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Flashcards from The Odyssey, Part 2
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Xenia
The Greek concept of hospitality; the custom of opening homes to strangers, based on the belief that gods could be in disguise.
Dissemble
To put on an appearance or disguise.
Oblation
An offering to a god.
Incredulity
Doubt; disbelief.
Bemusing
Confusing; bewildering.
Shirkers
People who get out of doing what needs to be done.
Megaron
Great, central hall of the house, usually containing a center hearth.
Wiliest
Craftiest; slyest.
Revelry
Noisy partying.
Eurymachus
A suitor of Penelope; one of the leaders of the suitors.
Hephaestus
God of fire and metalworking.
Abyss
Ocean depths.
Eumaeus
Odysseus's old and faithful swineherd
Craft
Activity that requires skill