Odyssey part 2 quotes Flashcards
Athene at Phaeacia
“in her concern for his welfare, enveloped him in a thick mist”
Arete
“look on her as a goddess”
“settles even men’s disputes”
“recognised some clothes that she herself had made”
descriptions of Phaeacia
“large orchard of four acres”
“unlike your royal ways”
“shown themselves to us without disguise”
Demodocus
“sing the famous deeds of heroes”
“hid his face and sobbed”
Odysseus’ hubris on Phaeacia
“biggest discuss of all”
“I’m ready to meet and match myself against all comers”
Nausicaa
“remember me sometimes, since it is chiefly to me that you owe your life”
Hubris in Book 9
“the whole world talks of my stratagems, and my fame has reached the heavens”
“your eye was put out by Odysseus, sacker of cities”
Odysseus’ nostos in Book 9
“the clear skies of Ithaca”
“nurtures fine men”
Lotus eaters
“forget all thoughts of return”
“tied them up and dragged them under the benches”
Ismarus
“destroyed its menfolk” “women and the vast plunder”
“fools of men refused” “six of my strong-greaved comrades from each ship were killed”
The Cyclopes being violent
“dashed their heads against the floor” “brains ran on the ground”
lack of civilisation on the Cyclopes island
“fierce, lawless people”
“no assemblies for the making of laws”
Xenia and the Cyclopse
“had hoped of some friendly gifts from my host”
“we cyclopes care nothing for Zeus with his aegis”
Disguise and the Cyclopes
“as for my ship, it was wrecked”
“fuddled his wits”
“I will eat Nobody last”
Justice and the Cyclopes
“drove its sharpened end in to the Cyclops’ eye”
“let him come late… having lost all his comrades… and let him find trouble in his home”
