Coming-of-Age
Vocabulary
Identification
Themes
A mix from the Odyssey
100
What is another term for maturation or growing up
coming-of-age, or rite of passage
100
Nickname or epithet for Sparta
What is Lacedaemon
100
She is holding Odysseus hostage
Calypso
100
In Book 5, she gives him clothes, etc. She shows him where the forest in to cut the lumber and make a raft.
Using the text, explain how Calypso is hospitable towards Odysseus in book 5. Answers will vary.
100
What is the name of Nestor's son?
Pisastratus
200
Telemachus
Who is Odysseus' son?
200
What is the name of the first place Telemachus visits?
Pylos
200
What Leucothea gives Odysseus in book 5
She gives Odysseus a scarf of immortality
200
The term Odyssey means?
Journey, expedition
200
What role does Hermes play in Book 5?
Goes to the island of Ogygia and tells Calypso that Odyseuss is going home.
300
THe age of 20
Telemachus age
300
this word means to boil or brew (in this case with anger)
What is seething
300
1. What is the name of the man who kills Agamemnon. 2. This is one of Athena's epithet.
Aegistus Pallas
300
This word exhibits the contrast between the hospitality offered to Telemachus by Menelaus and how the uninvited suitors are destroying Penelope's palace
juxtaposition
300
What advice does Nestor give Telemachus in book 3 that has to do with him coming-of-age? Why will this advice help him come-of-age?
Go on the journey, but don't stay away too long.
400
What does Nestor tell Telemachus to do?
Nestor tells Telemachus to visit him because he might know the where-abouts of his father.
400
This word is defined as in pieces and/or a mess. It is said by Telemachus when he s describing his palace since the suitors have taken over.
shambles
400
What is the name of the young man that seeks revenge on Agamemnon's death? First say his name and then spell it.
Orestes
400
What is the story and be specific using textual evidence from book 4 that Menelaus tells Telemachus
To destroy A sea monster.
400
In book 4, what does Athena do to calm down Penelope when she realizes her son, Telemachus has gone off to search for his father, Odysseus?
Duplicates a shadow woman that resassures her that Telemachus is safe and no harm will come to him b/c he is being protected by Athena.
500
This goddess advises Telemachus to banish the suitors from his palace.
Athena
500
What does the word harangue mean?
to lecture
500
Who devises the plan at the end of book 4? What is the plan be specific?
Antinous--wants to kill Telemachus
500
Answers will vary. By calling a meeting in the palace and telling the suitors they must leave his home and going to look for his father.
Explain 2 ways that Telemachus has begun to come-of-age
500
Who is Odysseus' arch enemy in the Odyssey? Why? How does Poseidon take revenge on Odysseus in book 5?
Odysseus blinded Poseidon's Cyclops son, Polyphemus. In book 5, Poseiodn creates a hectic storm for Odyseuss to combat.
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