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10 Cards in this Set
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How does the epic start?
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First word: "Man"
dedication to Muse |
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(Book 1) Who is Agamemnon's son? What does Zeus say about him?
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Orestes; that he had avenged his father's death by killing Aegisthus when he returned to Mycenae.
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(Book 1) What happens with Calypso and Odysseus?
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Calypso releases Odysseus because Zeus tells him to (via Hermes)
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What is Zeus associated with?
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Eagle
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(Book 1) Who visits Telemechus? Disguised as what?
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Athena; disguises as Mentes, an old friend to Odysseus and King of the Taphians
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Who is missing at the first assembly of the gods? Where is the missing deity instead?
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Poseidon; Ethiopia
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Who is Anticlea?
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mother of Odysseus
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Which deity turns against the Greeks? For what reason?
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Athena; they rape Cassandra within her temple, after the fall of Troy and during the sack of the city
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Who is the wife of Odysseus? How does she stall her suitors?
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Penelope; claims she is making a shroud for Laertes but she never finishes it because she secretly unweaves it at night.
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Who leaves for Pylos? What happens at the island of Pylos?
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Telemachus leaves without telling his mother; he finds a festival in honor of Poseidon
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