Odyssey Flashcards
I have not ceased to hope that Odysseus may return
book 19, penelope hoping for his return
I eat my heart out in longing for odysseus
book 19 - penelope longing for odysseus
I have to devise tricks to decive them
book 19 - penelope talking about the tricks she uses to stop the suitors
The gods have driven you crazy
book 23 - not beliving the nurse that Oddseus has returned
Why do you keep your distance from my father like this?
Book 23 - Telemachus to Penelope when she is not going to Odsseus
No other woman would have the perversity to hold out like this against a husband
bk 23 - telemachus to penelope again when she won’t go to odsseus - not acting normal
Move the great bed outside the bedroom that he himself built
bk 23 - Penelope goading odsseus into proving that it is him
welcome friend…you can tell us why you are here after you have had some food
bk 1 - telemachus welcoming athene - xenia
a choice of delicacies
bk 1 - the food given to athene
seated her there with a stool for her feet
bk 1 - xenia
the courteus telemachus
bk 1 - shows his character
but first follow me inside and let me offer you hospitality
bk 5 - calypso to hermes, offering xenia
“some abrosia on the table” “cup of red nectar”
bk 5 - food of gods
bathed him…dressed him in sweet smelling clothes
bk 5 - calypso to odysseus giving him xenia - gift giving
stowed to skins…one full of dark wine…one of water
bk 5
leather sack of grain … of appetizing meats
bk 5
In the hope you may give us hospitality… kind gifts that host customairly give their guests
bk 9 - odysseus seeking xenia from polyphemus
your duty to the gods
bk 9 - polyphemus not giving xenia
stranger you must be a fool” “to order me to fear or reverence the gods
polyphemus directly disrespecting the gods
we cyclopes care nothing for zeus
again going against the gods
seized a couple and dashed their heads against the floor
polyphemus killing some of the men
