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17 Cards in this Set
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"You won't have to look very far to find out who called this assembly..."
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-Telemachus talking
-to people of Ithaca -beginning of Telemachy -shows Telemachus is maturing and becoming like his dad(2) |
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"Pray now, stranger, to Lord Poseidon, for it is his feast you have happened upon. When you have poured libations and..."
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-Nestor taking(3)
-to Athena (disguised) -feast in Pylos / before Telemachus goes to Sparta -shows his respect for Athena and Telemachus |
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"My sons, yoke the combed horses to the chariot so that Telemachus may begin his journey."
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-Nestor talking(3)
-to his sons -Telemachus going to Sparta, Nestor sending away properly -shows Nestor still gives help to Telemachus despite age, teaches sons what he means to him |
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"Enjoy yourselves and eat. After supper we will ask who you are-your bloodlines have not been lost in you..."
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-Menelaus talking(4)
-to Telemachus and Nestor's sons -just arrived at Menelaus' house -shows Menelaus' hospitality before he knows who they are |
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“What’s this? Here in my house, the son of my dear friend who did so much for me!”
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-Menelaus talking(4)
-to Telemachus -After the feast when Menelaus and Helen ask who they are -Menelaus shows his great love for Odysseus and wants to help his son find him |
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“You gods are the most jealous bastards in the universe-- persecuting any goddess who ever...”
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-Calypso talking(5)
-to Hermes -When Hermes tells Calypso to release Odysseus -The gods are still on Odysseus’s side and want to help him achieve nostos |
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“Laodamas, why do you provoke me like this? I have more serious things on my mind Than track and field...”
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-Odysseus talking (8)
-to Laodamas -When Laodamas asks Odysseus to join in their sporting events -Shows Odysseus’s way with words and how he fixes problems with them, speak for himself |
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“Lawless savages who leave everything up to the gods...”
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-Odysseus talking(9)
-to Lord Alcinous -When they arrive at the land of the Cyclops -Such monsters get all their help from the gods and have an unlimited supply of food and have no law to follow |
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“Noman I will eat last after his friends. Friends first, him last. That’s my gift to you”
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-Cyclops talking(9)
-to Odysseus -When Odysseus gets the Cyclops drunk -Odysseus tells him his name is Noman as a trick so attacking him in sleep would be easier |
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“You got yours in the end, didn’t you? You had the gall to eat the guests...”
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• Odysseus speaking (9)
• Addressing Cyclops • When they are leaving and Odysseus is shouting this quote back to the Island -shows the gods are on Odysseus’ side by letting him get away with it all, shows his inner cockiness |
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“Son of Laertes in the line of Zeus, my wily Odysseus—you need not stay here in my house any longer than you wish. But there is another journey you must make first-- to the house of Hades and dread Persephone, to consult the ghost of Theban Tiresias...”
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-Circe talking(10)
-to Odysseus -After they made love and Odysseus is asking her to fulfill her promise of transforming his crew back and letting them leave -shows that with the help of the gods anything is possible |
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“Do not leave me unburied, unmourned, when you sail for home, or I might become a cause of the gods’ anger against you”
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-Elpenor talking (fell off Circe roof drunk)(11)
-to Odysseus in ghost form -In Hades when Odysseus performs the ritual Elpenor’s ghost is the first to come -Tells him to bury him or the gods might turn against him which might have kept him from reaching Ithaca |
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“I, too, give you a gift, dear child, this robe, a memento from the hands of Helen...”
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-Helen talking(15)
-to Telemachus -When Telemachus is leaving Sparta to return to Ithaca on command of Athena -shows that Telemachus has support from many important people—and has support for returning home (good hospitality) |
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“Have it your way, Papa. But it’s for your sake I’ve come, to see you with my own eyes, and to hear from you whether my mother is still in our house...”
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-Telemachus talking(16)
-to swineherd -When Telemachus goes to the swineherd’s hut on command of Athena upon returning to Ithaca -shows that the swineherd was a fatherly figure towards Telemachus when Odysseus was gone—shows Telemachus maturing in his way with words |
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“With this, she touched him with her golden wand. A fresh tunic and cloak replaced his rags, and he was taller and younger, his skin tanned, His jawline firm, and his beard glossy black”
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-Narrarator (speaking of Athena’s actions)(16)
-to reader -When Odysseus reveals that he has returned in the swineherds hut -gives Telemachus extra motivation when battling the arrogant suitors |
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“Ah yes, this dog belonged to a man who has died far from home. He was quite an animal once”
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-Swineherd (Eumaeus) speaking
-to Odysseus (17) -When Odysseus recognizes his dog and asks the swineherd about it -shows how everything “died” with Odysseus’s leaving and not returning |
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“Nurse, bring the bed out from the master bedroom, the bestead he made himself, and spread it for him...”
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-Penelope talking (23)
-to a nurse -When Odysseus still the beggar is spending the night out on the porch -Odysseus wins the hospitality from his wife because of his excellence |
