Chapters of the Odyssey Flashcards
Narrator calls upon muse to help tell the story of Odysseus
Book 1
All the gods but Poseidon gather and listen to Zeus talk about failures of mortal men
Book 1
Athena asked on behalf of Odysseus for the gods to tell Calypso to let him go
Book 1
Athene travels to Ithaca in disguise as Mentes and instructs Telemachus to:
a) call an assembly and order suitors away
b) sail away to Pylos and Sparta
c) kill the suitors on his return
Book 1
Athene shrouds Odysseus in a mist to protect him from the Phaeacians
Book 7
Odysseus is amazed by the splendour of Alcinous’s palace
Book 7
Nausicaa, the Phaeacian princess, shows him to the royal palace
Book 7
Odysseus visits Eumaeus’s hut
Book 14
Odysseus returns home to Ithaca
Book 13
The Phaeacian ship turns to stone and sinks
Book 13
Odysseus is left on the beach asleep
Book 13
Odysseus leaves Scherie
Book 13
Athene appears to Odysseus on a beach in disguise
Book 13
Athens reveals her true identity to Odysseus
Book 13
Athene tells Odysseus about the suitors
Book 13
Athens changes Odysseus to look like a beggar
Book 13
What is the point of book 13
Re-establishes Athene as a direct supporter of Odysseus after her absence in books 9-12
Reminds the reader of the suitors
Builds tension of reunion for Odysseus’s family
Eumaeus offers hospitality to the beggar Odysseus
Book 14
What are 3 terms to describe book 13?
Stone Ship
Beach
Gifts
Eumaeus is convinced Odysseus is dead
Book 14
Odysseus tells his second Cretan tale
Book 14
What is the point of book 14?
To show Odysseus is a good master
To show a good example of Xenia
“Calm before the storm”
Name 3 terms which summarise book 14
Eumaeus’s hut
Good Xenia
Cretan tale
Telemachus returns from Sparta
Book 15
Eumaeus tells how he was kidnapped as a child
Book 15
What is one hook of book 15?
Telemachus’s return
Telemachus goes to Eumaeus’s hut
Book 16
Telemachus sends Eumaeus to the palace
Book 16
Odysseus and Telemachus reunite
Book 16
Telemachus’s ship avoids the ambush
Book 16
Antinous is angry about the failed ambush
Book 16
What is the point of book 16?
The plot is put into action
Beginning of the end
First of the recognition scenes
Who is the first person to recognise Odysseus?
Telemachus
Who is the second person to recognise Odysseus?
Argus
Who is the third person to recognise Odysseus?
Eurycleia
Who is the fourth person to recognise Odysseus?
Eumaeus
Who is the fifth person to recognise Odysseus?
Penelope
Who is the final person to recognise Odysseus?
Laertes
What is the order of the recognition scenes?
Telemachus Argus Eurycleia Eumaeus Penelope Laertes
Who is the hook of book 16?
Father and son reunion
Odysseus fights Arnaeus, another beggar
Book 18
What is the hook of book 17
Telemachus, Eumaeus and Odysseus return to the palace
What is the hook of book 18?
Fight with the beggar and abuse by suitors
Penelope shares a prophetic dream with the beggar Odysseus
Book 19
Eurycleia recognises Odysseus by his scar
Book 19
What is the hook of book 19?
Foot-washing
Theoclymenus interprets the suitor’s bloody food as a bad omen
Book 20
We are told the background of Odysseus’s bow
Book 21
Penelope suggest a test of strength and skill
Book 21
Odysseus reveals himself to Eumaeus and Philoetius
Book 21
Odysseus strings the bow
Book 21
What is the point of book 21?
We are shown the contrast in the strength between Odysseus and the suitors
Odysseus needs an excuse to get a weapon
What is the hook of book 21?
The bow
The battle occurs
Book 22
Melanthio is gruesomely killed
Book 22
The maids are hanged
Book 22
