Odyssey Flashcards
Odyssey quotes
How does the Cyclops respond to Odysseus’ comment on Zeus
“we cyclops care not a jot for Zeus”
Blinding of the cyclops - eye description
“blazing eyeball”
“Very roots of his eye crackled”
Odysseus fake name to the Cyclops
“my name is nobody”
Odysseus speech to Cyclops on xenia
“Zeus is there to avenge the suppliant and the guest”
Cyclops killing of two men
‘dashed their heads against the floor as though they had been puppies’
Cyclops Curse
“Come home late, in evil plight, with all his comrades dead”
“landed by foreign ship”
“find trouble in his home”
At Laestrygonians how many survive?
‘my ship was safe but that was the end for the rest’
Laestrygonians killing men
harpooned their prey like fish
Odysseus makes Circe swear a solemn oath
‘no other mischief in store for me’
Odysseus manipulates Circe into freeing his men
could any ‘honest man’ eat and drin before he had “freed his men and seen them face to face”
Eurylochus on Odysseus’ leadership at Aeaea on Cyclops island
“This man’s recless folly that cost them their lives”
Odysseus warns his men against harming Hyperion’s cattle
“let us keep our hands off these cattle, or we shall come to grief”
