| why did odysseus leave home? | to fight in the trojan war |
| Why doesn’t odysseus return home as soon as the war is over? | Calypso held him captive. |
| Where is Odysseus when the play opens? | On Calypso’s island. |
| Who is the narrator of the play. | Homer |
| How is Athena discribed? | Strong wearing armor and young. |
| How does Athena decide to help Odysseus? | She sent Hermes to give Calypso a message to let Odysseus go. |
| What can you tell about athenea that is not directley stated in the play? | She is kind and very intelligent. |
| What is life like for Telhemachus and his mother in the abcense of Odysseus? | The suitors take their home and eat all of their food. |
| How does Telhemachus feel when Athena tells him that his father is belived to be alive? | He wishes for a different father. |
| WHO DOES Telhemachus blame for the sorrow that has come to his family? | The gods of olympus. |
| How does Athenea feel about the behavior of the suitors and the problems of Telhemachus and his mother? | She feels sorry for them. |
| Why is Telemachus leaving home? | He is leaving to find Odysseus his father. |
| Did Penelope really intend to marry one of the men when she finished weaving her cloth. | She tricked them for three years. |
| Why does Telemachus refuse to help the suitors? | He does not want any of them to marry his mom. |
| How does Calypso feel about Odeyseyus | She loves him. |
| Why has Odysseus had to stay with Calypso? | Calypso held him captive. |
| What causes Odysseus to finally break down and tell his story? | He heard the song about the Trojan war. |
| Why do Odysseus’s stories sound like ledgends rather than events than could really have happened? | they have mythical creatures. |
| What do the Sirens songs do? | It attracts sailors and the Sirens made them starve. |
| Where is Odysseus at the begining of act three and what is he doing. | Under a tree on the shore in Ithica. |
| How does Odysseus feel when he realizes that he is really home? What does he do to show these feelings? | He kisses the ground because he is exited to be home. |
| What problems does Eumaios tell Odysseus about? | All of the suitors are trying to marry Penelope and are eating all of the food. |
| How does Odysseus feel he first sees his son? | He is surprised to see how much he has grown and is proud of who Telhemachus is. |
| Why are Penelope and Telamachus willing to have a contest in which Penelope must marry a winner? | Because only Odysseus could work the bow and win. |
| Why does Penelope give a false descirtion of Odysseus’s bed? | She was trying to prove that he was really Odysseus. |
THE ODYSSEY
April 23, 2020