Knowledge Flashcards
test on the 24 books in the epic
What is xenia?
guest hospitality/friendship
What is nostos?
Home
What is oikos?
the household
(slaves, family, animals, land)
What is kleos?
reputation
who is the cyclops Odysseus blinded?
Polyphemus
Which God did Polyphemus getting blinded anger? Why?
Poseidon. He is Polyphemus’ father
Who is Odysseus’ wife?
Penelope
Who is Odysseus’ child?
Telemachus
Why does Athene speak to Telemachus in book 1?
To act as a mentor towards him, allowing him to mature and find out about his father so they can take down the suitors together
Why does Athene set her plan into motion when she does?
Poseidon is in Ethiopia so she can begin without him causing any setbacks due to his rage for Odysseus
Where is Odysseus in book 5? How long has he been there?
Calypso’s island, Ogygia
7 years
What fake name does Odysseus give Polyphemus?
nobody, which also means metis
Who eats odysseus’ men in book 10?
The Laestragonians
What is it like on Calypso’s island? Does Ody like it?
It is an idyllic paradise yet he is miserable and years for his home
What does Calypso offer Odysseus which he refuses?
Immortality
What do the suitors want?
To marry Penelope
(and kill Telemachus)
How long does Odysseus stay with Circe
1 year
What does Circe do to Odysseus’ men?
Turns them into pigs
Who must Odysseus see in the underworld? why?
Tieresias
To prophecise his future (see how he will die, if he will return etc.)
How did Odysseus’ mum (Anticleia) die?
Heartache for Odysseus
Which monsters must Odysseus get past in book 12?
Scylla and Charibdis
Why does Aeolus not help Odysseus the second time he goes to his island?
He believes he is hated by the Gods and is cursed by them
which book does these words best describe?
assembly, message,materials,sea,veil
book 5
which book does these words best describe?
clothes, permission, awaken, intervention, flattery
book 6
