The Odyssey, Part 3: The Central Themes

Series: Humanities Series (Ebec)

Duration: 28

Year Published: 1965

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educ Corp

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Describes the roles of Odysseus, Telemachus, and Penelope and discusses the contributions of each to the central themes of the epic. Summarizes three central themes: Odysseus returning home, Telemachus achieving manhood, and Odysseus wandering among the giants, monsters, witches, and ghosts. Points out that these three themes reveal one theme; intelligence will win if combined with bravery and determination., Written and narrated by Gilbert Highet. Examination of the central moral truth which is the foundation for the three diverging themes in the Odyssey. How heroism demands both bravery and intelligence.

Complete Record: Describes the roles of Odysseus, Telemachus, and Penelope and discusses the contributions of each to the central themes of the epic. Summarizes three central themes: Odysseus returning home, Telemachus achieving manhood, and Odysseus wandering among the giants, monsters, witches, and ghosts. Points out that these three themes reveal one theme; intelligence will win if combined with bravery and determination., Written and narrated by Gilbert Highet. Examination of the central moral truth which is the foundation for the three diverging themes in the Odyssey. How heroism demands both bravery and intelligence.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.