The Odyssey Part II



The Odyssey Part II Test Date: Thursday, December 13th

Study Guide Watts/Hunt

Vocabulary You Must Know

1. maudlin- tearfully or foolishly sentimental

2. lithe- supple; limber

3. dissembling- conceal

4. bemusing- stupefying or muddling

5. incredulity- inability to believe

6. equity- fairness; impartiality; justice

7. glowering- staring with sullen anger; scowling

8. contempt- disdain or scorn

Literary Terms You Must Know

Epic Simile- an elaborate comparison of unlike subjects, also called Homeric simile.

In the Odyssey (p.980), Homer compares the bodies of men killed by Odysseus to a

fisherman’s catch heaped up on the shore:

Think of a catch that fishermen haul in to a half-moon bay

In a fine-meshed net from the whitecaps of the sea:

How all are poured out on the sand, in throes for the salt sea,

Twitching their cold lives away in Helios’ fiery air:

So lay the suitors heaped on one another.

Imagery- the descriptive or figurative language used in literature to create WORD PICTURES for the reader. These pictures, or images, are created by details of sight, sound, taste, touch, smell, or movement.

Thesis & format for the 5 paragraph essay- REFER TO YOUR NOTES & HANDOUTS

Root Words You Must Know

1. pater- father (paternity)

2. mater- mother (maternity)

3. viv- life (vivacious, vivid)

4. re- again (redo, retest)

5. kilo- thousand (kilogram, kilometer)

6. post- after (posttest, posthumously)

7. com- with (compliant, companion)

Names You Must Know

1. Homer- credited with telling the Odyssey

2. Odysseus- king of Ithaca, hero of the Odyssey, leader of the Achaeans

3. Laertes- father of Odysseus

4. Zeus- king of the gods

5. Athena- goddess of battle and wisdom

6. Telemachus- son of Odysseus

7. Eumaeus- old swineherd and friend of Odysseus

8. Argus- dog Odysseus left behind when the Trojan War began

9. Penelope- Odysseus’ wife

10. Eurynome- housekeeper for Penelope

11. Antinous- leader among the suitors

Information You Must Know

Each of the problems Odysseus encounters upon his return home & how he responds to each. How are the problems resolved?

i. Odysseus returns dressed as a beggar

ii. He is instructed by Athena to reveal himself to Telemachus

iii. Odysseus sees his dog, Argus, who is lying outside the gates in a dung pile

iv. Argus hears the voice of his master, wags his tail, and dies

v. Odysseus and Telemachus plan to fight the suitors

vi. Telemachus moves the armor of the suitors to the storeroom

vii. Antinous, leader of the suitors, insults Odysseus (dressed as a beggar) and hits him with a stool

viii. Telemachus does not respond in anger- although he wants to react

ix. Penelope hears the exchange between the beggar and Antinous

x. She asks Eumaeus to send for the beggar (Odysseus)

xi. Penelope interrogates the beggar about his background

xii. The beggar (Odysseus) tells Penelope that he does not want to discuss his background, but he promises her the Odysseus is on his way home

xiii. Penelope promises to marry any suitor who can string Odysseus’ bow and shoot an arrow through 12 axhandle sockets

xiv. Odysseus does this with ease

xv. He then speaks to Telemachus and nods—this is the sign that it is time to fight

xvi. Odysseus shrugs off his rags and reveals his identity

xvii. He shoots Antinous first.

xviii. The other suitors offer to repay Odysseus for all that they have taken.

xix. Odysseus replies that even if they offered all treasure belonging to their fathers- this would not be enough.

xx. He, along with Telemachus, Eumaeus, and other faithful servants, fight the rest of the suitors until they are all dead.

xxi. Penelope tests Odysseus to prove that he is her husband.

xxii. She begins to tell a servant to make up a bed for Odysseus.

xxiii. Odysseus becomes angry and describes how he made their bed with his own hands- with ivory, gold, and silver, and he built their room around the olive tree trunk.

xxiv. Penelope had never allowed any of the suitors to see her bed, so this argument from Odysseus proved that he was truly her husband.

• The value of comparisons (similes) and imagery. Identify their use in the poem

• Values of Greek Society

Grammar You Need to Know

• “among” and “between”

i. Among is usually used with 3 or more items

a. Among the poems we read this year, “Memory” was my favorite.

ii. Between is generally used with only 2 items

a. Mark Twain’s “The Invalid’s Story” includes a humorous encounter between the narrator and a character named Thompson.

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