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Flashcards by beingawallflower, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by beingawallflower
over 9 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Kleos | reputation / glory (what every hero wants) |
| xenia | hospitality / duty to acquaintances |
| supplication | a supplicant throws themself in front of someone else to indicate how in distress they are |
| epic | long adventure, journey or quest, often including mythology |
| Book 5 | Hermes sets off for Ogygia, and Calypso releases Odysseus. Odysseus sails off, but Posiedon (enraged about the Cyclops) creates a massive storm, which nearly kills him. He is finally swept onto Scherie. |
| Book 6 | Scherie - home of the Phaecians. Athene arranges that Nausicaa, daughter of King Alcinuous, should rescue him. |
| Book 7 | Odysseus arrives at the palace, where he is well-recieved, and enjoys the full Phaeacian xenia. |
| Book 9 | For three years, Odysseus is blown around the Mediterranean, experiencing adventures with the Cicones, the Lotus-Eaters, the Cyclops Polyphemus (who he blinds) ... |
| Book 10 | Odysseus has adventures with Aeolus the wind-god, the giant Laestrygonians (who destroy all but his own ship), and the enchantress Circe, who sends him to the Underworld. |
| Book 12 | When he leaves Circe, he listens to the song of the Sirens, escapes Scylla and Charybdis, and arrives on Thriancia (Apollo's island). There his men eat the holy cows, and the god proceeds to destroy the ship - only Odysseus survives, and is swept on to Ogygia. |
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