book 19
the weapon Penelope said that she was going to use as an obstacle in her attempt to pick a suitor to marry.
What are axe heads?
The two signs/good omens Odysseus gets after he prays to Zeus.
What is a thunderclap and who is the servant cursing the suitors?
Definition of wastrels.
What is a wasteful or good for nothing person?
The amount of years that the war lasted.
What is 10 years?
the pronunciation of Telemachus.
Who is tuh-leh-mu-kuhs?
The reason Odysseus declined the bed.
Why is Odysseus used to being a beggar?
The goddess Penelope calls on when she can’t sleep.
Who is Artemis?
Definition of incorrigible.
What is not able to be corrected, improved, or reformed?
The woman that was fought over.
Who was Helen?
The pronunciation of Eumaeus.
Who is u-may-us?
The person who sees Telemachus and Odysseus removing the arms.
Who is Eurycleia?
Theoclymenus’s prediction.
What are portents of inescapable doom?
Definition of portent.
What is a sign or warning that something, especially something momentous or calamitous, is likely to happen?
The man that the most beautiful woman was married to.
Who was Menelaus?
The pronunciation of Eurymachus.
Who is u-rim-a-cuss?
The person that distracts Penelope from recognizing Odysseus’s scar.
Who is Athena?
The image seen in the sky that’s a warning of doom.
What is an eagle with a dove in its talons?
Definition of lissom.
What is thin, supple, and graceful?
The three goddesses that tried to claim the apple of discord that said, “for the fairest.”
Who were Athena, Aphrodite, and Hera?
The pronunciation of Theoclymenos
Who is Thee-ock-lih-men-us?
The amount of geese that Penelope saw in her dream.
How many is 20?
The person that convinces the suitors to call off the murder of Telemachus.
Who is Amphinomus?
Definition of vagrant.
who is a person without a settled home or regular work who wanders from place to place and lives by begging?
the only deity not invited to the wedding.
Who was Eris?
The pronunciation of Ctesippus.
who is the-sip-puss?