Disguise and rec Flashcards
(18 cards)
Athene helps Odysseus in book 6…
By making him ‘radiant with grace and beauty’ to look more appealing to Nausicaa.
She made his hair as ‘thick as the petals of a hyacinth in bloom’
She does so by using skill… ‘Just as a craftsman trained by Hephaestus and Pallas Athene in the secrets of his art ‘
Athene disguises herself in book 1 to enact change in Telemachus’ character yet makes it known she is a god with her exit
Athene disguised herself as the ‘Taphian chieftain Mentes’
‘vanishing like a bird through the hole in the roof… he realised a god had been with him.’
Athene helps Odysseus enter the Palace of the Phaeacians
‘shedding a magic mist round her favourite in concern for his safety’
Circe disguises the men as pigs - Odysseus could (with the help of Hermes) see through and overcome Circe’s power
‘looking exactly like full grown swine’
Athene disguises herself at first when she meets Odysseus in Ithaca - she enjoys deceiving him
‘Athene now appeared disguised as a young shepherd.’
‘She now wore the appearance of a tall woman, beautiful and accomplished’
She said ‘and yet you did not recognise Pallas Athene… who always stands by your side and guides you through life’s adventures.’
The disguise of Odysseus as a beggar - what this then allows him to do
‘I shall wither the smooth skin on your supple limbs’
They both sat down to ‘scheme the downfall of the presumptuous suitors’
Odysseus disguises his identity from the Phaeacians through evading questions - but reveals who he is when he knows his kleos & deeds reached them through the bard song
The bard sang ‘For it was their destiny that they should perish when Troy received in its walls the mighty Wooden Horse.’
Odysseus and Telemachus recognition bk 20?
‘And now a passionate longing for tears arose in them both and they cried aloud piercingly and more convulsively than birds of prey’
Odysseus and Eurycleia
‘no one that I have seen has reminded me so strongly of Odysseus’
‘at once she recognised the scar’
‘Of course! You are Odysseus, my dear child.’
‘his right hand sought and gripped the old woman’s throat’
‘Nurse… do you want to ruin me?’
Odysseus and Penelope
‘What a strange woman you are… the gods of Olympus gave you a harder heart than any other woman’
‘What a strange man you are… I am not being haughty or contemptuous of you… Come Eurycleia, move the great bed outside the bedroom’
Ody ‘No man alive… would find it easy to shift’
‘At his words her knees began to tremble and her heart melted as she realised that he had given her infallible proof’
‘Her words stirred a great longing in his heart, and he wept as he held his dear, loyal wife in his arms’
Odysseus recognises Ithaca - he can control his reaction as he does not recognise Athene in her disguise as a shepherd
‘Athene.. had spread a thick mist over the place…’
Athene ‘sir, you must be simpleton or have travelled very far from home to ask me what country this is’
‘Odysseus’ patient heart leapt up… he revelled in the knowledge he was on native soil… he addressed her with words on wings but not with the truth’
Odysseus recognises Athene in book 13 - shows how they both enjoy deceit, disguise and recognition
‘Goddess, it is hard for a man to recognise you by sight… for you are always changing your disguise.’
“Later the swineherd will bring me down to the city disguised as a wretched old beggar”
uses concealment as a calculated strategy to enter palace unnoticed and assess loyalty of household and suitors.
bk 4 comparison by menelaus
compares ody to proteus who escapes his captors by shapeshifting = illustrates ody’s raw skills.
athene praise to ody
“any man - any god who met you - would have to be some champion lying cheat to get pas your all round craft and guile”
so skilled, that athene praises him
proof ody has mastered disguise
bk 2
“like an expert singer skilled at lyre and song”
master of several skills which allows him to master disguise.
ody is not that masterful at disguise points
- he is not that cunning and skilled as he constantly relies on xenia and goddessses like athene and ino to save him/make plans
- couldn’t evade poseidon. BUT he WAS able to mitigate attacks of an immortal sooo
disguise other than odysseus - Agamemnon to tele
warns tele “the time for trusting women’s gone forever”
