 | Term | Definition |
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Who was Argos? |
Odysseus' old dog who he found on a dung heap when he returned home. |
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Telemachus |
Odysseus' son who he left when he was a baby when he left for Troy |
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How old is Telemachus when Odysseus returns? |
early twenties |
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Who finds Odysseus in Scheria? |
Naussica |
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Who was Melantho? |
The maid of Odysseus who had an affair with the suitor- Eurymachus |
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What did Ajax do to bring disaster on the homecoming crew? |
Ajax ahd an affair with Cassandra |
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Who was Antinous? |
The "head suitor" who is courting Penelope |
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who is Eumaes? |
The swine herd |
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who first hits Odyssseus with the stool as he is disguised as a man? |
Antinous |
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Who is Irus? |
The random beggar man who tries to beat up Odysseus but ends up getting his butt kicked. |
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Who lights the way inside the cellar when Telemachus and Odysseus go to get the weapons? |
Athena |
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Who is the "guardian angel " of Odysseus and his family? |
Athena |
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What is Peneloope's dream about in Book 19? |
An eagle kills 20 geese and sits on the roof and tells her he ahs just killed her lovers. She says she has no idea what the dream means |
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How did Eurycleia find out the beggar-stranger was Odysseus? |
She saw the scar on his leg from a boar |
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Who is king of the Phaecians? |
Alcinous |
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Who turns the crew of Odysseus into swine? |
Circe |
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How long was Odysseus on the island with Calypso? |
7 years |
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How does Athena disguise herself when she was with Telemachus the first time? |
As Mentor |
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Where does Telemachus go to learn of his father's whereabouts? |
Sandy Pylos, and Sparta |
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Why is Poseidon angry with Odysseus and his crew? |
They blinded his son-Polyphemus |
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Who is Nestor? |
The king of Pylos |
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why did the war of Troy start in the first place? |
Trojans took Helen, Queen of Sparta. the most beautiful woman |
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