The Adventures of Odysseus, Chapter 15 Edith Hamilton's Mythology

Why were the Greeks cursed on their way home from Troy

Ajax tore Cassandra from the temple of Athena, so Athena went to Poseidon and was like kill them all

What happened to Agamemnon on the way to Greece

came near to losing all ships

What happened to Menelaus on the way to Greece

blown to Egypt

What happened to Ajax (2nd) on the way to Greece

-boat shattered

-swam to shore

-yelled that the sea could not drown him

-Poseidon broke the rock he was holding and he drowned

How long did Odysseus wander?

10 yrs

Wife and son of Odysseus

Penelope and Telemachus

Father of Odysseus

Laertes

What did Penelope tell the suitors so that they would leave her alone?

Said that she would weave a death shroud for Odysseus' father Laertes before she remarried but she just unwound it at night. A servant caught her in the night.

Who was really upset with Odysseus

Poseidon

Who was sorriest of all for Odysseus

Athena

Where was Poseidon when Athena convinced the Olympians to help Odysseus

He was visiting the Ethiopians and he planned to stay there for a few days to fiest with them

Where was Odysseus when Athena convinced the Olympians to help Odysseus

On Calypso's island

Who was sent to get Odysseus from Calypso

Hermes

Describe what Athena did for Telemachus

She dressed up as a seafaring man and when to the home of Telemachus who was saddened that the guest was not welcomed so she said to go to find Odysseus

Where did Athena say Telemachus should go to find Odysseus

To Menelaus and Nestor

How did Telemachus go about getting a ship

He asked the suitors for a well made ship and 20 rowers

They said no way.

He went and prayed to Athena, who took on the form of Mentor, whom of all the Ithacans Odysseus had most trusted.

Mentor promised that a ship would be made ready and that Telemachus should go home and ready himself for a journey.

Telemachus waited until night fell and then left, putting out with Mentor (athena) to Pylos, the home of old Nestor.

Where was the home of Nestor?

Pylos

What did Nestor do?

Sent Telemachus to Menelaus (in Sparta) in a chariot with one of his sons

Who did Telemachus leave with his boats

Mentor (Athena)

Describe what Telemachus did at Menelaus' court (Sparta) before Menelaus actually said anything to him

- made them a magnificent feast (they bathed in SILVER bathtubs, rubbed in SWEET SMELLING oils, wrapped in mantles over PURPLE tunics, their hands were cleaned with water from a GOLDEN ewer into SILVER bowls)

- told them of Odysseus

- talked to Helen who noted the similarity between his voice and Odysseus

-Asked Menelaus if he knew what had happened to Odysseus

Who was with Helen as she walked down the stairs of Menelaus' palace

3 women were with her

1st--> for carrying her chair

2nd-->for carrying a soft carpet for her feet

3rd--> for carrying a silver work basket filled with purple wool

Where did Menelaus hear something about Odysseus

Pharos

How had Menelaus heard something about Odysseus

On Pharos near Egypt, he was weather bound and his stores were giving out so a sea goddess took pity on him. She told him that if he could catch Proteus, her father, he would tell him how to get off of Pharos. The next day Proteus came from the sea and Menelaus and 3 friends dug 4 holes where they hid under seal skins from the goddess. they sprung out and grabbed Proteus. Proteus turned into a LION a DRAGON and other things and then finally a HIGH BRANCHED TREE. he then finally told then that Odysseus was held by Calypso

How many friends did Menelaus take with him to catch Proteus

3

What were proteus' named shapes

lion, dragon, tree

Describe the beds of Telemachus and Nestor's son

-on the entry porch of Menelaus

-thick purple blankets, covered by smoothly woven rugs, on top of all woolen cloaks

How many trees did Odysseus use for his raft?

20

How many days did it take for Odysseus to build his raft

5

How many days did Odysseus sail without sleeping away from Calypso

17

What did Odysseus see on the 18th day

a cloudy mountain top

Which winds fought after Poseidon had released them onto Odysseus' raft

East vs. South, North vs. West

Who saved Odysseus from Poseidon's winds and what was their epithet?

Ino of the Slim Ankles

What did Ino do to help Odysseus

Gave him her veil and told him to abandon raft

How long did Odysseus have to swim with Ino's Veil

2 days

Where did Odysseus swim to after his raft had broken down

The land of the Phaecians

Who were the king and queen of the Phaecians

Alcinous and his wife Acrete

Who was the daughter of Alcinous and Acrete

Nausicaa

What was Nausciaa doing when she found Odysseus

washing clothes

What did Nausicaa tell Odysseus to do?

Fall behind me as we get to the city and go first to my mother. My father will do as she says.

How many days after leaving troy was Odysseus cast apart by storm

9

Where was the first place that Odysseus stopped at

Lotus Eaters

2nd place Odysseus stopped

Polyphemus

What did Poseidon specifically swear after Odysseus had blinded Polyphemus

Odysseus would reach his own country only after long misery and losing all his men

3rd place Odysseus ended up in

Aeolus' country, country of the winds

Gift of Aeolus

bag of storm winds

4th place Odysseus ender up

land of the Laestrygons-->only odysseus' ship survived

4th place Odysseus ended up and who lived there

Aeaea, circe

Who helped Odysseus defeat Circe and how

Hermes, he gave Odysseus an herb that allowed him to eat Circe's herbs

How long did Odysseus stay with Circe

1 year

What did Circe tell Odysseus to do

- Cross Ocean and beach on Persephone's shore

- Go down to Hades and find the spirit of Tiresias, holy man of Thebes, who would tell him how to return to Ithaca

- Only way to make Tiersas come out of the underworld was to kill kill sheep and fill a pit with their blood

Who did Odysseus need to see before he could go home?

Tiersas, Holy man of Thebes

Mother of Odysseus

Anticleia

What kind of disguise does he get to sneak into the palace and from whom

Athena uses her power to disguise him as an old beggar so he can sneak into the home his wife is in.