Book 16 - Odysseus meets Telemachus

Question 1

Bk 16
Telemachus - Characterisation - Quotes (5)

Answer 1

“He must be a good friend or someone familiar here, for the dogs are fawning.”
“Don’t get up, stranger…“
“I myself am young and don’t have the physical strength…”
“…if they insult him… that would distress me deeply.”
“…some divine power is playing me a trick to make my grief all the more bitter.”

Question 2

Bk 16
Eumaeus - Slaves - Quotes (1)

Answer 2

“like a fond father welcoming back his son after 9 years abroad…“

Question 3

Bk 16
Eumaeus - Characterisation - Quotes (1)

Answer 3

“like a fond father welcoming back his son after 9 years abroad…“

Question 4

Bk 16
Eumaeus - Family - Quotes (1)

Answer 4

“like a fond father welcoming back his son after 9 years abroad…“

Question 5

Bk 16
Penelope - Characterisation - Quotes (1)

Answer 5

“She has a patient heart, though her eyes are never free from tears…”

Question 6

Bk 16
Telemachus - Values - Quotes (1)

Answer 6

“Don’t get up, stranger…“

Question 7

Bk 16
Penelope - Women - Quotes (2)

Answer 7

“…out of respect for her husbands bed and public opinion…”
“drew a fold of shining veil…”

Question 8

Bk 16
Suitors - Characterisation - Quotes (5)

Answer 8

“…not one that isn’t courting my mother and plundering my house.”
“…cast a gloom over their spirits.”
“Amphinomus…gave a gleeful laugh.”
“…man of principle.”
“If the oracles of Zeus approves…I will be his executioner myself…”

Question 9

Bk 16
Athene - Characterisation - Quotes (3)

Answer 9

“I am eager for the fight.”
“Pallas Athene and Zeus…will lull the Suitors when the time comes.”
“…bright eyed Athene closed her eyes in sweet sleep.”

Question 10

Bk 16
General - Family - Quotes (1)

Answer 10

“more convulsively than birds of prey, vultures or… eagles…robbed…“

Question 11

Bk 16
Odysseus - Characterisation - Quotes (1)

Answer 11

“more convulsively than birds of prey, vultures or… eagles…robbed…“

Question 12

Bk 16
Telemachus - Characterisation - Quotes (2)

Answer 12

“more convulsively than birds of prey, vultures or… eagles…robbed…“
“He knows how to think and scheme…”

Question 13

Bk 16
General - Gods - Quotes (1)

Answer 13

“Pallas Athene and Zeus…will lull the Suitors when the time comes.”

Question 14

Bk 16
Penelope - Gods - Quotes (1)

Answer 14

“…bright eyed Athene closed her eyes in sweet sleep.”