B8 Plot - DONE

Question 1

what starts off book 8

Answer 1

Alcinous calls for assembly

Question 2

who is the assemlby for that alcinous calls

Answer 2

phaecian counselors

Question 3

How does Athene ensure attendance at the assembly?

Answer 3

going around telling ppl that there’s a handsome stranger in town

Question 4

What does Alcinous propose at meeting?

Answer 4

Offering ody a ship

Question 5

y/n - do councelors approve offering a ship

Answer 5

y

Question 6

What 2 activity follows the approval of the ship for Odysseus?

Answer 6

a feast, and games

Question 7

what happensn during the meal w the Phaeacians

Answer 7

demodocus sings

Question 8

who is demodocus, 2d

Answer 8

a blind bard

Question 9

what does demodocus sing abt in the fist feast

Answer 9

ody and achilles at troy

Question 10

what does demodocus singing abt ody and achilles at troy cause ody to do

Answer 10

weep

Question 11

what’s the main event during the meal

Answer 11

athletic games

Question 12

who invites ody to participate in the games

Answer 12

euryalus

Question 13

how does euryalus invite ody to participate in games

Answer 13

euryalus insults ody

Question 14

What event does Odysseus win during the games?

Answer 14

The discus toss

Question 15

What does Odysseus say after winning

Answer 15

challenges others to compete against him

Question 16

How does Alcinous release tension after the games?

Answer 16

By inviting Odysseus to another feast

Question 17

what are the three things demoducus sings about, in order from first to last

Answer 17

• odysseus and achilles at troy
• ares and aphrodite
• trojan horse

Question 18

what is story of ares and aphrodite

Answer 18

They get caught in intimate embrace

Question 19

What does Alcinous ask ea. man to do at the feast

Answer 19

get ody a parting gift

Question 20

What is Odysseus’s reaction to the song about the Trojan horse?

Answer 20

He cries

Question 21

What does Alcinous ask Odysseus after hearing him cry?

Answer 21

His identity