Book 1 - A Goddess Intervenes Flashcards
A) Major Character(s) in Passage
B) Major Character(s) in Book One
A) Agamemnom’s son, Orestes
B) Athena, Zeus, Telemakhos
A) Setting(s) of Book One
B) Setting of Passage
A) Olympus and Ithaka
B) Unknown
Summary of Reading
Athena is in Olympus with Zeus and is concerned about Odysseus being lost at sea. She decides to help guide Odysseus back home. She disguises herself as the son of the veteran Ankhialos, Mentes as she lands in Ithaka. Athena catches the attention of Odysseus’s son, Telemakhos and tells him a way on helping his father find his way home. She orders what Telemkahos should/needs to do to bring his father back from sea.
Important Passage from Book One
My word, how mortals take the gods to task! All of their afflictions come from us, we hear! And what of their own failings? Greed and folly. Double the suffering in the lot of man.
