THE ODYSSEY 13-19
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| describe odysseus's journey home from scheria | phaeacians brought him on their ship; odysseus slept the whole way; he was placed on the beach still asleep along with his treasure
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| what does poseidon initially want to do to the phaeacian ship? | crush it at sea and build a mountain around their port
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| what decision does alcinuous make because of the wrath of poseidon? | tells people to stop helping travellers get home and sacrifice 12 bulls to poseidon
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| why and for how long does athena want odysseus to stay in disguise? | to protect him and to see who of his friends and family are loyal to him and can be trusted
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| what does athena instruct odysseus to do now that he has returned to ithaca? | not to reveal himself to penelope and telemachus yet
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| whom does athena instruct odysseus to visit first? | eumaeus
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| what is the name of the swineherd? | eumaeus
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| what does odysseus tell the swineherd about himself? | Odysseus tells the swineherd that he is from Crete and fought with Odysseus
at Troy. He made a trip to Egypt that went awry and was reduced to poverty.
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| describe odysseus's disguise | old beggar
tattered clothes
bald
wrinkled skin
cloudy eyes
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| how has eumaeus proven his faithfulness ? | begged odysseus to stay saying that he shouldn't fight the suitors
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| who do you think will be the first person to know odysseus for who he really is? | telemachus because he is his son and they look and act the same
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| what does telemachus call eumaeus and why? | old man/ loyal swineherd because he has been the family swineherd for a long time
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| describe athena's changes to odysseus's appearance | looks like an old beggar with wrinkled skin; hobbled
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| who does telemachus think odysseus is? | some god who rules the vaulting skies
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| what do odysseus and telemachus plan to do? | wait to tell the public of odysseus's return but tell small farmers; find a way to overthrow the suitors without getting hurt
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| describe penelope's confrontation with antinuous | overheard the he was trying to kill telemachus; confronts him but is calmed by eumaeus
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| what does theoclymenos prophesise to penelope | swears odysseus is on native soil taking harm from suitors
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| how does odysseus test the suitors | comes to the castle as a beggar and see who gives and feels the most
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| who recognizes odysseus right away? how does he recognize him | the dog argos; sensed odysseus standing by
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| describe melanthios | *lives among nymphs
*herds goats
*makes suitors' meals
*wouldn't give anything to odysseus
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| who makes odysseus extremely angry | antinous
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| why does odysseus want to test his servants and wife before revealing his identity | knows they'll be really shocked and wants revenge
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| why does odysseus get in a fight with arnaeus (irus)? | When Irus violently ordered Odysseus to leave the palace, Odysseus tried
to calm him down, but was instead challenged to a fight. Irus was a beggar
that was already at the palace and didn’t want to share. Odysseus won the
fight .
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| what trick does penelope play on the suitors | tricks them into giving her lavish gifts
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| what three characters anger odysseus in the book | eurymachus: suitor
arnaeus (irus): beggar
melanto: maid/ mistress of eurymachus
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| what does odysseus the beggar tell penelope about odysseus? | That Odysseus had stopped on his island and he welcomed
him in and gave him very precious gifts. Odysseus also made it to the land of
the Phaecians, who gave him many gifts and gave him a safe passage home, but
all of his crew had died.
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| how does eurycleia recognize odysseus | from the scar on his leg he got when he was a boy
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| how did odysseus get the scar? | When he was a little boy, he went to go visit King
Autolycus and Odysseus went hunting with the king and the two princes.
Odysseus rushed a large boar and the boars tusk cut his leg open but Odysseus
stabbed it with his spear.
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| describe penelope's challenge for the suitors | She will line up 12 axes, straight in a row inside the
hall, and I will give a trial to the suitors. Whoever could string the bow
with the greatest ease and shoot it straight through the 12 holes of the axes
she would marry
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