The Odyssey Quotes Flashcards
1
Q
‘Help us Mentor or all is lost’
A
Said by Odysseus in the fight scene
Mentor is the disguised Athene
Shows how Odysseus relies on Athene
she ‘made the whole volley miss’
2
Q
’ The fate of all of them was sealed’
A
the suitors never stood a chance as early as Book 2 they were going to die
‘a great calamity is about to engulf them’- Halitherses
3
Q
‘like a lion’
A
Shows Odysseus to be courageous and strong
Juxtaposes with suitors
‘scatter like a heard of cattle’
4
Q
‘wine running like water’
A
simile to show greed
‘piles of bread’
5
Q
Parallels to the suitors
A
Aegisthus- Commits adultery and murder, the same crimes the suitors want to commit
Odyssesus’ crew- Are greedy and eat the cattle of the sun god
