Important Characters
Name 3 characters that know Odysseus' identity in book 19.
Eurycleia, Telemachus, Athena
Who hides the weapons?
Telemachus
Who is disguised as a beggar?
Odysseus
What is Penelopes plan for choosing a suitor to marry?
Contest with axes
Where does Odysseus say he is from to Penelope?
Crete
How does Penelope test Odysseus in book 19?
She asks what clothes Odysseus was wearing and how he and his men looked.
What is the name of the servant who scolds Odysseus?
Melantho
How did the maid recognize Odysseus?
By noticing the scar on his foot.
What was Odysseus Hunting when he got a scar on his foot.
A boar
How long was Penelope able to postpone the marriage with the suitors thanks to her plan.
3 Years.
What is the name of the servant who recognizes Odysseus?
Eurycleia
Name one of the excuses the suitors hear for why the weapons are gone?
1. The soot damaged them, they are now rusted.
2. When you are drunk you could hurt each other.
What are the two animals in Penelopes dream?
Eagle and geese
What was Penelope's plan to postpone the marriage with the suitors?
Weaving and unweaving the sheet to shroud laertes.
What did Athena do to Penelope at the end of the book?
Made her got to sleep.
Where do Odysseus and Athena hatch their plan?
In the hall.
How many geese appear in Penelopes dream
20
How does Melantho threaten Odysseus
She said she will torch him
Who lit up the palace walls for Telemachus?
Athena
What does Penelope say to reveal her loyalty?
"I miss Odysseus; my heart is melting"