Odyssey quotes Flashcards
In Book 6 Odysseus’ hair becomes “as thick as the petals…
…of a hyacinth in bloom”
In Book 6 Nausicaa replies to Odysseus: “your manners show…
…you are not a bad man”
Book 6: “Princess…
…I am at your knees”
Book 6: “he was a gruesome sight…
…and the girls went scuttling off”
Book 6 - Nausicaa replies to Odysseus: “you must just…
…endure it”
Book 6 - Nausicaa: “I wish I could have a…
…man like him for a husband”
How did Athene help Odysseus get into the palace in book 7?
She “enveloped him in a thick mist in case some high-handed Phaeacian who crossed his path insulted him”
Book 7: “the Phaeacians extraordinary skill in handling ships…
…at sea is matched by the dexterity of their women folk”
Book 8: “you are more like a skipper…
…of a merchant crew” - Orylus
Book 8: “you are short…
…of brains” Odysseus’ reply to Orylus
Book 9: “I am Odysseus…
…Laertes son. The whole world talks of my stratagems”
Book 9: “I know no sweeter sight for a mans eyes…
…than his own country”
Book 9: “I sacked this city…
…and destroyed its menfolk” - The Cicones (Ismarus)
Book 9: Polyphemus “lived aloof…
…in his own lawless way”
Book 9: “we are your suppliants…
…and Zeus is the champion of suppliants and guests”
Book 9: Polyphemus - “Us Cyclopes…
…care nothing for Zeus and his aegis”
Book 9: Polyphemus - “devoured like a…
…mountain lion leaving nothing”
Book 9: Polyphemus - “I shall eat…
…Nobody last. That shall be your gift”
Book 9: Polyphemus’ prayer - “let him return home late…
…in wretched plight, having lost all his comrades, in a foreign ship and let him find trouble in his home”
Book 9: Polyphemus - “Nobody has…
…blinded me”
Why does Odysseus call himself Nobody?
The Greek for no one is ‘me tis’ which means ‘wily scheme, resourcefulness’
Odysseus laughs to himself because metis has foiled the cyclops
How many men did Odysseus lose after battling the Cicones?
72 men were killed
Book 9: The olive stake was twisted into Polyphemus eye “like a man…
…boring his ships timber with a drill”
Book 9: “the cyclops’ eye hissed round the olive stake…
…in the same way that an axe or adze hisses when a smith plunges it into cold water”
