Odyssey Book 1 Flashcards
How is odysseus described in the introduction
Resourceful
Whom did odysseus fail
His crew
How were they to blame
They ate hyperions cattle
Why can poseidon not intervene the discussion of the gods
He’s in Ethiopia for a sacrifice
Who is clytemnestras lover
Aegisthus
Who killed clytemnestra
Orestes
Where is odysseus
Calypsos island ogygia
How long has odysseus been at ogygia
Seven years
How long has odysseus been away total
20 years
Where has odysseus been before book 1
The trojan war
What two things does athene prompt zeus to do
Let her visit ithica and send hermes to calypso
Who is the son of odysseus
Telemachus
Who does athene disguise herself as in book 1
Mentes
What is the technical term for the introduction of the odyssey
Proem
What is kleos
Reputation
What is xenia
Hospitality
How are the suitors offending xenia
Ignoring mentes and eating odysseus livelihood
How does telemachus show good xenia
Invites mentes in and gives him food before questioning
What does athene persuade telemachus to do
Call an assembly and challenge the suitors then go to pylos and sparta to see nestor and menelaus
Of what is telemachus unsure in book 1
That he is odysseus son
What does telemachus do at the end of book 1
Challenge his mother and suitors
What is the relationship between athene zeus and poseidon
Daughter of zeus, neice of poseidon
Name 2 suitors
Antinous and eurymachus
