Quotes Actions By Social/Cultural Trad

Question 1

Odysseus’s Xenia

Answer 1

Shown in how Odysseus acts with Calypso

Question 2

Odysseus’s Kleos

Answer 2

Shown in how Odysseys shouts his name at Polyphemus

Question 3

Odysseus’s vengance

Answer 3

Shown in how Odysseus acts with the suitors

Question 4

On Xenia: sleeping with one another

Answer 4

“At nights, it is true, he had to sleep with her in the vaulted cavern” - The Odyssey, Book 5 Calypso

Question 5

On Xenia: Being a good guest 1

Answer 5

“The goddess and the man reached the great cavern together and Odysseus seated himself on the chair that Hermes had just left.” - The Odyssey, Book 5 Calypso

Question 6

On Xenia: being a good guest 2

Answer 6

“Her maid set ambrosia and nectar beside her, and the two helped themselves to the meal spread before them.” - The Odyssey, Book 5 Calypso

Question 7

On Xenia: being nice to Calypso

Answer 7

“I know well enough that my wise Penelope’s looks […] are insignificant when compared to yours. For she is mortal, while you have immortality and unfading youth.” - The Odyssey, Book 5 Calypso

Question 8

On Xenia: after a meal

Answer 8

“So the two retired to a recess in the cavern and there in each other’s arms they found pleasure making love”. - The Odyssey, Book 5 Calypso

Question 9

On Kleos: initial trick

Answer 9

“My name is Nobody. This is what I am called by my mother and father and by all my friends.” - The Odyssey, Book 9 The Cyclops

Question 10

On Kleos: Odysseus shouting 1

Answer 10

“Before we were out of earshot, I shouted out derisive words at polyphemus. “Cyclops! So he was not such a weakling after all, the man whose friends you meant to overpower and eat in your hollow cave!”” - The Odyssey, Book 9 The Cyclops

Question 11

On Kleos: Odysseus shouting 2

Answer 11

“Cyclops, if anyone ever asks you how you came by your blindness, tell him your eye was put out by Odysseus, sacker of cities, the son of Laertes who lives in Ithaca.” - The Odyssey, Book 9 The Cyclops

Question 12

On Kleos: the carelessness

Answer 12

“Why do you want to provoke the savage in this obstinate way? The rock he threw […] drove the ship back to land, and we thought it was all up with us!” - The Odyssey, Book 9 The Cyclops

Question 13

On Kleos: Consequences

Answer 13

“Hear me, Poseidon […] if I am yours indeed and you claim me as your son, grant that Odysseus, sacker of cities and son of Laertes, may never reach his home in Ithaca.” - The Odyssey, Book 9 The Cyclops

Question 14

On Kleos: Poseidon’s son, Polyphemus

Answer 14

“It is Poseidon […] who is so implacable towards him on account of the Cyclops […] whom Odysseus blinded” by zeus - Odysseus Book 1 Athene Visits Telemachus

Question 15

On Vengance: Odysseus yelling

Answer 15

“You never thought to see me back from Troy. So you fleeced my household; you raped my maids; you courted my wife […] - with no more fear of the gods in heaven than of the human vegeance that might come. One and all, your fate is sealed.” - The Odyssey Book 22 The Battle In The Hall

Question 16

On Vengeance: Odysseus confirming he will murder them all

Answer 16

“Not if you made over all your patrimony to me, everything you posses, and anything else that may come your way, would I keep my hands from killing until you Suitors had paid for all your transgressions.” - The Odyssey Book 22 The Battle In The Hall

Question 17

On Vengeance: sparing

Answer 17

“Dismiss your fears. My son has saved you so that you may know in your heart - and tell others - that doing right is a much better policy than doing wrong.” - The Odyssey Book 22 The Battle In The Hall

Question 18

On Vengeance: gloating

Answer 18

“Restrain yourself old woman, and gloat in silence. I’ll have no cries of triumph here. It is an impious thing to exult over the slain.” - The Odyssey Book 22 The Battle In The Hall

Question 19

On Vengeance: The women

Answer 19

“I swear I will not give a decent death to women who have heaped insults on my head and on my mother’s, and slept with the Suitors.” - The Odyssey Book 22 The Battle In The Hall