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adjourn
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to brign to a close
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compensate
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to repay
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dissolute
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loose in ones morals
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erratic
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different from what is ordinarily expected
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explusion
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to remove
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fodder
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food for horses or cattle
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fortify
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to strengthen or build up
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illegible
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not readable
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jeer
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tease
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lucrative
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something that makes money
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proliferate
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to produce or spread rapidly
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mediocre
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average or below average
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proliferate
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to produce or spread rapidly
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subjugate
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to conquer by force
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sully
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to soil, stain or tarnish
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tantalize
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to torment by teasing
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unflinching
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without moving or showing fear
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abridge
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shorten
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adherent
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1 sticking to
2 follower or supporter |
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altercation
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dispute
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condone
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pardon
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dissent
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stray away from the main point
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eminent
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outstanding, famous, projecting
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fabricate
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create
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rift
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a split, break or breach
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surmount
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to rise above or overcome
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terminate
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to bring ot an end
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usurp
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to seize and hold a position by force
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abscond
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to run off and hide
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anarchy
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disorder, no governemnt or law
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arduous
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requiring much effort, difficult
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auspicious
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favorable, fortunate
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biased
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favoring one side unduly, prejudice
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daunt
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discourage
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disentangle
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to free from complications
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inanimate
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incinerate
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larceny
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theft
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pompous
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overly self important in speech and manner
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precipice
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very steep cliff, the brink or edge or disaster
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rectify
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to make right, correct
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reprieve
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1a temporary relief or delay
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succumb
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to give away to superior forces
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guile
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quality of being crafty
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epic
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an extended heroic poem in dignified language
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mutinty
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to turn against the leader
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ambrosia
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the quality of being crafty
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contrive
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to make a plot or scheme
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epithet
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a nickname used to refer to a character constantly and to its personality
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idiom
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when a phrase's meaning cant be deduced from the literal definition, but refers to a figurative meaning
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imagery
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wrting that appeals to the senses
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homeric similie
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long and extensive similie that is a couple lines at least
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lithe
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pliant, bending easily
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incredulity
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to doubt the truth of somehting
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ardor
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a feeling of strong eagerness
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insidious
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producing serious harm in a stealthy, often gradual manner
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dispatched
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to carry out or complete
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plundered
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ransacked, take everything useful and destroy the rest
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how is the odyssey similar to the bible?
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it was considered a sacred text and ppl of that time held reverence for it. its a window to that time period adn that ancient culture. it was considered a guide to that time period as a bible it a guide to our moral code
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how is the odyssey and bible different
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it pursues a unified plot line with many supernatural events
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monotheism
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worship one god
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polytheism
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worshipping many gods
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literary cannon
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collection of classic literary works that have universal undersatnding and acceptance
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how does the concept of a dominant literary cannon relate to Homer
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the odyssey was one of the first works that was noted by all scholars and scientists so his work is intertwined with all the major work that followed his
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why study homer and greek gods
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greek gods are often regerenced in orther works so its important to undersand thier function in greek society
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where do the 12 gods live
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mount oplympus
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zeus
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main god that controlls skym throws thunderbolts and is the youngest son of cronos
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posiedon
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god of sea and earthquakes and horses, zeus and hades brother
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hades
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god of dead and dwells in underworld, brother ot zeus and posiedon
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ares
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god of war and was handsome
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aphrodite
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goddess of love beauty and fertility, protected sailors
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apollo
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god of prophecy, music and healing, interviened in human afffairs
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athena
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goddess of crafts and domestic arts and weapons of war patron goddess of athens and symbol was an owl
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hermes
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messenger god and guide of dead souls to underworld
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how is the greek tradition of hospitlality a theme
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every new place that odyseeus ventured to offered care and nourishemnt and they were punished when they didnt return the favor
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how is the desire for proper burial a theme
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even after death, souls r worries that they didnt get a proper burial which is proven when odysseus is asked inthe underworld to take a body to a proper burial and he alwyas asks for one
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how is loyaloty to homeand family a theme
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the enitre 20 year span of the odyssey is dedicated to odysseus returning home. also whenhis dog sees him ofr the first time in a while and dies after becuase he was waiting
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how is justice a theme
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gods always patrol what the rest of the world is doing to make sure that they follow teh social and moral codes set forth. anyone who breaks traditoins is punished
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how is oratory and rhetoric a theme
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odysseus gets himself out of many sitautions and sways the minds of the people around him by how he talks to them to prove he is noble. so does one of his men when he convinces the men to kill the sheep
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how is greek honor a hteme
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when someone does someone else harm they seek them out to get revenge. being true to yourslef and your crew and your wife brings great honor to a perosn
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how is telemakhos coming of age a theme
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telemakhos comes of age becuase in teh begining he was afraid to confront the suitors but by getting to work with his dad his personality strenghtens and he is refered to as a man at ehte endof hte book
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waht are muses
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gods who inspire the arts
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what is an odyseey
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a long journey
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how does homer compliment himself
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he continually refers to poets as one of the most effiecient and trustworthy of news carriers and when odysseus kills everyone in the last battle he saves the babysitter and the poet
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what is symbolized when odysseus gives a fictional account of his journey to eumaeus?
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he symbolizes how the odyssey as a epis poem is fictional itself and that we shouldnt really believe it becuase its just for entertianement
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before odysseus comes back, why deoes telemakhos refrain from confronting the suitors?
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he is afraid they wont respect him adn he doesnt have enough courage to do so
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why does telemakhos decide to leave ithaca
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he wants to find word of his father
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who is helen
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she is hte girl who started the war of troy by leaving her husband but after said it was just a spell cast over her. she is beautiful
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the following quote desribes which place " a deep wood grew outsidem with summer leaves of alder adn balck poplarm pungent cypress. ornate birds stretched their wings"
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kalypsos lair??
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based on odysseus' attitude to kalypso, what do we learn of greek honor
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it is always respected no matter what rank u r
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how does odysseus not walk with naussica back into town? how does he find his way?
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he follows her cart with her maids then goes into a garden in the city where he waited for the prince.
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how does O. convince naussica that he is a nobleman
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his oratory
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how do the men act on ismarus
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they ignore his advice to be rational and pleasant but indtead plunder the town
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when leaving ismarus, how do the gods react to O. crew
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the gods kill 6 crew memebrs
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grey eyed goddess refers to
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athena
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what happens to the men who tasted the lotus
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they forogt about home and family
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how does O. keep the men from staying with the Lotus eaters
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he ties them to his ship and sails away
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Odysseus describes the cyclops as
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dumb and stupid
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what is the condition of the cyclops cave when they arrive
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sheep droppings everywhere and empty bottles of wine
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what important warning does O. give the cyclops
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he tells the cyclops that if he doesnt honor the tradtion of hospitality then they will punish him
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when o initially stops himself from killing the cyclops he demostrates what
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heroism, patience, self control, ascetic
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o told the cyclops that his name was nohbody so the cyclops...
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wouldnt b able to identify him
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o andhis men escaped from the cyclops by
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tieing themselves on the bottom of the sheep
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how does o incur hte wrath of posiedon
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he pokes out the cyclops eye whos poseidons son then he says his name as he sails away
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what does odysseus learn from tiresias int he underworld
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he learns the suitors r planning to kill telemakhos and that they want to marry his wife and to avoid the cattle
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who else does odysseus see in the underworld
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his mom and tiresiaas his shipmate
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elphenors request speaks to the importance of
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a good burial to the greeks
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what is the threat of hte sirens
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thier beautiful song to lure them in
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why does o not tel lhis men beforehand what scylla might do
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he knows the men wouldnt want to take the route if they knew they were going to die
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who are kharyhbdis and sckylla
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k is a whirlpool and sckylla is a 6 headed monster
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how is euylochus a dramatic foil to o
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he uses his oratory with a bad rhetoric and abuses it to get what he wants while o uses it to help his whole crew so they can all get back home
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where was o while his crew was iwth eurylochus
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he was praying on the top of a hill so they could get help from the gods
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what condition are the men in on the shore of the helio's cattle
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they were starving for a month and abandoned
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whose shores does o wash up on after the men kill helios cattle
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he washes up on calypsos isle where she holds him captive for 10 years
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who is eumaues
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he is o's old swine herd
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how does athena disguise o
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she makes him look likek a haggard old beggar
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argus is
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o's old dog that dies after he sees his amster for the last time
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who hurls a stool ar odysseus
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the cruel suitor antinoos
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telemachus demostrates which of the following herioc qualities when he sees his father abused by antinoos
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he shows restraint and ability to keep his emotions in check
cominggg of agee! |
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penelope tells the disguised o that she has decieved the suitors by doing what
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she told them that she would weave a tapestry and when she was fisnshed she would choose someone but she unreaveled it every night so she could never finish
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how does antinoos die
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o put an arrow through his throat
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after antinoos death, which of the following suitors tries to persuade o not to kill the rest of the suitors
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eurymachus
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eurymachus recalls what episode when he tried to tlak his wasy out of death by o
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he offers to repay everything including cattle and gold and more if he watned
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how does o prove his dientitiy
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he puts an arrow thorugh all the blades of teh axes and when penelope asks him to move his bed he freaks out becuase his bed cant b moved
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