Characters
This character secretly encourages the beggar to try the challenge
Who is Telemachus
Ultimatum
"Paused now where a column propped the sturdy roof, with one of her loyal handmaids stationed either side, and delivered an ultimatum to her suitors" (Homer 426).
What is a final proposition, condition, or demand
The suitors insult Odysseus by suggesting he wants to try the bow because he had too much of this to drink
What is the scar on Odysseus's leg due to?
What is a boar
Who does Odysseus reveal his true self to first?
Who is Eumaeus
Odysseus asks Eumaeus to perform this important action once the bow is placed in his hands
What is locking the women's doors inside the house
How does Antinous respond to Leodes about Leodes not being able to bend the bow?
What is meanly, harshly, and calls him "girly"
Who is the "God of Archers"?
Who is Apollo
Genteel
"Clearly your genteel mother never bred her boy for the work of bending bows and shooting arrows" (Homer 429).
What is free from vulgarity or rudeness
After stringing the bow, Odysseus tests it by plucking the string, which sounds like this birds's song?
What is the song of a swallow
Book 21 builds suspense for Book 22 by foreshadowing this major event
What is the slaughter/revenge against the suitors
Who is Odysseus's cowherd?
Who is Philoetius
Reveler
"Don't let that ruin the feast for any reveler here"(Homer 434).
Telemachus almost succeeds in stringing the bow, but Odysseus stops him with this subtle action
What is a secret signal or nod
What competition do the suitors compete in to win Penelope?
What is they take turns shooting the bow through the axes.
The first suitor to take a turn shooting the bow
Who is Leodes
Galling
"It's less the marriage that mortifies me now- that's galling too" (Homer 432).
What is markedly irritating
What creature does Antinous say was driven mad by wine?
What is a centaur
Antinous orders the servants to use this substance on the bow to soften it for the suitors
What is fat or grease