Nostos

Question 1

Jenkyns suggests Odysseus’s travels from Ogygia to Ithaca,

Answer 1

to his kingdom, to his house, to his bedroom is a journey from isolation to an ever closer community

Question 2

Hall suggests Odysseus also has a philosophical homecoming

Answer 2

from youth to old age

Question 3

Kahane suggests Odysseus’s nostos is about him reasserting his

Answer 3

identity, control over the household, and restoring the natural sequence of generations

Question 4

Hauser suggests Odysseus gains kleos

Answer 4

through nostos

Question 5

Hauser suggests Odysseus creates his own kleos

Answer 5

by being so clever and cunning he can secure his fame by telling stories

Question 6

Hauser talks about ‘andra’ meaning man but also husband

Answer 6

emphasising how it is Odysseus’s return to Penelope and her recognition of him that will give him back his position as king

Question 7

Hall compares Odysseus to a colonist in his approach to new lands and exploration

Answer 7

the Greeks of Homers age who were also beginning to explore the Mediterranean would be able to relate to this

Question 8

Doucet painting

Answer 8

depicts Odysseus embracing Telemachus and Athene above removing his disguise