Odyssey Quotes Flashcards
(30 cards)
What does Odysseus ask his mother in Book 11?
‘tell me of my father and the son I left behind.’
What does Odysseus have hopes for in Book 9?
‘had hopes for some friendly gifts from my host.’
Who does Odysseus control himself from killing in book 17?
‘to leap at the fellow and kill him… he managed to control himself.’
What does Odysseus say to the suitors in Book 22?
‘One and all, your fate is sealed.’
What does a man hold sweetest in book 9?
‘a man’s fatherland and his parents are what he hold sweetest.’
What does Odysseus say Polyphemus should remember in Book 9?
‘remember your duty to the gods.’
What simile describes Odysseus skill at stringing the bow in Book 21?
‘As a minstrel is skilled at the lyre… he strung the great bow without effort or haste.’
What does Odysseus say is hard for a man to do in relation to Athene in Book 13?
‘it is hard for a man to recognise you at sight… for you are always changing your appearance.’
What does Odysseus say his name is in Book 9?
‘My name is Nobody.’
What is Penelope’s description in book 14?
‘looking like Artemis or golden Aphrodite’
What does Penelope say to move as a test to Odysseus in book 23?
‘move the great bed outside the bedroom’
What is Antinous to Penelope in Book 16?
‘Antinous, you’re an arrogant and evil schemer.’
What does Telemachus say the suitors should shrink from in Book 2?
‘You should shrink from the wrath of the gods.’
Odysseus’ and Telemachus reunion in Book 16?
‘he kissed his son and tears ran down his cheeks.’
How does Telemachus punish the disloyal maids in book 22?
‘women’s heads were held fast in a row, with nooses round their necks, to bring them the most pitiable end.’
How does Athene hype Telemachus up in Book 3?
‘When your own intelligence fails, a god will inspire you.’
Why does Athene favour Odysseus and can’t desert him in book 13?
‘that’s why I can’t desert you in your misfortunes: you are so persuasive, so quick-witted, so self-possessed.’
Athene’s message of trust for Odysseus in Book 20?
‘I who have never ceased to watch over you in all your adventures.’
Where will Antinous not return to in Book 2?
‘We will not return to our own estates.’
What does Poseidon mean for Odysseus to have in Book 5?
‘I mean for him to have a bellyful of trouble yet.’
What does Zeus say brings mortals suffering in Book 1?
‘it is their own transgressions which bring them suffering that was not their destiny.’
Arete settles what in Book 9?
‘she settle’s even men’s disputes.’
What does Nausicaa say her maids should do in Book 6?
‘come, girls, give the stranger something to eat and drink.’
Bad deeds don’t what? Book 9
‘Bad deeds don’t prosper… the tortoise catches the hare.’
