Odyssey books Flashcards
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Book 1 of the Odyssey:
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- 11 line proem introducing the story
- all survivors of the trojan war have returned home but Odysseus
- Odysseus is kept by Calypso
- a council of the gods is held. Athene asks Zeus to let Odysseus go home, he agrees
- Athene goes to Ithaca and encourages telemachus to search for news of his father
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Book 5 of the Odyssey:
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- Athene speaks to Zeus again
- Hermes tells Calypso to let Odysseus free
- introduction to Odysseus, crying
- Odysseus builds raft and leaves,, storm hits
- Ino gives veil
- Odysseus washes up in Scherie and falls asleep
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Book 6 of the Odyssey:
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- Odysseus is at Scherie
- Athene sends Nausicaa a dream, she goes to the river to wash clothes
- Nausicaa meets naked Odysseus, tells him how to get to palace but not to go with her out of fear of scandal
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Book 7 of the Odyssey:
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- Athene in disguise directs Odysseus to the palace
- description of palace and gardens
- Odysseus begs help from Arete
- Alcinous promises to send Odysseus home
- Arete recognises Odysseus’ clothes and questions him but he evades questions
- to bed
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Book 8 of the Odyssey:
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- Phaeacian banquet
- Demodocus upsets Odysseus and Alcinous suggests an athletic contest instead
- Odysseus is challenged, throws the discus the furthest
- Demodocus sings of Ares and Aphrodite
- Odysseus cries at a song of Troy and Alcinous asks who he is
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Book 9 of the Odyssey:
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- Odysseus reveals his identity
- recounts the Cicones, Lotus Eaters and Polyphemus.
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Book 10 of the Odyssey:
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- Odysseus arrives at the island of Aeolus where he stays a month
- bag of winds is opened by crew just as they arrive at Ithaca
- Aeolus sends them away
- Laestrygonians destroy 11 ships
- Odysseus’ ship arrives at Aeaea
- Circe transforms some of the men into pigs
- Hermes helps Odysseus resist Circe’s magic and he stays for a year
- Circe tells Odysseus to visit the land of the dead. Elpenor dies as they leave.
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Book 11 of the Odyssey:
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- Odysseus follows the rituals Circe told him to
- Elpenor asks to be buried, Teiresias tells the future, Odysseus speaks to his mother
- Odysseus prepares to stop his story, but Arete and Alcinous ask him to continue
- Odysseus tells of seeing Agamemnon, Achilles, Ajax and various others
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Book 12 of the Odyssey:
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- Odysseus returns to Circe, buries Elpenor
- Circe warns Odysseus of the dangers ahead and advises him
- Odysseus reaches Thrinacie and the crew eat Hyperion’s cattle
- Zeus destroys the ship leaving Odysseus to end up at Calypso’s island
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Book 13 of the Odyssey:
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- Odysseus’ story ends
- Odysseus is given gifts and heads home
- Odysseus is is left asleep
- Poseidon punishes Phaecian ship
- Odysseus wakes up confused, Athene lies to him but eventually she reveals herself and helps him plan his return
- Athene goes to fetch Telemachus home
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Book 16 of the Odyssey:
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- Telemachus arrives at Eumaeus’ hut and meets the beggar
- Odysseus reveals himself when Athene says to
- the suitors are angry that Telemachus avoided their murder plot and Penelope berates Antinous
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Book 17 of the Odyssey:
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- Telemachus greets Penelope
- Odysseus goes to the palace and Melanthius is abusive en route
- Odysseus enters the hall as beggar - begs for food, is assaulted by Antinous
- Antinous throws a stool at Odysseus
- Penelope sends for Odysseus who says he will speak to her later
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Book 18 of the Odyssey:
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- Odysseus beats Irus in a fight
- Penelope is beautified by Athene and extorts gifts from the suitors.
- Eurymachus attempts to throw a stool at O
- Amphinomus calms the suitors and they leave
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Book 19 of the Odyssey:
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- Odysseus + Telemachus hide the weapons
- Odysseus tells Penelope of his travels
- Eurycleia washes Odysseus’ feet and sees his scar, Odysseus threatens her to stay quiet
- Penelope tests if the beggar really met Odysseus, asks him to interpret a dream, tells him of the challenge of the bow
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Book 21 of the Odyssey:
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- Penelope issues the challenge of the bow
- suitors all fail to string the bow
- Odysseus reveals himself to Eumaeus and Philoetius
- Eurycleia bars the doors
- Odysseus strings the bow
