general details in books

Question 1

6 traits of an epic hero

Answer 1

-noble birth
-capable of deeds of great strength
-great warriar
-travels over vast setting
-humility
-faces or recieves help from the supernatural

Question 2

how do the suitors abuse xenia in the beginning

Answer 2

-helped themselves to “the good things spread before them”
-“living free off another man”

Question 4

how does telemachus show good xenia in the beginning

Answer 4

-feeds athene before asking for his (her) story
-gave athene the best chair and linen cloth and a stool for her feet
-“ashamed that a stranger should be kept standing at the gates”

Question 5

what does calypso offer odysseus

Answer 5

immortality and life on paradise

Question 6

how is calypso shown as loving

Answer 6

willing to disobey zeus to give him immortality
serves him food even though he is mortal and she is a goddess

Question 7

how is calypso shown as kindhearted/generous

Answer 7

doesnt waant him to leave but still provides him with food drink and favourable winds (for his journey) also allows him to cut down her trees to build a raft

Question 8

how is calypso shown as feisty/hot tempered

Answer 8

gets angry at hermes and accuses gods of being jealous of her happiness

Question 9

how is calypso shown as hospitable

Answer 9

welcomes odysseus and hermes providing xenia

Question 10

where do we see nausicaas perfect xenia

Answer 10

-compromises herself by being seen with a man to help him
-helps odysseus gain favour with her parents

Question 11

what does odysseus note about the phaecian palace

Answer 11

-gold silver and bronze sculptures made by hephaestus (god of craftsman)
-courtyard is full of fruit bearing trees
-cheifs sit in fine chairs and gold statues of yiuth fill the palace wit light

Question 12

how does athene help odysseus in phaecea

Answer 12

disguises him as they hate strangers

Question 13

why does odysseus start crying in book 8

Answer 13

they speak of him at troy (they dont know who he is)

Question 14

how does the destruction of the cicones demonstrate his strength as a warrior and leader

Answer 14

-destroyed the city with ease
-gave good orders
-blames gods for defeat (who could win against a god)

Question 15

what does the encounter with lotus eaters show

Answer 15

-his nostos
-good leader (left no man behind)
-bad leader (sent a small group)

Question 16

how is the land of cyclops described

Answer 16

-wild/uncivilised
(no laws, assemblies pr piety)

Question 17

what is polyphemus first shown doing

Answer 17

guzzling undiluted wine (uncivilised savagery)

Question 18

where do they go in book 10

Answer 18

from land of cyclops to Aeolus, ruler of the winds

Question 19

what does aeolus give odyseeus

Answer 19

a bag of wind to guide them to ithaca (they see ithaca when the suitors open the bag thinking its gold inside that odysseus is hiding and blow them away back to aeolus)

Question 20

who does O meet in the underworld

Answer 20

-his mom
-achilles
agamemnom
-ajax

Question 21

name 4 similarities between calypso and circe

Answer 21

-goddesses with human qualities
-freedom mortal women dont have
-both weave and do domestic chores

Question 22

how is achilles living in the underworld and what does he think about it

Answer 22

king of the underworld but would throw it all away to be alive

Question 23

who overruled O on helios’ island

Answer 23

eurolochus

Question 24

what is O doing while the suitors are killing helios’ cattle

Answer 24

praying /sleeping and blaming the gods for his nap

Question 25

how does O escape charybdis the second time

Answer 25

hanging to a fig tree

Question 26

what could the fig tree represent

Answer 26

wisdom and shows athene is still looking after him

Question 27

where does he end up after his raft is spewed out of charybdis

Answer 27

ogygia

Question 28

how many days did it take him to get to ogygia

Answer 28

9 days clinging to timbers

Question 29

what major event happens in book 14

Answer 29

odysseus is back in ithaca!!

Question 30

what does athene tell telemachus in book 15

Answer 30

to go home warns him of danger there she says go to eumaeus' hut

Question 31

what omen does telemachus see when leaving sparta

Answer 31

eagle carrying a goose

Question 32

what does helen think the eagle carrying a goose mean

Answer 32

odysseus will come home and defeat the suitors

Question 33

what epithet do we get for penelope in book 15

Answer 33

noble mother

Question 34

which suitor warns antinous not to do anything without a sign from the gods

Answer 34

amphinomous

Question 35

who promises P that no one will hurt T

Answer 35

eurymachus

Question 36

why is it significant Telemachus sneezes

Answer 36

good omen means the gods approve of him

Question 37

who is the first suitor to die

Answer 37

antinous

Question 38

how is antinous killed

Answer 38

in ignorance he doesnt know who killed him- has no opportunity to fight back or die in battle

Question 39

who shows up at the battle

Answer 39

athene desctibed as mentor - she then turns into a swallow to watch the battle from above

Question 40

how does athene help in the battle

Answer 40

causes suitors spears to miss instills panic

Question 41

who does Telemachus spare in battle

Answer 41

phemius and medon

Question 42

what animal is O often compared to

Answer 42

lion

Question 43

how does P trick O

Answer 43

says their bed has moved (it was built around a tree cant be moved) O has an outburst saying it cant possibly be moved he builts it fixed in a tree

Question 44

what does the bed trick show

Answer 44

penelope is deserving of odysseus she is his equal

Question 45

what is significant about penelope tricking o

Answer 45

only time a mortal has ever been able to manipulate him