Suitors
The kindest suitor.
Who is Amphinomos?
The disguise Odysseus uses.
What is a beggar?
The name of the person who beats Iros in a fight.
Who is Odysseus?
The Ancient Greek code of guests.
What is Xenia?
This person said, "Clear out, Grandfather,/or else be hauled out by the ankle bone./See them all giving me the wink? That means,/ 'Go on and drag him out!' I hate to do it./Up with you! Or would you like a fist fight?"
Who is Irus?
This suitor who throws a stool at Odysseus, but instead hits a servant.
Who is Eurymachus?
The goddess who gives Odysseus power before his fight with Iros.
Who is Athena?
This character was told to go downstairs to the suitors by Athena.
The person who violates Xenia by making their guests fight.
Who is Antínoös?
The person who chuckled, "By god, old Iros now retiros."
Who is Antínoös?
The most antagonistic suitors.
Who are Antínoös and Eurymachus?
This is the reason Odysseus hesitates before striking Iros.
What is his desire to avoid killing Iros and/or revealing his identity and strength?
Iros' real name.
Who is Arnaeus?
This group ignores their responsibilities in Odysseus' home.
Who are the suitors?
The person who said, "Ho,/listen to him! The swine can talk your arm off,/like an old woman! With two punches/I'd knock him snoring."
Who is Iros?
The literary device used when the suitor's do not now Odysseus true identity.
What is dramatic irony?
The advantage that Odysseus gains by remaining disguised among the suitors.
What is learning their true character?
This character advises the suitors to treat Odysseus better, warning that he could be a god in disguise.
Who is Amphinomus?
These actions incur the wrath of the Gods and their own demise.
What are the suitor's violations of Xenia.
The person who said, "Housemaids of Odysseus,/ your master so long absent in the world,/ go to the women's chambers, to you queen./Attend her, make the distaff whirl, divert her,/ stay in her room, comb wool for her."
Who is Odysseus?
The suitors meal after Odysseus knocks out Iros. (Must be exact!)
What is blood and fat-filled roast goat stomachs?