The Odyssey

Question 1

What is the difference between Achilles and Odysseus?

Question 2

How does the Odyssey repeats and transforms earlier parts of the Troy myth?

Question 3

How did Penelope trick the suitors?

Question 4

What is the nature of Ithaca

Question 5

What are the roles of Eurykleia, Menelaus, Helen, Proteus and Nestor?

Question 6

Who are the main gods and their roles?

Answer 6

Zeus, Athena, Poseidon, Kalypso, Hermes

Question 7

What things does Odysseus make from wood?

Question 8

Examine the role of xenia in the Odyssey

Question 9

examine the role of Theoxeny in the Odyssey?

Question 10

Examine the role of the Phaecians?

Question 11

Examine the significance of olive trees and olive wood for Odysseus

Question 12

Name the structure and chronology of the Odyssey and the major common themes

Answer 12

_ Lotos eaters
_ Laistrygonians
_ Cyclops/Polyphemos
_ Aeolus
_ Circe
_ Hades episode (important conversations with Elpenor, Tiresias, mother, Agamemnon, Ajax and Achilles)
_ Sirens
_ Skylla and Charybdis
_ Cattle of Helios
_ Kalypso
_ Phaeacians

Question 13

How is the conquest of Ithaca similar to the conquor of Troy

Answer 13

• enters in disguise
• Ends in a bloodbath
  -Gods involvement

Question 14

Name sone Instances of eating the wrong food getting people into trouble
Name some ways the use of animals or animal shapes for disguise and/or trickery
Examples of The conquest of strength by intelligence or cunning

Question 15

Who is Eumaios and what is her significance?

Question 16

How is Odysseus recognized by and reunited with his dog, Eurykleia, Telemachos, Eumaios, Laertes and Penelope

Question 17

How does Odysseus got the scar on his leg and his name (see Book 19)

Question 18

How do a handful of men defeat over 100?

Question 19

What is the importance of the bed he made and its role in the full mutual recognition between Penelope and Odysseus?