Pylos & Nestor (Book 3)
This "Gerenian Horseman" and King of Pylos is the first person Telemachus visits to seek news of his father.
Who is Nestor?
When Telemachus arrives in Sparta, this king is celebrating the double wedding of his son and daughter.
Who is Menelaus?
Menelaus must capture this "Old Man of the Sea" to find out how to get home from Egypt.
Who is Proteus?
This messenger god, wearing his golden sandals, arrives at Ogygia to tell Calypso it's time to let Odysseus go.
Who is Hermes?
This goddess appears in Nausicaa’s dream disguised as a friend to suggest a trip to the washing pools.
Who is Athena?
Upon arriving at Pylos, Telemachus finds the people on the beach sacrificing eighty-one of these animals to Poseidon.
What are bulls? (Black bulls)
This famous woman, whose "face launched a thousand ships," immediately recognizes Telemachus by his resemblance to Odysseus.
Who is Helen?
To sneak up on Proteus, Menelaus and his men hide inside the smelly skins of these marine animals
What are seals?
Calypso accuses the male gods of this double standard because they sleep with mortals but punish goddesses who do the same.
hypocrisy
The sound of girls doing this activity wakes Odysseus up from his deep sleep in the bushes.
What is playing ball (or shouting)?
Nestor tells the story of this man’s murder by Aegisthus and the subsequent revenge taken by his son, Orestes.
Who is Agamemnon?
To stop the guests from crying over memories of the war, Helen slips this "heart-ease" drug into the wine bowl.
: What is Nepenthe?
Back in Ithaca, this lead suitor discovers Telemachus is gone and plots an ambush to kill him at sea.
Who is Antinous
Odysseus spent this many years trapped on Calypso’s island, weeping on the shore.
What is seven?
Wilson’s translation emphasizes Odysseus' tact when he compares Nausicaa’s beauty to this specific type of young tree on Delos.
What is a palm tree?
Mentor, who accompanies Telemachus to Pylos, reveals her true identity as this goddess by transforming into a sea eagle.
: Who is Athena?
Menelaus recounts his time stranded in Egypt at this island, where he had to outsmart a sea god.
What is Pharos?
Athena sends a "dim phantom" in the form of this woman (Penelope’s sister) to comfort the grieving queen in a dream.
Who is Iphthime?
To survive the storm sent by Poseidon, Odysseus must strip off his clothes and wear this sea-nymph’s magical veil.
Who is Ino (or Leucothea)?
Nausicaa instructs Odysseus to bypass her father and go straight to this person, the Queen, to ask for help.
Who is Arete?
Nestor sends his own son, this skilled chariot driver, to accompany Telemachus on the overland journey to Sparta.
Who is Peisistratus?
Before he leaves, Menelaus gives Telemachus a mixing bowl made of silver and rimmed with gold, crafted by this god of fire.
Who is Hephaestus?
Proteus informs Menelaus that Odysseus is being held captive on the island of Ogygia by this "dread goddess."
Who is Calypso?
Upon reaching the shore of Scheria, Odysseus buries himself in a bed of these to stay warm, like a "glowing log" in embers.
What are leaves?
Nausicaa is worried about this—specifically what the "low-minded" townspeople will say if they see her with a strange man.
What is gossip (or her reputation/rumors)?