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Odysseus' Return
The Suitors
The Challenge/Odysseus' Revenge
Penelope's Test
Greek Culture
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Why does Athena make Odysseus look like a beggar?

Athena makes Odysseus look like a beggar so that he is not recognized in Ithaca.

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Who is the suitor that confronts Odysseus when he first arrives at the palace?
Antinious
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What are the two parts to Penelope's challenge?

String Odysseus' bow and shoot an arrow through 12 rings/axes.

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Why does Penelope test Odysseus?
Penelope tests Odysseus to prove he is really her husband.
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The Greeks were known for worshiping these 

gods/goddesses and heroes

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Why does Athena send Odysseus to Eumaeus?

She knows he can be trusted and Odysseus needs to find out what is happening at his home. 

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What does Antinous throw at Odysseus?

Antinous throws a stool

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After Odysseus completes the challenge, who is the first suitor that he kills?

Antinous

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What does Penelope ask her servant to do for Odysseus?

She asks the servant to carry out their marriage bed.

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Which important custom are the suitors guilty of violating?

The laws of hospitality

300

What does Telemachus think his father is at first? Why does he think this?

Telemachus thinks his father is a god because Athena has changed Odysseus from a beggar to a man in front of him.

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What does one of the suitors say Odysseus (dressed as a beggar) could have been?
He says he could have been a god simply disguised as a beggar.
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After Odysseus kills Antinous what does the suitor, Eurymachus, tell Odysseus?

Eurymachus says that Antinous was their leader and they were only following his orders. He asks for forgiveness and says he and the other suitors will pay Odysseus back.

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Why is Odysseus upset about his bed being moved?

He is upset because he built their bed with his own hands.

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Which Greek values does Penelope embody the most?

Loyalty and intelligence

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What is Telemachus supposed to remove from the palace?

Telemachus is supposed to remove all weapons and armor from the palace.

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What is Telemachus doing while his father is being ridiculed by the suitors? Why?
Telemachus is doing nothing but watching because that is what his father told him to do.
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DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!
Name the 2 men who help Odysseus and Telemachus kill the suitors. How does Odysseus promise to reward them for their help?

Eumaeus (the swineherd) and Philoetius (the cowherd). Odysseus vows to treat them as his own sons.

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How does Odysseus prove to Penelope that he is her husband?

He describes their bed and says that it never could have been moved because it was carved from a living tree which still has roots.

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How do the Gods intervene at the end of the story?

They prevent the families of the suitors from seeking revenge for the deaths of their sons/brothers. 

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Who recognizes Odysseus and how?

Eurycleia the maid. She recognizes the scar on his leg as she is washing his feet. 

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What is Athena doing to the suitors as Odysseus is learning who to kill and who to spare?

She is inspiring them to be especially cruel/bad in order to further provoke Odysseus' anger. 

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What role does Athena play in Odysseus' revenge on the suitors? 

She protects Odysseus, Telemachus, Eumaeus, and  Philoetius by deflecting the arrows away.

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Why does Penelope know that Odysseus must be telling the truth about the bed?
She knows he is being truthful because no one besides Odysseus and one of Penelope's maids has seen their bed.
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DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!

List all 7 traits of an Epic Hero

Super-human qualities
flawed/still human
must conquer difficult tasks
on a quest for something of great value
villains try to stop him
honors the Gods first
physically beautiful