potpourri
guile, pride, unselfishness,
What are 3 character traits of an epic hero?
deadly singers
sirens
He says, "Are you flesh and blood Odysseus, to endure more than a man can?"
Who is Eurylochus?
What the cyclops does to O's men
What is eats them?
How Penelope tricks the suitors for 3 years.
She weaves by day and unweaves the shroud by night.
This is why O wants to meet the cyclops.
What is an exciting challenge? curiosity?
Odysseus's homeland
What is Ithaca?
Why O said this as they approached Scylla and Charybdis - "But as I sent them toward Scylla, I told them nothing, as they could do nothing."
What is so they wouldn't panic and abandon their duties?
How O's men avoided the sirens
What is beeswax in their ears?
What Eurymachus tries to bribe Odysseus with after Antinous is killed
What is restitution and a tithe of cattle?
Part 1 is mainly about this.
What is the influence of the gods?
a dangerous whirlpool
What is Charybdis?
He says, "What other woman could remain so cold? Who shuns her lord, and he come back to her from wars and wandering, after 20 years?"
Who is Telemachus?
What Athena disguises O as when he gets back to Ithaca
What is a beggar?
Only one to recognize the disguised Odysseus.
What is his dog Argus, or the maid
This trait of Odysseus is shown by his stringing the bow and shooting through the axeheads.
What is his skill as a marksman?
a sea monster with six dog-like heads
What is Scylla?
When O says to Telemachus "This is not princely, to be swept away by wonder at your father's presence," we can infer this.
What is Greek princes were expected to show little emotion?
What happens to O's men after they eat the cattle and sail away again?
They are drowned.
trick Penelope uses to find out if Odysseus is really who he says he is.
What is their bed?
The reason the episode with Penelope and Odysseus and the bed is important.
What is, it foreshadows the ending?
One-eyed giant
Who is the cyclops?
Three reasons why Odysseus a victim of the gods
or three reasons why he is a victim of his own curiosity.
What are: Poseidon has it out for him, his men kill the cattle of Helios, Calypso and Circe enchant and imprison him?
What are: he wants to see the cyclops, his pride makes him yell out his name to the cyclops, he stops on the island of the Cicones or the Laestrygonians?
He hides the armor of the suitors for Odysseus
Who is Telemachus?
Character trait revealed by lying about his name to the cyclops.
What is guile?