visual and Material Sources

• Visual and Material Sources
• Visual Culture Study Requirements 3 notes
  • Physical Analysis and Purpose of Material Remains
  • Methodological Challenges and Cultural Interpretation
  • Historical Synthesis and Ancient Audience Reception

Literary Techniques and Composition

• Homer as a story-teller and the idea of epic
• Narrative and descriptive techniques

• Themes in the Odyssey 3 notes
  • Xenia, Civilisation and Barbarism
  • Justice, Revenge and Deceit
  • Nostos and Fate

• The character of Odysseus

Key Characters in the Odyssey

• The portrayal of key characters 4 notes
  • The Role and Portrayal of the Gods
  • Penelope and Telemachus
  • The Suitors, the Crew and the Slaves
  • Supernatural Figures: Polyphemus and Circe

Literary Sources

• Prescribed Texts
• Literature Study Requirements 3 notes
  • Narrative and Literary Techniques in the Odyssey
  • Core Themes of the Odyssey
  • Cultural Context and Ancient Audience Responses