People
This person washes the feet of Odysseus
Eurycleia
Father of Odysseus
Laertes
What important personality traits causes Aeolus to help Odysseus?
He thinks that Odysseus is the only human that uses his mind. (Strategic & Cunning)
Which two loyal servants recognize Odysseus in his disguise?
Eurycleia the nurse when she sees the scar form the board and Eumaeus the swine herd.
What important element of Greek culture do the suitors defy? (Also a theme)
Hospitality
This person tries to string the bow first
Telemachus
This person is the cowherd who almost recognizes Odysseus
Philoteus
What theme and motif attributed to Athena are ongoing in the story?
The motif of disguise supports the theme of appearance versus reality as a way Athena serves as the mentor archetype.
How did PENELOPE ruse (trick) the suitors?
She pretended to weave a burial shroud for Laertes, but unraveled her work each night.
Name 3 femme fatale/seductresses archetype examples in The Odyssey.
Circe, Calypso, The Sirens
Kills his father's murderers but is punished by the gods for matricide.
Orestes
Prophet who interprets the signs of the suitors death and sees them as ghosts with blood everywhere and on the walls?
Theoclymenus
Name two examples of Odysseus' strategic and intelligent mind.
May include: designing the Trojan Horse, blinding Polyphemus, saying his name was no man, creating the plot to kill the suitors
What does Odysseus ask Eumaeus to do before the bow competition?
Gather up the weapons and armor with Telemachus, and shut the door to the women's quarters.
What is the climax of The Odyssey?
Odysseus successfully proves his identity by shooting an arrow through twelve axe handles, a feat which Penelope's suitors failed.
First suitor to die
This non-suitor gets butchered for handing out weapons to the suitors
Melanthius
Why don't the men immediately attack Odysseus after he kills Antinous?
They thought it was an accident because he was disguised as a beggar.
He tries to say it was all Antinous' fault
Who is Amphinomous and how does he die?
He is the nicest suitor who ignores Odysseus advice to leave and Telemachus kills him with a spear through his back.
Which king is the tragic protagonist of a tale of human sacrifice, murder and matricide?
Agamemnon
Which gods break up the fight with the suitors' families and Odysseus?
Zeus and Athena
What does Penelope ask Odysseus to do to prove his identity?
She asks him to move their bed out from the room to see if he knows it was made from a live tree.
What contest does Penelope design for the suitors?
String Odysseus' bow and shoot an arrow through 12 axes
How does Melanthius die?
cut of ears, nose, hands, feet, private parts, then gets his throat cut