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Odyssey quotes Flashcards

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In Book 6 Odysseus’ hair becomes “as thick as the petals…

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…of a hyacinth in bloom”

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In Book 6 Nausicaa replies to Odysseus: “your manners show…

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…you are not a bad man”

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Book 6: “Princess…

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…I am at your knees”

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Book 6: “he was a gruesome sight…

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…and the girls went scuttling off”

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Book 6 - Nausicaa replies to Odysseus: “you must just…

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…endure it”

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Book 6 - Nausicaa: “I wish I could have a…

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…man like him for a husband”

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How did Athene help Odysseus get into the palace in book 7?

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She “enveloped him in a thick mist in case some high-handed Phaeacian who crossed his path insulted him”

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Book 7: “the Phaeacians extraordinary skill in handling ships…

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…at sea is matched by the dexterity of their women folk”

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Book 8: “you are more like a skipper…

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…of a merchant crew” - Orylus

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Book 8: “you are short…

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…of brains” Odysseus’ reply to Orylus

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Book 9: “I am Odysseus…

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…Laertes son. The whole world talks of my stratagems”

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Book 9: “I know no sweeter sight for a mans eyes…

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…than his own country”

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Book 9: “I sacked this city…

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…and destroyed its menfolk” - The Cicones (Ismarus)

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Book 9: Polyphemus “lived aloof…

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…in his own lawless way”

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Book 9: “we are your suppliants…

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…and Zeus is the champion of suppliants and guests”

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Book 9: Polyphemus - “Us Cyclopes…

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…care nothing for Zeus and his aegis”

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Book 9: Polyphemus - “devoured like a…

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…mountain lion leaving nothing”

18
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Book 9: Polyphemus - “I shall eat…

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…Nobody last. That shall be your gift”

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Book 9: Polyphemus’ prayer - “let him return home late…

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…in wretched plight, having lost all his comrades, in a foreign ship and let him find trouble in his home”

20
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Book 9: Polyphemus - “Nobody has…

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…blinded me”

21
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Why does Odysseus call himself Nobody?

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The Greek for no one is ‘me tis’ which means ‘wily scheme, resourcefulness’
Odysseus laughs to himself because metis has foiled the cyclops

22
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How many men did Odysseus lose after battling the Cicones?

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72 men were killed

23
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Book 9: The olive stake was twisted into Polyphemus eye “like a man…

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…boring his ships timber with a drill”

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Book 9: “the cyclops’ eye hissed round the olive stake…

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…in the same way that an axe or adze hisses when a smith plunges it into cold water”

25
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In book 6 Odysseus thinks that Nausicaa “looked like…

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…Artemis the Archeress”

26
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Who does Odysseus meet in the underworld?

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Elpenor
Teiresias 
Anticleia
Agamemnon
Ajax
King Minos 
Orion
Tityus
Heracles 
Sisyphus
27
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How long does Odysseus stay with Aeolus?

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He stays for one month

28
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What island does Aeolus live on?

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Aeolia

29
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What does Aeolus give Odysseus?

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A bag of winds and a breeze from the west to blow his ship across the sea

30
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Book 10: Aeolus - “Get off…

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…this island instantly”

31
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Book 10: Aeolus - “Your returning like this shows…

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…they [the gods] detest you”

32
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What did Hermes give Odysseus on the way to Circes palace?

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Moly - so that her spells will not work on Odysseus

33
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Book 10: Circe “graciously bathed the…

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…members of my party in her palace” - shows good Xenia

34
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Book 12: Scylla - “there she devoured them…

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…at her own door, shrieking and stretching out their hands to me in their last desperate throes”

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Book 12: Charybdis was “like a cauldron…

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…on a blazing fire”

36
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Quote to show the good relationship between Odysseus and his men

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“It was like the scene at a farm when cows in a drove…gambol round their mothers, lowing excitedly”

37
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Quote to show the bad relationship between Odysseus and his men

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“Fools of men”

38
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Book 5: Calypso - “cold lover….

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….ardent lady”

39
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Book 5: Calypso to Hermes - “You are outraged if…

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…a goddess sleeps openly with a man”

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