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The purpose of this educational programme is to allow the educators and the students to highlight the timeless value of the Homer's Odyssey. The Odyssey, the epic masterpiece of Homer has been characterized as the uppermost story for shaping modern human beings and their ideals. The reason is that it describes courage, persistence and devotion to Odysseys target of returning back to his homeland, Ithaca.On his long, return trip home to Ithaca, Odysseus encountered twelve obstacles. The students will get to know some of the places he visited. Specifically they will deal with four important and particularly dangerous stations, their symbolism and their timeliness.The students from Sicily, Italy where was the eighth station, after studying the Sirens' myth, will interpret and update it.Specifically, Odysseys sought for Knowledge, and the Sirens symbolizing adultery tried to mislead him so that Odysseys could not come to the truth.Students will identify the modern Sirens and their ways of dealing with them.The students from Catalonia, Spain will deal with the tenth station that is the island of the Sun . After reading the narrative, will discuss the consequences of Odysseus 'comrades' nonsense and dishonesty. Then, coming to today, they will identify the dangers that lie when one is enticed by the temptations of material life with particular reference to reality shows, to easy enrichment, to virtual reality.The students from Gozo, Malta where was the eleventh station, after studying the myth of Calypso and the dialogue with Odysseys, will first analyze and interpret the myth.In particular, they will understand that two forces are at stake in the dialogue: happiness, material enjoyment, conquering everything, immortality with the south (longing for the home, the land, the husband). The Calypso is a symbol, it is the imagination, the departure from reality, the opium that is the refuge of the desperate. The students will then compare and discuss Odysseus' dilemma with the dilemma of the modern desperate man (refugee, financial immigrant, etc.), in order to show the greatness of determination, will and perseverance in fulfilling the goal.The students from Corfu, Greece, where was the twelfth station, after studying the Odysseys-Nafsika meeting, will analyze its significance. In particular, they will understand that Nafsika is the last temptation, the last obstacle on the way back to Ithaca. Odysseys arrives on the island of the Feakes wrecked, naked, exhausted and alone. He has endured everything, has lost everything and experiences the highest humility of the naked. Fayakes is an earthly paradise and Athena the closest thing to Penelope. And yet, Odysseys will not bend. Students will then be asked to find similar cases of modern shipwrecks and how they did not bow to the great temptation.The students from Ithaca, Greece, where was Odyssseys homeland, after studying the narrative, after reading the narrative according to which Odysseys arrived at Ithaca and he dressed up as a beggar by Goddess Athena to espel the suitors they will analyze the importance of self-restraint in order to achieve the goal.We believe that the students who are going to participate, from all the partner schools will take a journey having as goal to learn more about the the importance and timeliness of the Homeric Odyssey. In addition in this journey they will be able to make new friendships and exchange views on the historical period under study.Also, though through this study of the masterpiece of world literature, the partner students will learn to cooperate with their peers from different countries, having different cultures and even a different view of the world. In this way, they are going to proceed in their effort of becoming active European citizens, citizens of a globalised new world, that is changing constantly and is full of challenges.
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