Odyssey Test Flashcards
What god prevents Odysseus from returning home?
Poseidon
What trick does Penelope use to delay the suitors demand for marriage?
She weaves and unweaves a shroud.
How does Athena help Telemachus physically prepare for the journey?
She gets him a ship and a crew.
What does the sacrifice/party that is occurring when Telemachus arrives in Nestor’s land reveal about Greek life?
The gods are involved in daily life.
Besides Odysseus, who does Nestor compare Telemachus to?
Orestes, because he avenged his father.
What significant person does Telemachus meet in Menelaus’s court?
Helen
What grievance or injustice does Kalypso levy against the gods when they demand Odysseus’s release?
The gender inequity that allows Zeus to keep female mortal lovers, while she has to let Odysseus go.
Who intercedes for Odysseus and gets Nausicaa to go to the beach to meet Odysseus?
Athena
What act of humility or subjugation does Odysseus consider performing to ask Nausicaa’s help?
Hugging her knees
How does the singing at the party reveal Odysseus’s identity?
He cries at the words to the song.
Who does Odysseus meet in the underworld?
His mother
What name does Odysseus initially give the Cyclops?
Nobody
What does Odysseus do to ensure he won’t be killed by the sirens?
Tie himself to the mast
his crew stuffs their ears, NOT ODYSSEUS
What does Circe transform the sailors into?
Animals
Why do the sailors open the bag of the winds even though Odysseus warns them not to?
They get greedy
