Odyssey Modern Scholarships

Question 1

How does Jasper Griffin describe Odysseus seeing Penelope again in Book 18? (In relation to the suitors giving her gifts)

Answer 1

Penelope’s first appearance to her husband, and he sees her as glamorous, irresistible, twisting the Suitors round her finger.

Question 2

Griffins says who is what in the first four books?

Answer 2

‘In the first four books Odysseus is constantly mentioned: he is in everybody’s thoughts.’