English Extension Flashcards on Circe, Penelopiad, and Odyssey

Odyssey quote on form (epic poem)

“Tell me about a complicated man. Muse, tell me how he wandered…”

Penelopiad quote on storytelling

“I’ll Spin a thread of my own.”

Penelopiad quote on lack of justice/untold stories (The Maids)

“We’re no more real than money”

Circe quote on xenia/respect for women

“When will your husband be home? We would toast to such fine hospitality.”

Penelopiad quote on unreliability/cunning

“by [their] own admission, proficient and shameless liars of long standing.”

Circe quote on ‘warlike’ childbirth (kleos)

“the room torn apart as if by bears, tapestries ripped from the walls, stools shattered.”

Odyssey quote on male dominance over women (becoming a man)

“It is for men to talk, especially me. I am the master.”

Odyssey quote on masculinity, warfare, and dominance over women

“His long bronze sword.”

Odyssey quote on women’s fidelity

“She [Clytemnestra] has poured shame down on her head and on all other women, even good ones.”

Penelopiad quote on the worth of women

“If you had daughters instead of sons, you needed to get them bred as soon as possible so you could have grandsons”

Circe quote on the worth of women

“Would I be skimmed milk or a harpy? A foolish gull or a villainous monster? Those could not still be the only choices.”

Circe quote on Kleos (To Telemachus from Athena)

“There will be no songs made of you. No stories… You will be no one.”

Odysseus quote on kleos/legacy (siren song)

“…well-known from many stories! Glory of the Greek!”

Penelopiad quote on masculinity, warfare, and dominance over women

“I pretended to be frightened, and said I would never, never think of betraying his big post. Actually, I was frightened.”