Eumaeus
This is Eumaeus’s job on Ithaca.
What is a swineherd
The suitor that is rude to Eumaeus.
What is Antonious?
The Greek Poet who is traditionally credit with writing The Odyssey.
What is Homer?
The quality that defines Odysseus’s strategy.
What is Patience?
This symbolic object in Eumaeus’s story shows hospitality and shared hardship.
What is the cloak.
Antinous throws this object at Odysseus.
What is a stool?
This type of poem The Odyssey is.
What is an epic poem?
This is what Odysseus is secretly preparing for against the suitors.
What is revenge?
This theme is reinforced through Eumaeus’s treatment of strangers.
What is xenia (hospitality)?
The suitor who is relatively kind and respectful toward Odysseus when he first returns disguised as a beggar.
What is Amphinomus?
This is the total number of books in The Odyssey
What is 24 books?
The trait Odysseus shows under insult.
What is restraint?
The character from another novel that Eumaeus compares to.
What is Dobby?
This character’s behavior toward Odysseus contrasts sharply with Eumaeus and represents betrayal.
What is Melanthius?
This idea refers to glory and reputation earned through deeds.
What is kleos?
This value is emphasized through Telemachus as he begins to assert authority and stand up to the suitors.
What is leadership?
The contrast between Eumaeus and Melanthius highlights this central theme.
What is loyalty vs. betrayal?
This deliberate choice by Odysseus in the hall serves both as a disguise and as a methodical way to measure each suitor’s moral character.
What is begging from each suitor individually?
The total amount of lines in The Odessey.
What is 12,110?
The value that Homer ultimately praises.
What is loyalty?