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Who is Penelope?

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The faithful wife of Odysseus

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Who is Odysseus?

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The son of Laertes, the father of Telemachus. He is a favorite of the gods and a war hero.

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Who is Polyphemus?

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The cyclops that eats Odysseus’ men. He is Poseidon’s son.

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Who is Eurylocus?

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One of Odysseus’ comrades who said he wouldn’t leave Circe’s island. He disobeyed Odysseus, and lead the men to eat the cattle of the sun.

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Who is Circe?

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The witch of the island that turned the men into swine.

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Who is Telemachus?

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The son of Penelope and Odysseus

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Who are the Sirens?

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Women with mystical voices that lead sailors to death,

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Who is Scylla?

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A six headed yelping monster.

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Who is alcinous?

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King of the Phoenicians

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Who is Eumaues?

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The loyal swine herd

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Who is Philoetius?

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The loyal cowherd that fights with Odysseus.

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Who is Antinous?

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An obnoxious suitor that odysseus killed first.

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Who is amphinomus?

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One of the suitors killed by Odysseus, and considered the most well behaved.

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Who is Eurymachus?

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One of the main suitors who is not loyal and is a bad guest.

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Who is Mentor?

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An old friend of Odysseus, and the person that Athena is disguised as.

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Who is Calypso?

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The nymph with lovely braids that held Odysseus hostage on her island.

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Who is Hermes?

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The messenger god and giant slayer that helps out Odysseus.

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Who is Athena?

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The blue/clear eyed goddess of wisdom and courage who helps Odysseus return home

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Who is Charybdis?

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The whirlpool monster

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Who is Zeus?

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Masrshalls thunderheads, son of Cronos.

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Who is Elpenor?

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Odysseus’ comrade who was drunk and fell off a roof, wanted to be burned in his armor.

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Who is Achilles?

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One of the greatest warriors in the Trojan War. His son carries on his legacy, and Odysseus met him in the underworld.

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Who is Ino?

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Lends Odysseus the scarf to save him from drowning

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What is Aeolus?

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Gave Odysseus a bag of wind

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Who is Agamemnon?

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Killed by his wife, and told Odysseus not to trust women, especially not his wife.

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Who is Tiresias?

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The seer in hell who tells Odysseus what will happen if they eat the cattle

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Who is Eurlcleyia?

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Telemachus’ loyal nurse

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Who is Laertes?

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Odysseus father

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Who is Anticlea?

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Odysseus mom

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Hubris

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Excessive pride or arrogance, not valued in Greek culture

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Arete

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Excellence

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Wha are the Greek values ?

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Crime and punishment, fate, guest/host relationship, respect for the gods, and respect for the dead.

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Epithet

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Character description in short phrases

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Guest host relationship

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Relationship between hosts and guests that were sacred, they provide hospitality and protection and were punished if bad host or guest// where nice, because didn’t know if their guest was a god in disguise or not

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Crime and punishment

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When people break rules or try to be godlike, they will be punished.

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How could you respect the gods?

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People had to pray to them, build temples and shrines, and offer them parts of an animal people didn’t want to eat and could be punished if didn’t follow rules

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How could you respect the dead?

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Had to have proper funerals and perform certain rites; without it, the soul would be in the underworld

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In media res

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Flashbacks in the middle of a story

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Epic similes

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Similes developed over several lines.

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Epic

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A long narrative poem about the deeds gods or heros that show the culture they are apart of

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Calypsos island

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Place where Odysseus was held captive until being freed from a proclimation by the gods.

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Olympus

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Place in the sky where the main gods live and counsel

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Ithaca

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Odysseus’ home

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Land of the Cicones and Lotus Eaters

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Feed the men the lotus and they dont want to leave, which prolongs their journey and takes them even longer to get home.

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Island of the cyclops

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The place where polyphemus attacks and many of odysseus men were left on the island

46
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Hades

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The house of death

47
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Who proposes that Odysseus be allowed to return home?

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Athena

48
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Which God opposes that Odysseus be freed and why?

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Posidedon, because Odysseus blinded his son Polyphemus.

49
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How does Athena disguise herself at Ithaca?

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She uses her wand to turn into mentor.

50
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What does Odysseus father Laertes do?

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He is old and doesn’t do much.

51
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How is telemachus caught between his mother and the suitors?

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The suitors want to marry penelope and Telemachus doesn’t do anyhign about it.

52
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What is Athenas advice to Telemachus?

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To go off and be a man and find info about his dad

53
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What song brings Penelope out of her room

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The acheans journey home from troy

54
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How does Telemachus show his new strength with penelope?

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He yells at her and she takes orders

55
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How does Telemachus show his new strength with the suitors

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He tells them what to do and does not let them walk over him

56
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Who are the three main suitors that are the worst?

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Antinous, eurymachus, and amphinomus

57
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Who is Telemacus’ loyal nurse?

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Eurycleia

58
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What is Calyspo’s complaint when she is told to release Odysseus?

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She doesn’t understand why she cant be with a mortal when Zeus gets to be with the women. She also says she should be able to keep him because she found him.

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How does Ino help Odysseus

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By giving him the magic scarf that keeps him from drowning

60
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What was the crews mistake at Ismarus?

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They raided the Cicones, took advantage, killed their sheep, stole their wine,basically bad guests.

61
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What happened if you ate the fruit of the lotus?

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You would be stuck in a trance and would never want to leave.

62
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How are the cyclops unlike the Acheans ?

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They claim to not fear the gods, and are savages. They are lawless men who roam around.

63
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What was Odysseus’ first mistake on the island of the Cyclops?

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Demanding a guest gift

64
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How does Polyphemus violate the guest host relationship?

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He doesn’t respect the guests.

65
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How did Odysseus plan to disable Polyphemus?

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He took a 6 foot long part off the dude’s club and shaped it and burned it until it was hard. The crews would stab it into his eye when he was asleep and Odysseus would put all his weight on it to shove it in more.

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What was Odysseus strategy for escaping the cave of Polyphemus

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Riding under the animals attached to their stomachs

67
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What was Odysseus mistake in departing the island?

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Telling Polyphemus his real name

68
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What was Aelous’ gift?

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A bag of winds

69
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How did Odysseus’ ship escape the same fate as all the others at the hands of the Lastergoians?

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They escaped first by rowing away fast.

70
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How did the beasts behave in front of Circe’s palace?

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Tamed

71
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What did Circe transform the men into, and how?

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Pigs, and with her wand.

72
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Who have Odysseus advice to deal with Circe, and what was that advice?

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Hermes told him to only deny Circe’s bed once she gave him word

73
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Why did Odysseus make Circe swear an oath before he slept with her?

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He didn’t want to get hurt again

74
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How long did they start with Circe

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A year

75
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Who was “none too brave in battle, none too sound of mind”? What’s the evidence that this character was not very bright?

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Elpenor, and becuase he fell off the roof when he was drunk.

76
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According to Circe, what is Odysseus’ next step on his way home?

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Going to the house of death

77
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What was Elpenors request and threat?

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He wanted a proper burial, and he would haunt Odysseus if he didnt.

78
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What did the prophecy of tiresias say

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They must not eat the cattle of Helios, curbing their will to act wildly and disobediently

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What were odysseus’ men told not to do on thrinacia island?

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Dont eat the cattle of Helios

80
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What will Odysseus’ death be like, depending on whether they eat the cattle?

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Natural, from old age, while he is surrounded by close family and friends. If they do eat the cattle, he will suffer to death.

81
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What do the dead need in order to regain memory and speech?

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Drink sacrificial blood of a ram

82
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What caused Anticlea’s death?

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Depression from Odysseus being gone

83
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Why cant Odysseus embrace his mother?

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Because it is her ghost, and humans cannot embrace ghosts.

84
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What is Agammenon’s advice on how to return home to Ithaca?

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Not to tell Penelope everyhing about the journey, and to arrive at Ithaca secretly

85
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Why is Achilles so happy to hear about the achievements of his son neplotemeous?

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He wants his son to be successful

86
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What are the torments of tantalus and sisyphus

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Tantalus is surrounded by food but cannot eat or drink, and Sisyphus has to push a boulder up a hill that will eventually crush him, and then he has to do it again.

87
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According to Circe, what must not happen to the Cattle of the sun?

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They must not be eaten by the crew

88
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What would the consequence be for eating the cattle?

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All the men will die.

89
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How did odysseus manage to hear the sirens without going overboard?

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He tied himself to the ship

90
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Why are the sirens so attractive?

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They sing an enchanting song

91
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How did Odysseus disobey Circe’s orders when he approached scylla?

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She told him to speed by her and try not to fight her, but she didnt listen

92
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Who leads the Mutiny against odyssey over the landing of thrinacai

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Eurylochus

93
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Why did they eat the cattle?

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He says that he would rather die on seas than die of hunger.

94
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What signs came from the meat that revealed the crew was doomed?

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They began to crawl, rot, smell, and be clustered with flies,

95
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To whom did helios appeal to push the crew?

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Zeus

96
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Where did Odysseus end at the end of book 12

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Calpsyos island

97
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How does Odysseus know that Telemachus is a friend and not a stranger from his approach?

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The dogs dont bark when he talks to the swine herd

98
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How many suitors and servants occupy Odysseusues palace?

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117

99
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What excuse does Telemachus give as to why he is hiding the weapons?

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He doesn’t want the suitors to drunkenly use them

100
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Which suitor wants to kill Telemachus outright?

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Antinous

101
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Which suitor claims they want to protect Telemachus, lying?

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Eurymachus

102
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What are the two names of the beggar at Odysseus’ palace?

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Inus/arnaues

103
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What is the prize for the victor?

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Marrying Penelope

104
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What does the beggar’s defeat foreshadow?

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That the suitors will lose and die

105
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What were Odysseus’ parting words to Penelope before departing for Troy?

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To marry another man as soon as Telemacus is a man

106
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Who is Melatntho’s lover?

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Eurymachus

107
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Who is “fated to be the first man to taste/ an arrow whipped from Great Odysseus’ hands”?

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Antinous

108
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Who would have strung the bow of Odysseus didn’t stop him?

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Telemachus

109
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Who did Odysseus recruit to fight?

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Eumaeus and the cowherd

110
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In which god’s honor is the feast day on the island? What is he the god of?

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Apollo, the god of archer

111
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Which is the first suitor to try the bow?

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Leodes

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