Chapter 11: Ancient Greece
Designing a Video Game
Use the Internet or the library to research The Odyssey. Work with a partner to design a video game about Odysseus' adventures as he journeyed home.
- How did he escape from the Cyclops?
- What were Scylla and Charybdis?
- How did he escape from Calypso?
Internet Resources
- Odysseus
- A summary of Odysseus's journey, from a site devoted to heroes of Greek mythology.
- http://www.mythweb.com/odyssey/index.html
- Odysseus Biography
- A detailed biography of Odysseus from the Encyclopedia Mythica Web site. Has links to articles on the major figures in the story of his life.
- http://www.pantheon.org/articles/o/odysseus.html
- The Odyssey
- A game that allows a player to be a character in The Odyssey and to select various courses of action based on the epic.
- http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~loxias/odchoice.htm