Book 14 summary Flashcards
1
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How does this book start?
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- Odysseus, still disguised as a beggar, walks to Eumaeus’ house
2
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What happens when Odysseus reaches Eumaeus’ house?
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- Eumaeus invites Odysseus in to eat, drink and tell his story
3
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What does Odysseus say to Eumaeus after being invited in?
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- He thanks the swineherd for his hospitality
- Eumaeus answers that Zeus decrees that everyone be kind to beggars and strnagers
4
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What does Eumaeus say about the suitors?
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- He complains that the suitors eat all the best hogs without fearing the revenge of the gods, who honour the just acts of men
- He says that the suitors must think Odysseus dead, because they shamelessly deplete what was once the richest realm in this part of the world
5
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What life story does Odysseus tell Eumaeus?
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- He was born in Crete as the unlawful son of a rich man and a concubine
- As a young man, he loved adventure and war, but not home and family- he won honour in battle and took a lot of treasure from foreign lands
- Then he led a fleet in the Trojan war, battled for ten years and came home, but he set out a month later for Egypt to seek more treasure
6
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In Odysseus’ fake life story, what happened when he went to Egypt?
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- His men killed and plundered in the Egyptian farms against his will, and an army from the Egyptian city came and killed or enslaved the whole crew
- He escaped by begging the King for mercy
- He stayed in Egypt for 7 years and collected a great fortune
7
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What happened in Odysseus’ fake story when he left Egypt?
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- He left with a Phoenician con man, who convinced him to go to Libya
- However, Zeus struck their ship with lightning, and he was the only survivor
8
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What happened in Odysseus’ story when his ship was struck by lightning?
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- He floated on the ship’s mast for nine days until he reached Thesprotia
9
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What happened when ‘Odysseus’ reached Thesprotia?
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- King Phidon treated him kindly, and told him that Odysseus was sailing home with great treasure
- Phidon sent him to the city of Dulichion by ship, but the crew of the ship dresses him in rags and tied him up on an Ithaca beach
- Finally, he escaped and stumbled across Eumaeus’ home.
10
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How does Odysseus test Eumaeus’ generosity?
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- He describes a freezing, snowy night during the Trojan war, when he complained to Odysseus that he was about to die from the cold
- Odysseus then sent one of his own men on a made up mission, so that B.O could take his cloak
- Eumaeus praises the story and lends B.O a cloak of his own
