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Odyssey - Books 1-8

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  • Who is the most arrogant suitor?
    Antinous
  • What should Telemachus do if he discovers Odysseus is alive?
    Return home and prepare to confront the suitors.
  • For how many years has Penelope refused to marry the suitors?
    3 years
  • Telemachus is advised to take a boat to find out news about what person?
    Odysseus
  • Who is Athena disguised as?
    Mentor
  • What does Nestor ask Telemachus after he feeds him?
    Who are you and where do you come from?
  • What two men does Telemachus need to talk to?
    Nestor and Menelaus
  • How did Nestor and his friends behave toward Telemachus?
    They show great hospitality and respect.
  • Who is Odysseus's immortal enemy?
    Poseidon
  • Why is Poseidon angry with Odysseus?
    He blinded Polyphemus.
  • What big event should be coming up in Nausicaa’s life?
    Marriage
  • Where does Telemachus go after Pylos?
    Sparta
  • How does Telemakhos travel from Pylos to Sparta?
    Over land by chariot
  • Where is King Menelaus?
    Sparta
  • Who is Penelope?
    Odysseus's wife and Telemakhos's mother
  • Who is sent to deliver the message from Zeus to free Odysseus?
    Hermes
  • What news do Menelaus and Helen give Telemachus?
    Odysseus is alive but trapped on Calypso's island.
  • Where is King Nestor?
    Pylos
  • Who is Nausicaa’s father?
    King Alcinous
  • Who told the suitors Penelope’s secret?
    One of her maidservants
  • What does Calypso help Odysseus build?
    A boat
  • What does Hermes tell Calypso?
    Release Odysseus
  • Why is Telemachus nervous about talking to Nestor?
    He is young, does not have much experience and the king is wise.
  • Penelope tells the suitors that she will marry one of them when__________________.
    she finishes weaving a bural shroud
  • What does the suitor Antinous demand?
    Force Penelope to choose a husband
  • Who does Telemakhos visit in Sparta
    King Menelaus
  • Who makes sailing difficult for him?
    Poseidon
  • What should Telemachus do if he discovers Odysseus is deceased?
    Honor his father with a proper funeral and arrange for his mother to marry one of the suitors
  • Who is Odysseus’s patron goddess?
    Athena
  • What did the people of Pylos sacrifice to Poseidon?
    bulls
  • Where is Telemachus’s first stop?
    Pylos
  • What is going on in Odysseus's home?
    Suitors are staying in his house and eating his food.
  • Is Nausicaa mortal or immortal?
    mortal
  • What does Athena beg her father?
    Allow him to return home to Ithaca
  • At what point does Alcinous demand to know Odysseus’s identity?
    When he is upset by the bard's songs
  • Who kept Odysseus prisoner?
    Calypso
  • What does Calypso promise Odysseus?
    immortality and eternal youth if he stays with her
  • What is Odysseus’s son’s name?
    Telemakhos
  • What did Penelope do at the weaving loom at night?
    unravels what she has weaved
  • Who is Athena's Father?
    Zeus
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