Societal Values Flashcards
How does Odysseus invert the guest-friendship role with the Cyclops?
Uses the wine to make him drunk then stabs him - guest-friendship inversion
How does Agamemnon respond to Achilles’ lament?
“Happy were you to have died at Troy…majestic always…not even in death have you lost your name”
What shows the pressure of physical performance?
“It is only right that you be a master of some sport…” - even in peacetime
How does Medon soothe the wrath of the suitor’s families?
Saying Odysseus had the ‘god’s consent’ to kll them
How does Menelaus grieve?
“I would to heaven I had continued here with but a third of my former wealth, if only those others had lived on with me”
What does Odysseus say of the gods’ ‘gifts’?
“The gods, I find, do not give their favours all together, form and wisdom and eloquence. A man may seem in outward aspect unworthy of much regard, yet heaven hang beauty upon his words….men look at him as if at a god”
How does Telemachus earn a “noble name”?
Through his journey and social connections - NOT violence
Nature comparative
‘As a bitch with puppies…so Odysseus’ heart growled within him’
