Show:
Telemachus
Penelope
Athena/Odysseus
The Suitors
Bonus!!!!
100
Does Telemachus recognize Odysseus at first?
No
100
Why does Penelope explode?
She finds out the suitors are plotting to kill Telemachus.
100
What happens after Athena makes Odysseus recognizable to Telemachus?
Telemachus and Odysseus start crying.
100
Which person wants to kill Telemachus "on the spot" (Hint: Worst suitor)
Antinous
100
What does Telemachus want Odysseus to wait for before they execute the plan?
"a sign from Zeus"
200
Who does Telemachus think Odysseus is?
A god.
200
Why does Penelope decide to eavesdrop on the suitors?
an inspiration took her
200
What is Athena afraid of?
That Eumeaus will tell Penelope Odysseus returned.
200
Who is "plotting the prince's murder in his mind"?
Eurymachus
200
Where do the "priceless gifts" from Telemachus' boat go?
Clytius' house
300
Who plots to kill Telemachus when he reaches the palace?
The suitors
300
Who tells Penelope of the plot?
Her herald (Medon), she overhears as well
300
Eumaeus tells Telemachus the beggar is from which island?
Crete "Crete's broad land"
300
Who says "What a blow! The gods have saved this boy from a bloody death!"
Antinous
300
What is the name of Penelope's herald?
Medon
400
What is one of Telemachus' epithets?
clear-headed, gallant son,
400
Who "seal(s) (Penelope's) eyes with welcome sleep?"
Athena
400
Who says "I'd rather die, cut down in my own house" then to watch the suitor's draining the house white?
Odysseus
400
Who thought "his little jaunt would come to grief!"
Eurymachus
400
What do Telemachus and Odysseus eat for their dinner?
A yearling pig
500
Who does Telemachus send to tell Penelope he is home?
Eumaeus
500
Who is the man that "pleases Penelope the most"?
Amphinomus
500
What does Telemachus tell the stranger (Odysseus) about Odysseus' bed?
"Lying empty, blanketed now with filthy cobwebs"
500
Who is the man that "pleases Penelope the most"?
Amphinomus
500
What happened to King Laertes?
He pines away for Telemachus when Telemachus sets sail for Pylos, and did not eat or drink; he is wasting away.