Book 11 - Book of the Dead Flashcards
(14 cards)
Bk 11
Elpenor - Values - Quotes (1)
“so that men yet unborn may learn my story.”
Bk 11
Odysseus - Characterisation - Quotes (1)
“I do not think that you can escape the attention of the earthshaker.”
Bk 11
Poseidon - Gods - Quotes (1)
“I do not think that you can escape the attention of the earthshaker.”
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Tiresias - Fate, Prophecy, Omen - Quotes (2)
“if you hurt them… you ship and company… destroyed… you will reach home late, in a wretched state, upon a foreign ship, having lost all your comrades. You will find trouble… in your house..”
“…you will take revenge on these men for their misdeeds.”
Bk 11
Suitors - Fate, Prophecy, Omen - Quotes (1)
“…you will take revenge on these men for their misdeeds.”
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General - Gods - Quotes (1)
“…the threads of destiny which the gods themselves have spun.”
Bk 11
General - Fate, Prophecy, Omen - Quotes (1)
“…the threads of destiny which the gods themselves have spun.”
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General - Family - Quotes (2)
“…goes about in rags.”
“it was that [grief + misery] that brought me to my grave.”
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Agamemnon - Women - Quotes (2)
“that bitch!”
“…nothing more deranged and shameful…”
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Agamemnon - Family - Quotes (2)
“His loving father will come home and see him , and he will kiss his father.”
“…refused me even the satisfaction of setting eyes on my son…”
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Neoptolemus - Values - Quotes (1)
“…always first to speak… never content to hang back…the handsomest man…”
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General - Justice & Revenge - Quotes (3)
“Tityus… vultures…plucking at his liver…”
“agonies of Tantalus…”
“torture of Sisyphus…”
What are the 3 examples of justice and revenge amongst the Gods in Book 11?
Titysus’ liver - assaulted Leto, consort of Zeus
Tantalus’ hunger - stole food to give to mortals, served gods flesh of son Pelops
Sisyphus’ boulder - tricked the God of Death twice
Bk 11
Odysseus - Characterisation - Quotes (1)
“One look was enough to tell Heracles who I was…”
