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Book 5 Flashcards

1
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At the council of gods what is Athene concerned about?

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Odysseus as Calypso is keeping him captive and not letting him go. Also Telemachus his sons because Penelope’s suitors are plotting to kill him.

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What is Zeus’ decision?

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He will let Odysseus get home by building a raft. Once he reaches the land of Scherie, the rich country of the Phaeacians, they will help him home in a ship.

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In the council of gods what does Hermes do?

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Puts on his gold sandals and picks up his wand which he uses to send people to sleep or to wake them.

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What is Hermes compared to?

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A seagull.

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When Hermes arrives what is Odysseus doing?

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He is on the shore thinking and crying.

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When Odysseus is on the shore how is he described?

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Disconsolate.

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When Calypso see Hermes how does she break the laws of xenia?

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She asks him what brings him here.

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However how does she correct herself and offer xenia?

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She invites him inside and offers her hospitality, with a cup of nectar and Ambrosia.

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How does Calypso reply to Hermes announcement?

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She shudders because she rescued Odysseus from death and so believes that she should be able to do what she wants with him.

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Why is she annoyed at Zeus?

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He is the one who put Odysseus in this position as he struck his ship. She is also annoyed as male gods can sleep with mortals but she cannot.

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How has Calypso helped Odysseus?

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She rescued him, welcoming him with open arms and tendered him.

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Why does she agree to let Zeus go?

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Because he has ordered it.

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How did she say she would help Odysseus?

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She would give him direction and bring him safe and sound home.

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What did she offer Odysseus?

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To become ageless.

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When we first meet Odysseus he is crying, why?

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He misses his family and home.

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Why is it surprising that he is crying?

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He is brave, strong and a fierce warrior.

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What does Calypso tell Odysseus?

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To fell some trees and to build a raft.

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Why is Odysseus worried at this request?

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He thinks Calypso is tricking him because the kind of boat she is suggesting could never make the journey.

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What did Calypso swear by to prove she wasn’t lying?

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The Earth, the sky and the Styx.

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20
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What does Odysseus tell Calypso that is nimble-witted?

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That his wife isn’t as good as Calypso in looks or in figure.

21
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Why does Odysseus say this nimble-witted thing?

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He doesn’t want to get hurt because he wants to leave.

22
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After agreeing to let Odysseus go what does Calypso do?

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Bathes him and dresses him in sweet smelling clothes. Now he is dressed like a real hero.

23
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What did Calypso give Odysseus to build raft?

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Axe, boring tool, adze and material for the sail.

24
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How many trees does Odysseus use to build the raft?

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20.

25
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What is the raft powered by?

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Wind.

26
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What does the building of the boat highlight about Odysseus?

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His physical and practical abilities as he single-handedly constructed a boat himself with all the skill of an experienced shipwright.

27
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What does Calypso give him to survive?

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Dark wine, water, grain and meat.

28
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How does Odysseus navigate?

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Using the stars and constellations.

29
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How long did Odysseus’ journey last?

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18 days.

30
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What does Poseidon do?

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Send a storm.

31
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What does Odysseus wish for during the storm?

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Wishes for death and that he had died in the Trojan war, so that he could have a proper burial.

32
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Why would he want to die in battle?

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Kleos - noble to die in battle.

33
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Who helps Odysseus get back onto the raft?

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Ino, the daughter of Cadmus.

34
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What does Ino tell Odysseus to do?

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Take off his clothes and put a veil around his waist and to swim to the shore.

35
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What did Ino tell Odysseus to do once he reached the shore?

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To throw the veil into the sea and not to look back.

36
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Why does Odysseus do what Ino said to straight away?

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He thinks it is a trick by the gods.

37
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What breaks Odysseus raft?

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Poseidon sends a monster wave.

38
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When Odysseus is clinging to a rock during a storm what does Athene do and why?

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She comes to his aid because he is a hero, a lesser mortal would not have been worth attending to.

39
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What are Odysseus’ feeling when he lands of Scherie?

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Relief.

40
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Why was it hard for Odysseus to land?

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There were no coves, no harbours, no headlands jutting out, sheer rocks or jagged reefs.

41
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How does Odysseus get to land in the end?

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He prays to the river god.

42
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What does the river god do?

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Calms the stream so that he can swim up it.

43
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What does he do once through the river?

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Remembers to throw the veil which Ino gave him back into the sea.

44
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What dangers does Odysseus face once on land?

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Being eaten by beasts if he falls asleep too far in land, may die of frost bite or drenching dew.

45
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How does Odysseus overcome the dangers of land?

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He finds two olive trees which he can keep himself dry with, this means he can sleep safely.

46
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How is Odysseus shown to portray nostos?

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He is portrayed as loyal as he is thinking about his home and his wife. He sleeps with Calypso, as if he rejected he she wouldn’t have helped him.

47
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How does he show his intelligence in book 5?

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He tells Calypso she is more beautiful than Penelope so not to offend her.

48
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How is Odysseus’ determination shown?

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He will do anything to get home which involved sailing out onto unsafe sea with only a boat he built in 4 days. He wasn’t scared of the unknown and this also makes him brave.

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