People Pt3-4
suitors
Vocab Pt3-4
100

who is the king of ithaca?

Odysseus of Ithaca (4.1.48).

100

why did the suitors have no weapons. 

Odysseus and Telemachus had removed all the weapons and armor from the room on the previous night (4.1.24-26).

100

“Odysseus’s arrow hit him under the chin….a river of mortal red, and one last kick upset his table” (4.1.43).

Imagery

200

when does the nurse discover that odysseus is really odysseus?

The nurse finds out that Odysseus is dressed up as a beggar because of the scare she sees on his foot.(4.2.31-33).    part 4

200

Who helped odysseus take down the suitors.

Odysseus and Telemachus had removed the weapons (4.1.24-26).

200

“Odysseus, master of land ways and seaways”(3.1.14).

Epithet

300

Who keeps changing odysseus into a bagger?

Athena makes Odysseus look taller,massive, crisping golden hair, and curls(4.2.102-105).

300

Did the suitor think odysseus would make it back?

You yellow dogs you thought I'd never make it back from troy (4.1.37-38).  

300

“Cries burst from both as keen and fluttering as those of the great taloned hawk whose nestlings farmers take before they fly” (3.1.75-77).

Epic simile

400

who is odysseus's wife?

Penelope (4.2.133-155).

400

What did penelope tell odysseus?

Penelope tricks odysseus by telling him to move the bed that is connected to the wall (4.2.133-144). 

400

“If he happened to be a god. You know they go in foreign guise the gods do look like strangers turning up in towns and settlements to keep an eye on manners, good or bad” (3.1.52-56).

Forshadowing

500

Who played the harp for the fake wedding?

phemius the harper (4.2.86).

500

Did any suitors escape?

Your last hour has come. You die in blood (4.1.43).

500

“Think of a catch that fishermen haul ....so lay the suitors heaped on one another” (4.1.137-141).

Epic simile