Across
- 5. What goatherd displays glaring hubris and does not extend xenos towards Odysseus?
- 7. Who discovered Odysseus’s scar while washing his feet?
- 10. Irus’ writhing in pain is likened to a(n) _________ through the use of a simile.
- 12. What literary device is present in Antinous’ arrogant rant to Odysseus, who has just told his difficult life story in hope of receiving bread? Antinous states, “‘Get off to the side, away from me, or I’ll show you Egypt and Cyprus, you pushy panhandler!’” (270).
- 15. During Odysseus’s talk with Penelope, he was able come up with a fake background story with details. What cultural concept is this?
- 17. In Chapter 17, who obtains closure when he finally sees Odysseus again after twenty long years, and then dies?
- 18. Revenge upon Antinous is foretold when, after striking the beggar, Penelope declares, “‘So may you be struck by the Archer God’” (271). Antinous’ death, a result of his arrogant actions, is an example of this Greek cultural concept.
- 20. Once Eurycleia found out Odysseus, she tried telling Penelope but failed due to Athena distracting her. What cultural concept is this?
- 21. Odysseus obtained a scar, which later became a symbol of his identity, due to a ________ attack.
- 23. Who was the herdsman that kindly welcomed Odysseus when he was a beggar and talked about how he missed his master and how great he was?
- 24. Instead of providing the beggar (Odysseus) with food, the only thing Antinous “gives” him is a thrown _________.
- 25. Odysseus told Telemachus to hide the ______ away from the suitors in the storage room.
Down
- 1. A _______ was occurring in Odysseus’s house at the beginning of book 20 where all the suitors and the house members were present.
- 2. As Odysseus was getting some respect in the form of food portion a suitor named Ctesippus got mad and throw a _____ at him.
- 3. Odysseus prayed to Zeus for a sign of a good omen to be said by someone. What did Zeus do in return?
- 4. What did Penelope ask about Odysseus, to Odysseus as a beggar to prove he had meet her husband?
- 6. Whom does Odysseus postpone visiting in Chapter 17 for fear of provoking the arrogant suitors?
- 8. What literary device is shown in Eumaeus words to Odysseus, “‘You don’t miss a thing, do you? Well, let’s figure out what we should do here’” (264)?
- 9. Penelope proposed a ________ at the end of Chapter 19 as a way to test the suitor and decide who to marry.
- 11. Penelope requests that Eumaeus summons the beggar to see if “‘...he has heard anything of Odysseus or seen him with his own eyes’”(272). As the reader knows that the beggar is, in fact, Odysseus himself, but Penelope does not, this situation is an example of what type of irony?
- 13. Despite Odysseus’ vague warning to Amphinomus that the suitors will meet an unsightly doom, who is intent upon his death?
- 14. As the suitors were again planning Telemachus’ death, an eagle with a dove in its talons flew to their left and they canceled their plan. What literary device does this represent?
- 16. Who (inspired by Athena) attempts to hit Odysseus, following Antinous’ example?
- 18. What literary device is present in the description of the suitors after the brawl, reading, “The suitors lifted their hands and died with laughter” (279)?
- 19. “The stranger here had been served a portion equal to ours”(318). This was spoken by Ctessipus, one of the suitors.Which cultural concept is displayed?
- 22. “The servers set out a portion for Odysseus equal to the others.” (318) What cultural concept is this?
- 24. What event occurred that won Odysseus some food from the suitors?