The Odyssey
The Mortals
(Q.I)
Oedipus
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The Odyssey
(Characters)
Oedipus
(Q.I)
The Odyssey
The Gods
(Q.I)
100
Disgrace, you say? I won't disgrace your line!
Who is Telemachus?
100
Man who blinds himself.
Who is Oedipus?
100
Murderer of Agamemnon.
Who is Aegisthus?
100
Oh my children, the new blood of ancient Thebes, why are you here? Huddling at my altar, praying before me, your branches wound in wool.
Who is Oedipus?
100
My heart breaks for Odysseus, that seasoned veteran cursed by fate so long.
Who is Athena?
200
Out one morning mist they came against us-- packed as the leaves and spears that flower forth in spring-- and Zeus presented us with disaster.
Who is Odysseus?
200
Wife of Oedipus.
Who is Jocasta?
200
Father of Odysseus.
Who is Laertes?
200
Blind who now has eyes, beggar who now is rich, he will grope his way toward foreign soil, a stick tapping before him step by step.
Who is Tiresias?
200
Lord Poseidon, I trust, will let his anger go. How can he stand his ground against the will of all the gods at once-- one god alone?
Who is Zeus?
300
We'll not go back to our old estates or leave for other parts, not till she weds the Argive man she fancies.
Who is Antinous?
300
Brother of Jocasta.
Who is Creon?
300
Loyal swineherd.
Who is Eumaeus?
300
Aieeeeeee-- many of agony-- that is the only name I have for you, that, no other-- ever, ever, ever!
Who is Jocasta?
300
Hold back, you men of Ithaca, back from brutal war! Break off-- shed no more blood--make peace at once!
Who is Athena?
400
That's the best we can do, we servants, always cowed by our high and mighty masters.
Who is Eumaeus?
400
The only witness of Lauis's murder.
Who is the shepherd?
400
Son of King Alcinous.
Who is Laodamas?
400
Still the king, the master of all things? No more: here your power ends.
Who is Creon?
400
You must travel down to the House of Death and the awesome one, Persephone.
Who is Circe?
500
You're a hard man, Odysseus. Your fighting spirit's stronger than ours, your stamina never fails.
Who is Eurylochus?
500
Oedipus's daughter.
Who is Antigone? (or Ismene)
500
People who live on a plant whose fruit induces stupor and forgetfulness of home.
Who are the Lotus-Eaters?
500
Now as we keep our watch and wait the final day, count no man happy till he dies, free of pain at last.
Who is the chorus?
500
I will lose all my honor now among the immortals, now there are mortal men who show me no respect.
Who is Poseidon?
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