Suitors essay (30 marker) Flashcards
(19 cards)
What do the suitors violate. (First point)
Suitors violate Xenia.
What does Peter Jones agree about Odysseus?
“no Greek would argue he did not have the right to take it”
Why are Amphinomus and Leodes different to the rest of the suitors?
They may have provoked empathy within the audience as they did not deserve to die like the rest of them.
What does zeus state in book 1?
“it is their own transgressions that cause their suffering”
What does odysseus say the suitors have done?
“You have fleeced my household, and courted my wife behind my back”
Who are the suitors actions parallel to?
Aegisthus- took Agamemnons wife, Clytemnestra and then killed Agamemnon
What does Peter Jones believe killed Aegisthus?
killed due to his “own recklessness”
How did the suitors enter Odysseus’ house?
“came swaggering in”
How are the suitors described as living?
“Free off another man”
What did the suitors do and what prayer did they make afterwards?
“Suitors burst into uproar…voiced a prayer he might sleep with her (Penelope)”
What does Morrison think of the Suitors?
“Suitors are terrible guests and clearly violate the laws of xenia”
How do the Suitors disrespect Athena and Odysseus?
Disrespect Athena disguised as Mentes and Odysseus as a beggar
What does Micheal silk believe?
“modern readers might disagree
What two suitors are different from the rest.
Leodes and Amphinomus
What makes the two suitors different
Amphinomus- against killing Telemachus
Leodes- always ate the left over food in the corner
What does one of the two do which represents Diké
Leodes supplicates to Odysseus but is shown no mercy as Athena fated him to die
What is the parallel between the suitors and Polyphemus
they both disrespect xenia and believe themselves to be superior
What are the two quotes which highlight the suitors and Polyphemus’ similarities.
Suitors- “with all of us against him, the young puppy”
Polyphemus- “as though they had been puppies”
What does Peter Jones believe about the suitors overall?
there should be “minimal sympathy for them overall”
