In lines 35-37, what does Odysseus say he values the most?
What danger do the Lotus-Eaters pose to Odysseus’ men in the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 1
What is the simile "like the leaves and blades of spring" in lines 54 and 55 supposed to represent?
What values important to the ancient Greeks inspire Odysseus’ observations in these lines from the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 1?
“In the next land we found were Cyclopes,
giants, louts, without a law to bless them.
In ignorance leaving the fruitage of the earth in mystery to the immortal gods, they neither plow nor sow by hand, nor till the ground....
Cyclopes have no muster and no meeting,
no consultation or old tribal ways....”
What is the metaphor in lines 133-134?
In line 180, the word "scattered" is used to describe the movements of Odysseus' men. What is the connotation or feeling this word creates? (How are men who scatter feeling?)
In lines 223-231, why does Odysseus lie to the Cyclops about his ship?
Why does Odysseus blind the Cyclops rather than kill him in his sleep?
In the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 1, what quality for which Odysseus is famous is most clearly illustrated when he tells Cyclops that his name is Nohbdy?
At the end of the episode with the Cyclops in the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 1, what does Polyphemus do that affects future events in the epic?
What prophecy of Teiresias does Odysseus withold from his men?
Odysseus often gets into trouble because of his
The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.
Part A As they travel through the land of the Sirens in the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 1, how do Odysseus’ men avoid falling under the Sirens’ spell?
The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.
Part A Throughout the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 1, Odysseus tempts fate by behaving recklessly. What is the reaction of his men?
Odysseus chooses not to tell his men the truth about Scylla and Charybdis because he
In which of these episodes from the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 1, does Odysseus lose all his men?
In the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 1, what ancient Greek value does Odysseus most clearly describe in these words to Alcinous?
“Men hold me formidable for guile in peace and war:
this fame has gone abroad to the sky’s rim.”
What does Odysseus compare the Cyclops
with in lines
“In the next land we found were Cyclopes,
giants, louts, without a law to bless them.
In ignorance leaving the fruitage of the earth in mystery to the immortal gods, they neither plow nor sow by hand, nor till the ground....
Cyclopes have no muster and no meeting,
no consultation or old tribal ways....”?
Which of these passages from “The Sirens” in the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 1, best supports the answer to Part A?
How does Odysseus prevent himself from being lured by the Sirens’ song?
Part B Which of these passages from “The Cyclops” in the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 1, best supports the answer to Part A?