The Sirens ~~ Heeding Circe’s Warnings
1. Write a simple summary of what has happened to Odysseus and crew (Italics blurb).
2. Circe is the daughter of Helios. How does she help Odysseus’ men? (BLUE ll.510-517 GREEN ll.2-9)
3. Why would Odysseus say, “…More than one man, or two, should know those things….”?
4. What directions does he give his crew (BLUEll.530-535, GREEN23-28), and WHY does he do this?
5. What is the EPITHET used for Helios?
6. What is done so that the crew would not hear the Sirens?
7. In their tempting song, the Sirens promise, “Graybeard and rower-boy/Goeth more learned.” What might this mean? (BLUE only)
8. Which two crew members retie Odysseus so he will not be tempted?
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(BLUE p.617 GREEN p.833)
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Scylla + Charybdis Define DILEMMA
1. Describe Scylla(Read BLUE blurb).
2. Describe Charybdis.
3. Lines BLUE 606-610 Green 77-81 contain verbal irony.
Why was this absurd?
4. Why did Odysseus say, “…I told them nothing….”?
5. What is Scylla’s EPITHET?
6. Port is left, starboard is right. What are the positions of the monsters in relation to the bow of the ship?
7. How many men did Scylla kill?
8. In lines BLUE 652-656, GREEN 128-133, one of the most vividepic similes is contained. To what is Scylla being compared?
9. How does Odysseus feel about his men’s deaths?
10. MAP: Draw a line from Circe’s island of Aeaea to the Straits of Messina. Put Xs where Scylla and Charybdis are located.
The Cattle of the Sun God
~~ Hunger’s Consequence
1. What is the name of the Sun God’s island? (BLUE p.624 blurb)
2. What warning does Odysseus give to his crew about the cattle?
3. What condition drove the men to shore?
4. The storms continued. WHO sent them and WHY?
5. Where did Odysseus go, and WHY did he go there?
6. What death is the worst of all? (Use the quote.)
7. Whose idea was it to go after the KINE (cattle)?
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8. Describe how the men went about killing the cattle.
9. As Odysseus wakes and goes down the path, what alerts him that something bad has happened?
10. Who is “the snitch,” telling Helios about the cattle?
11. What EPITHET describes Helios?
12. From whom does Helios demand revenge?
13. If the above god will not give retribution, what does Helios threaten to do?
14. Retribution is promised, to be carried out how?
15. Obviously, Odysseus was unaware of this conversation between the gods. Who tells him and how does the information get there?
16. What eerie signs appear as an omen that something terrible will occur?
17. Describe how Zeus destroys the ship.
18. Why wasn’t Odysseus killed? (Literally and figuratively)
19. What saved Odysseus from the whirlpool?
20. After Charybdis spews out the mast-raft, what keeps Odysseus from the eyes of Scylla?
21. Why doesn’t Odysseus tell King Alcinous the tale of Calypso?
22. MAP: Draw a line from Calypso’s island of OGYGIA to King Alcinous’ kingdom of PHAEACIA. Put a star on Helios’ THRINACIA.
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