Assignment On Odysseus In Book One Of The Book 'The Odyssey'

Christian Gonzalez Gonzalez 1

World Literature 10

2 August 2015

The Odyssey Summer Reading Assignment

Book I.
1. Where is Odysseus?
In book one of the Odyssey, Odysseus was on an island with Calypso because she wanted
Odysseus to be her husband.

2. What or whom is Athena disguised as?
In book one Athena is disguised as Mentês, the son of Anchialos. Then when she left she turned into a bird.

3. Why do Telemachos and his mother need Odysseus?
Telemachos and his mother, Penelopeia, need Odysseus because there are suitors in his house trying to take Penelopeia 's hand in marriage and the suitors are always eating at
Telemachos ' house.

4. Why does Odysseus’s wife have suitors?

2. Who is the only person who doesn’t run away from the terrifying Odysseus? Why doesn’t she run away?
The only person who doesn 't run away from Odysseus is Nausicaa because Athena gave her the courage to stand up to him.

3. Is it pure luck that Nausicaa helps Odysseus? Explain.
It is not pure luck that Nausicaa helps Odysseus because Athena mostly planned all of it and she just left it up Nausicca good conscience and Odysseus ' good wisdom.

4. What does the fact that Odysseus won’t bathe in front of the girls tell us about the kind of person he is?
The fact that Odysseus won 't bathe in front of the girls tells us that he is very modest.

5. Does Nausicaa believe her parents will help Odysseus?
Nausicaa believes that her parents will help Odysseus because they have an obligation in which all Greeks have to help strangers and feed them like they are family, also Odysseus is a good person, and Athena makes it seem like Odysseus is a God to them.

6. Why won’t Nausicaa let Odysseus ride in her cart?
Nausicaa won 't let Odysseus ride in the cart because she doesn 't want rumors going around saying that she found a

Describe Penelopeia’s challenge for the suitors.
Penelopeia 's challenge for the suitors was to shoot an arrow through the twelve axes that hung from the ceiling.

Book XX.
Name two people who are cruel to Odysseus the beggar.
The two people who are cruel to Odysseus the beggar are Antinoos and the other beggar Iros.

2. Who proves himself to be kind and faithful servant?
The servant who proves to be a kind and faithful servant is Philioitios.

3. What do you think Odysseus is going to do to the suitors?
I think Odysseus will kill all of the bad suitors and servants and let the good servants and maids live.

Book XXI.
Whom does Odysseus trust to help him defeat the suitors?
When the time comes to kill the suitors Odysseus only trusts Telemachos, Philioitios, and Eumaios.

2. Why don 't the men want Odysseus to try to string the bow?
The men don 't want Odysseus to try to string the bow because they don 't want a beggar to marry Penelopeia.

3. How does Odysseus prove his true identity?
Odysseus proves his true identity by being the only one who can use the bow and arrow and shoot the arrow through the