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Odyssey
Review
Game
The Homecoming.
Who ‘Dat?
Characters in
the Odyssey
100
The king of Ithaca
Odysseus
200
Removes the suitors’
weapons from the
great hall.
Telemachus
300
The loyal
swineherd who
brings Odysseus
his bow.
Eumaeus
400
Dies after seeing
Odysseus make it
home.
Argos
500
Recognizes
Odysseus while
giving him a
footbath.
Eurycleia
That’s What Heroes
Are Made Of
Epic Hero Traits
Revealed in
Quotes
100
“He draws between his thumb
and forefinger / a sweet new string
upon a peg: so effortlessly /
Odysseus in one motion strung the
bow.”
Battle Skills
Not one of the other suitors can
string the bow, but Odysseus does
it in one try!
200
“‘Now listen to your orders: / when the time
comes, those gentlemen, to a man, / will be
dead against giving me a bow or quiver. / Defy
them. / Eumaeus, bring the bow / and put it in
my hands there at the door. / Tell the women
to lock their own door tight. / Tell them if
someone hears the shock of arms / or groans
of men, in hall or court, not one / must show
her face, but keep still her weaving. /
Philoeteus, run to the outer gate and lock it. /
Throw the crossbar and lash it.’”
Authority/Leadership
Odysseus demonstrates authority as he tells
Eumaeus to bring him the bow and Philoeteus
to lock the gate when the fight begins.
300
“‘I am home, for I am he. / I bore
adversities, but in the twentieth
year / I am ashore in my own
land.’”
Determination/Persistence
Even after 20 years of hardships,
Odysseus never gives up and
returns to Ithaca!
400
“Now from his breast into his eyes
the ache / of longing mounted, and
he wept at last, / his dear wife,
clear and faithful in his arms.”
Loyalty/Persistence
Odysseus is finally home, happy to
be reunited with his wife.
Name That Epic
Characteristic
Applying Epic
Characteristics to Quotes
100
“Athena / lent him beauty, head to
foot, She made him / taller, and
massive, too, with crisping hair in
curls like petals of wild hyacinth /
but all red-golden.”
Divine Intervention
Athena transforms Odysseus into a
strong, young, good-looking man.
200
“‘Now watch me hit a target
that no man has hit before.’”
Boasting
Odysseus is bragging that
he can hit the target that no
one else could.
300
“‘The stranger / you welcomed in your
hall has not disgraced you. / I did not
miss, neither did I take all day /
stringing the bow. My hand and eye are
sound, / not so contemptible as the
young men say.’”
Boasting
Odysseus brags that it didn’t take him
forever to string the bow and hit the
target.
400
“‘I find / the two of you, alone among my
people, / longed for my coming. Prayers I never
heard / except your own that I might come
again. / So now what is in store for you I’ll tell
you: / If Zeus brings down the suitors by my
hand / I promise marriages to both, and cattle,
/ and houses built near mine. And you shall be
/ brothers-in-arms of my Telemachus.’”
Hospitality Code
If Eumaeus and Philoeteus help bring down
the suitors, Odysseus will reward them with
ladies, cattle, and homes—not too shabby!
“My Name Is
Nohbdy!”
More
Characters
from the
Odyssey
200
She holds off the
suitors with a
weaving trick
Penelope
400
This suitor is the
first to die because
he was the
ringleader.
Antinous
600
This suitor tries to
get Odysseus’
forgiveness by
promising to pay back
wine and food.
Eurymachus
800
This character
(the cowherd) is
told to lock the
outer gate.
Philoeteus
1000
A disloyal maid;
calls the beggar a
drunk
Melantho
I Know That Hero Trait
Applying Epic Hero
Traits to Quotes
200
“Now flashed / arrow from
twanging bow clean as a whistle /
through every socket ring, / and
grazed not one, / to thud with
heavy brazen head beyond.”
Battle Skills
Odysseus is able to make his shot
go through all the holes and not hit
a one.
400
“‘You yellow dogs, you thought I’d never make it
/ home from the land of Troy. You took my
house to plunder, / twisted my maids to serve
your beds. You dared / bid for my wife while I
was still alive. / Contempt was all you had for
the gods who rule wide / heaven, / contempt for
what men say of you hereafter. / Your last hour
has come. You die in blood.’”
Authority/Leadership/Persistent
Odysseus tells the suitors they will pay for
invading his home, taking advantage of his wife,
and plotting to kill his son.
600
“‘Not for the whole treasure of your fathers, /
all you enjoy, lands, flocks, or any gold / put up
by others, would I hold my hand. / There will
be killing till the score is paid, / You forced
yourselves upon this house. / Fight your way
out, / or run for it, if you think you’ll escape
death.’”
Authority/Leadership/Cleverness
Odysseus refuses to accept any payment from
the suitors for their despicable behavior; their
payment will be death!
.The Bold, the Brave,
and the Boastful
More Characters from
the Odyssey
200
Calls the beggar a pig
and kicks him on the
way to town
Melanthius
400
Odysseus’s father’s name
Laertes
600
Calls Penelope “coldhearted” for not taking
Odysseus back immediately
Telemachus
800
Where Odysseus and
Telemachus first go
when they return to
Ithaca
Eumaues
1000
Reassures Odysseus
and gives him
confidence that he can
“whip those dogs.”
Athena
Prego—It’s in
There!
It Could Be Anything!
200
Epic hero trait that applies to this
event:
Penelope holds off the suitors for
2-3 years by unweaving a loom she
told them she must finish before
she can marry.
Intelligence/cleverness
400
Epic characteristic in this quote:
“Now flashed / arrow from
twanging bow clean as a whistle /
through every socket ring, / and
grazed not one, / to thud with heavy
brazen head beyond.”
Exaggeration
Odysseus can shoot an arrow
through twelve tiny holes and not
hit a one?
600
Name this character:
Throws a stool at
Odysseus
Antinous
800
Epic characteristic in this quote:
“He draws between his thumb and
forefinger / a sweet new string upon a
peg: so effortlessly / Odysseus in one
motion strung the bow.”
Exaggeration
Odysseus can string the bow in one try,
yet the suitors could barely even bend it.
Gods, Goddesses, and
Mortals, Oh My!
Characters in The
Odyssey
200
This king takes in Odysseus
as a stranger, and Odysseus
tells him about his travels
Alcinous
400
Warns Telemachus that the
suitors plan to ambush him
Athena
600
Hangs the disloyal maids
Telemachus
800
Devises a bow and arrow
contest
Penelope
1000
Tells Penelope that
Odysseus is back and has
defeated the suitors
Eurycleia