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| The Odyssey begins with an Invocation to the Muse. What is the purpose of this section? | Homer is praying to the god of literature (Muse) for help to tell the story.
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| According to the invocation , which god is Odysseus' enemy? | Poseidon
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| Why does the army of the Cicones attack Odysseus and his men? | Odysseus' men were scavenging the Cicone's village
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| How many men does Odysseus lose in the battle of Cicones? | Six empty benches worth
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| According to Odysseus, who caused the great storm at sea? | Zeus
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| Odysseus and his men land on the coastline of the Lotus Eaters to take on water. Why does he send 3 men ashore? | Odysseus sent 3 men to scout the land to ensure that the other men would be safe <--- leadership
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| What is the danger to Odysseus and his men in the Land of the Lotus Eaters? | The lotus flower itself, because it causes the men to have amnesia.
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| How does Odysseus rescue his men from this danger? | Odysseus ties them to the ship to ensure no man is left behind <------leadership
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| What is the Cyclops attitude toward law? | The Cyclops have a negative attitude towards laws and don't think they need them
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| Against his men;s advice, Odysseus refuses to leave before the Cyclops returns to the cave. What reason does Odysseus give for not leaving? | Odysseus wants to see what a Cyclops really is.
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| One of the laws of ancient Greek society is courtesy to strangers. What does Polyphemus do to defy this law? | Polyphemus traps them in the cave with a large rock.
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| Why does Odysseus not kill the Cyclops when he is asleep? | Odysseus needs the Cyclops to move the rock because Odysseus didn't have enough horsepower with his few men
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| What does Odysseus do the following day to prepare for the Cyclop's return to the cave | He creates a weapon out of a wooden pole from an olive tree laying on the cave floor.
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| What do Odysseus and his men do to Polyphemus? | They get him drunk using Odysseus' liquor and stabs him in the eye with the stake
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| Why don't the other Cyclops help Polyphemus? | Odysseus tells Polyphemus his name is Nohbdy and when the Cyclops asked what happened he said " Nohbdy did it."
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| What trick does Odysseus use to free his men and himself from the cave? | Odysseus and his men hid under the belly of the Cyclops's rams so they Cyclops couldn't fell them
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| When he is safely at sea, Odysseus boasts of his true identity. What does Polyphemus ask Poseidon, the god of the sea, to do? | Polyphemus asks Poseidon to make sure either Odysseus never returns home or returns home alone under a strange sail.
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| From the episode of the Cyclops, give 3 examples of Odysseus' cleverness as a leader? | 1) Says his name is Nohbdy
2) Doesn't immediately kill Polyphemus
3) Hides under the rams
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| Who is Aeolus? | He is the King of the winds
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| What happens to Odysseus on the islands of Aeolus? | Aeolus bags up the winds that they don't need to return home except the west wind
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| What is Laestrygonians? | It is a race of cannibals
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| What happened to Odysseus on the island of Laestrygonians? | The Laestrygonians destroy all of Odysseus' ships except for one
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| Who is Circe? | Enchantress who helped Odysseus and turns half of his men into swine
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| What happened to Odysseus' men on the island of Circe? | Half of his men get turned to swine, but Odysseus is protected by a magic herb
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| What is the "land of Death"? | Where Hades lives basically Hell
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| Who is Tiresias? | The blind prophet
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| According to Tiresias, what will Odysseus find when he returns home? | He will find his home in trouble: insolent men eating his livestock and courting his lady
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| What plan does Odysseus devise that will enable him to listen to the song of the Sirens yet remain unharmed by them? | He fills his men's ears with beeswax and leaves his own ears unplugged, He tells his crew to tie him to the ship showing trust in his crew
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| How does Odysseus protect his men from the danger of the Siren's song? | He fills beeswax in his men's ears
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| When he hears the Siren's song, what does Odysseus tell his crew to do? | Odysseus tells them to untie him by jerking his eybrows
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| How do his men respond to this command? | Two men hold him still and untie him when they were out danger
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| Circe has warned Odysseus about Scylla and Charybdis. What are they/ | Scylla is a sea monster of gray rock with 6 heads
Charybdis is a dangerous whirlpool
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| Odysseus follows Circe's advice in order to lose the fewest men. What is his plan? | Odysseus chooses to sail pass Scylla instead of Charybdis risking a few men instead of his entire ship.
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| To what does Odysseus compare the way Scylla snatched his 6 men from their boat? | He compares it to fishermen pulling helpless fish out of the water
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| Where do Odysseus and his crew seek shelter from the storm which Zeus cause? | a sea cave
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| What warning does Odysseus give his men? | Odysseus tells them not to kill Helios' cows
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| How long were Odysseus and his men stranded on the island of Helios' cows? | 1 month
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| What does Eurylochus tell the men? | He tells them to kill the cattle because it would keep them from starving, but Odysseus refuses
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| What "queer signs" did the gods make appear? | Cow hides began to crawl and beef both raw and roasted began to make sounds
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| How long were Odysseus' men able to feast on the slain cattle? | 1 day
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| How does Zeus punish Odysseus' men for what they did? | He destroys their last ship
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| Odysseus survives the storm by riding on a mast and keel that he lashed together. When this "raft" is swallowed by Charybdis, what does Odysseus do to survive? | He clings to a fig tree
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| Upon whose island does Odysseus land after having drifted for 9 days? | Ogypia
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