Return OF Odysseys Flashcards
Odysseus returned to his home disguised as a _____?
Beggar.
Odysseus received guidance and help from _____?
Athena
What did the suitors in the manor spend most of their time doing?
Eating and drinking
How did Penelope delay the marriage to any of the suitors for three years?
She has devised tricks to delay her suitors, one of which is to pretend to be weaving a burial shroud for Odysseus’s elderly father Laertes and claiming that she will choose a suitor when she has finished. Every night for three years, she undoes part of the shroud,
Why did Odysseus beg for food from the suitors?
To test the characters of the suitors. .
Telemachus’s behavior toward his father best illustrated his ____?
Loyalty
What did Odysseus and Telemachus do as part of the plan to slaughter the suitors?
they removed all the weapons from the hall.
In the description of Odysseus stringing the bow, Homer compares him to a _____?
to a Musician.
Penelope most likely planned the test of the bow as a way to _____?
delay marrying any of the suitors
Why did Odysseus kill Antinous first?
he was drinking from Odysseus’ cup
How did Penelope feel at first about the man who said he was Odysseus?
She trusts him
Odysseus convinced Penelope that he was her husband by _____?
Stringing the bow and shooting the axe handles
How did Penelope test Odysseus to prove his identity?
She asked him to move the bed made from an olive tree
