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people
100
who wins the competition for Penelope's marriage?
odysseus (page 404-405, lines 460-485)
100
who wakes penelope up, and what is their purpose behind it?
The nurse, and she wants to alert Penelope that the king Odysseus has returned (page 429 lines 1-4)
100
who is odysseus' dad
laertes
200
Who was the first to try and fail the competition?
Telemakhos (page 394-395, lines 120-150)
200
How many shots did Odysseus miss with his bow, while he still had arrows?
absolutely none (page 413, lines 126-128)
200
what does Penelope believe has happened to the person that has warned her?
she thinks that the gods have touched the nurse and made her believe the story , though it is true (page 429 lines 12-18)
200
which two herdsmen helped odysseus in battle
eumaios and philoitios
300
who are the two men that Odysseus reveals himself to and what is the their occupation?
Eumaios and philoitios, they were herdsmen (page 397, lines 215-232)
300
who was the first suitor to be killed and how did they die?
the first suitor to die was Antinoos and he died by an arrow through his throat that had come from Odysseus. (page 409, lines 10-16)
300
what is Penelope's first reaction when she sees odysseus, though she does not recognize him?
she does not run toward him, and Telemakhos shouts at her and asks her why is she not happy (page
400
what orders did Odysseus give the two men that were going to assist him in battle against the suitors?
he told one to lock the gate surrounding the city in Ithaka, and he told the other to have the women lock their doors and keep quiet and to also lock up the storeroom where the weapons were being stored. (page 398, lines 259-269)
400
what did the two herdsmen do to Melanthios when they caught him in the store room?
they hung him from his hands and feet (page 415, lines 211-213)
400
who does odysseus feast with
his father laertes
500
Who spoke directly after the competition had ended and the winner had been determined?
Telemakhos, and he was saying that the stranger that they had let into the city had not disgraced them. (page 405, lines 487-488)
500
which suitors did Odysseus spare the lives of?
he spared the lives of the minstrel Phemius and the herald Medon (page 420 lines 400-405)
500
why did his father not bathe
he was stressed that his son would not return