People
This person washes the feet of Odysseus
Eurycleia
Father of Odysseus
Laertes
How does Eurycleia recognize Odysseus?
scar on his foot from a boar attack
What is the contest that Penelope sets up for the suitors?
String Odysseus' bow and shoot an arrow through 12 axes
How do the suitors react to Odysseus wanting to join the contest?
This person tries to string the bow first
Telemachus
This person is the cowherd who almost recognizes Odysseus
Philoteus
What excuse will Telemachus give if the suitors ask why he is moving their weapons?
They are damaged by fire, or to stop them from hurting themselves when they get drunk
What omen does PENELOPE see
eagle killing 20 geese
what omen does AMPHINOMOUS see
an eagle clutching a dove
Interprets the sign to NOT kill Telemachus
Amphinomous
Interprets the signs about the suitors death?
Theoclymenus
What does Theoclymenus see in the hall that scares him?
suitors as ghost, blood everywhere and on the walls
What does Odysseus act Eumaeus to do before Chapter 22?
gather up the weapons and armor with Telemachus, and shut the door to the women's quarters
What does Odysseus ask Philoteus to do before the start of Chapter 22?
lock up with courtyard
First suitor to die
This non-suitor gets butchered for handing out weapons to the suitors
Melanthius
Why don't the men immediately attack Odysseus after he kills Antinous?
They though he did it by accident
He tries to say it was all Antinous' fault
How does Amphinomous die?
Spear through the back from Telemachus
Which ghostly king do the suitors talk to in the Underworld
Agamemnon
which gods break up the fight with the suitors' families and Odysseus?
Zeus and Athena
What does Penelope ask Odysseus to do to prove his identity?
She asks him to move their bed out from the room
Why can't Odysseus do what Penelope asks him to?
How does Melanthius die?
cut of ears, nose, hands, feet, private parts, then gets his throat cut