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What does Odysseus fear?
odysseus feared he would never return home and that he would never see his wife penelope
How was Odysseus's escape an insult polyphemos?
odysseus continually boasted as he left the island of the cyclopes that his name was odysseus and he was from ithica and that he had beaten polyphemos at his own game. this pissed off polyphemos and made him pray to his daddy poseidon that odysseus would never make it home.
Why can't Odysseus injure Polyphemus?
Because Polyphemus is Poseidon's son, and Poseidon wants Odysseus to never make it home.
Why did Athena treat Odysseus?
She treated Odysseus very well. Without Athena, Odysseus would not have made it home.
Did Odysseus accomplished his quest?
He never really had one to begin with. Just to go home. Eventually, he was home
Why are the lotus eaters a threat to the journey of Odysseus and his men?
The lotus that they eat fills men with contentment. If they become contented just eating lotus, they would never keep their ambitions to go home, and thus never go home.
What does Odysseus want from Teiresias?
Odysseus would like the blind prophet Teiresias to tell him how to get home safely.
Did all of the gods want Odysseus to return home?
No, Poseidon (God of the sea) did not want Odysseus to return home to Ithaca because Odysseus blinded his son the cyclops Polythemus. The fates had declared that Odysseus would not return home until he had suffered many trials.
Why Odysseus dreads the trip home why?
He thought it would be horrible and he was right.
Why Odysseus dreads the trip home?
He thought it would be horrible and he was right.
What was the Home of the people who took Odysseus home?
Scheria was home to the Phaecians who took Odysseus home.
What did Odysseus do on the trip home?
What Odysseus did on his way home is the entirety of The Odyssey.
