Archetypes
Heroic Journey
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Plot
Greek Values
Other
100
What archetype represents loyalty?
Dog
100
What part of the heroic journey is book 17?
"The Road Back" or the 10th step in Joseph Campbell's monomyth
100
Where does Book 17 take place?
Ithica
100
What is the greek value for hospitality?
Xenia
100
Who wrote the Odyssey?
Homer Simpson
200
What archetype is represented when Telemachus, even though never having seen his father for 20 years, tries to help Odysseus?
Father-Son love
200
Who is the swineherd who provided Odysseus with food and shelter?
Eumaeus
200
To whom did Telemachus invite to his house and tell his journey?
Theoclymenus
200
What does the greek value, Phronesis, represent?
Intelligence
200
To whom does Telemachus share his story?
Penelope and Theoclymenous
300
What does the pork eaten by the suitors represent?
Gluttony
300
What Challenge does Odysseus face during book 17?
Killing the suitors and reclaiming the throne
300
Which suitor does not donate food to the beggar (Odysseus)?
Antinous
300
What greek value do the suitors disregard by disrespecting Penelope's palace?
Xenia
300
What does Telemachus give Theoclymenus as an act of xenia?
A bath and new robes
400
Telemachus's rage when Antinous throws a stool at Odysseus is an example of what archetype?
Father-Son Love
400
Which suitor was cruel to Odysseus and beat him?
Antinous
400
What does Penelope tell Antinous after he throws a stool at the beggar (Odysseus)?
To stop being so cruel and asked what would become of him if the beggar was a god in disguise
400
Why did Telemachus take Theoclymenus to his home and give him new robes?
As an act of xenia
400
Name all the archetypes found in Book 17 and give their meaning
Dog-loyalty Pig-gluttony Father-Son love
500
Give an example of an archetype being used in book 17
Answers will vary...
500
Which character meets Telemachus with tears of joy?
The nurse Eurycleia
500
What did Theoclymenus prophesies?
That Odysseus was in Ithica
500
What greek value does Odysseus demonstrate by keeping calm after being repeatedly insulted and having a stool thrown at him?
Phronesis- Intelligence
500
What part of Telemachus' story does he leave out when telling Theoclymenus of his journey from Sparta to Pylos?
His meeting Odysseus at Eumaus' hut
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