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Cards in this guide (18)
What does the name Nestor mean

From the Greek "one who returns from travels"

Who is the father of Odysseus

Laertes the former king of Itaca
Laertes was the father of Odysseus

Who went to Sparta with telemachus

Peisistratus

Who does the real beggar Irus want to fight in the book Odyessey

Odysseus

What did the soothsayer theoclymenos say concerning the fate of the wooers

he saw blood running down the wall and the shroud of death covering their bodies

Who appeared among the wooers later on the same day that Odysseus came into town

Penelope

What caused Odysseus to wake up on the shore

the peircing cry made by the girls.....

How does Athene appeal to Nausicaa to wash her clothes

by telling her positive reports

How had Telemachus gained courage to inquire of Nestor about news of his father

athene had made him bold.

What does yoked most likely mean

attached

What city did telemachus and peisistratus leave

Pylos.

Who did Telemachus send to Penelope with news of his arrival

Eumaeus

What did Odysseus try to hide from Eumaeus when he recognized his dog

a tear.

When the swineherd was carrying the bow to the beggar how did the wooers react

They harrsed

According to the passage what causes much of the sorrows of mortals

the blindness of their own hearts

What did Penelope ask Odysseus when she was seeking information about her husband

all

Which of these terms would describe the men in the odyssey

motivated

In a tale of two cities This reading passage is most likely an example of which literary terms

A+ Satire

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